Experience

Oncospace, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Working as part of an exciting medical device startup delivering tools for radiation therapy. Working as part of an exciting medical device startup delivering tools for radiation therapy.



Volpara Health

• New Zealand
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Technology Evangelist

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2018

  Responsible for identification and introduction of new technologies into the Volpara product line, including new cloud services such as serverless computing (Azure Functions), Intelligent edge, and Machine Learning. Taking a best of breed approach from technology developed by world-class innovators, Volpara Solutions' mission is to seize the opportunity presented by digital imaging to revolutionize applications that utilize image processing by applying fundamental physics. Volpara is a… Show more Responsible for identification and introduction of new technologies into the Volpara product line, including new cloud services such as serverless computing (Azure Functions), Intelligent edge, and Machine Learning. Taking a best of breed approach from technology developed by world-class innovators, Volpara Solutions' mission is to seize the opportunity presented by digital imaging to revolutionize applications that utilize image processing by applying fundamental physics. Volpara is a New-Zealand based company, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: VHT). The first focus is assisting in breast cancer detection and diagnosis which has been subjective, qualitative, inaccurate and too tuned for an “average individual” for too long. Please see www.volparadensity.com for full sales information about Volpara products, which are helping to personalize screening right around the world. Volpara solutions' current goal is to extend the reach of its product using cloud-based deployment, and make use of patient history data to provide new and powerful ways of screening for breast cancer. Volpara Solutions is dedicated to developing products of the highest quality, safety and effectiveness whilst also achieving total customer satisfaction. Its quality management system is certified to ISO13485 (Medical Devices), ISO14971 (Risk Management in Medical Devices), ISO 27001 (information security), and MDSAP, and is FDA (CFR) compliant.

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Feb 2016 - Jul 2017

  Responsible for R&D at Volpara Solutions, a company specialising in breast density reporting and mammography analytics. Volpara is a New-Zealand based company, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:VHT).

• Vice-President, Engineering & NZ Operations

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

• VP Engineering

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2013



Medical Device Consulting

• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant, Medical Devices

  • Jan 2011 - Jul 2012

  I worked as a freelance medical device consultant, helping to bring new devices to market and improving the DICOM capabilities of existing ones, primarily in the United States. I worked as a freelance medical device consultant, helping to bring new devices to market and improving the DICOM capabilities of existing ones, primarily in the United States.



TomoTherapy

• United States
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2010

  Represented TomoTherapy (now Accuray) at DICOM WG7 (RT) and IHE-RO industry groups; Provided consulting services on connectivity strategy and product architecture; Implemented components of DICOM infrastructure including RT Workflow and prototyping of second-generation RT objects.

• Director of Engineering

  • Mar 2000 - Dec 2003

  Directed engineering effort for TomoTherapy (now part of Accuray), a Wisconsin-based medical device start-up, building medical linear accelerators for radiation therapy treatment of cancer. Engineering department grew from approximately 10 to over 100 in period 2000-2003, and TomoTherapy listed on the NASDAQ then was subsequently taken over by Accuray. TomoTherapy's Hi-Art product is a multi-million dollar FDA class III medical device, with microwave, detector, and RF waveguide hardware… Show more Directed engineering effort for TomoTherapy (now part of Accuray), a Wisconsin-based medical device start-up, building medical linear accelerators for radiation therapy treatment of cancer. Engineering department grew from approximately 10 to over 100 in period 2000-2003, and TomoTherapy listed on the NASDAQ then was subsequently taken over by Accuray. TomoTherapy's Hi-Art product is a multi-million dollar FDA class III medical device, with microwave, detector, and RF waveguide hardware technologies, and both real-time control and workstation software components. Also continued as chairman of DICOM WG7, representing TomoTherapy.



GE HealthCare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 1998 - Feb 2000

  Remote consultant to RT Workstation Group, Buc (France). Continued product design and implementation work for the Advantage Sim product, and continued as chair of DICOM WG7.

• Lead System Designer

  • Jan 1991 - Dec 1997

  RT Workstation Group, Buc (France). Responsible for product design for the Advantage Sim radiation therapy virtual simulation product. This software is part of GE's Advantage Windows product family, and is used for planning radiation therapy delivery from CT image sets. Also served as GE's representative at DICOM WG7 (RT), an international standards organisation for medical device communication in radiation therapy, and became chair of that group.