Experience

Myolex

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

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Brookline, Massachusetts, United States Co-founded by Dr. Seward Rutkove, the Nancy Lurie Marks Chair of the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, the Myolex mission is to assess, monitor, and display changes in skeletal muscle composition and structure to aid in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of neuromuscular and musculoskeletal diseases. To date, the company’s breakthrough electrical impedance myography (EIM) technology platform has been… Show more Co-founded by Dr. Seward Rutkove, the Nancy Lurie Marks Chair of the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, the Myolex mission is to assess, monitor, and display changes in skeletal muscle composition and structure to aid in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of neuromuscular and musculoskeletal diseases. To date, the company’s breakthrough electrical impedance myography (EIM) technology platform has been supported by over 150 published clinical research papers, 10 patents with 2 additional pending, and over 10 clinical studies sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. Myolex is now completing commercial development of a medical grade, skeletal muscle measurement device that is specifically designed to non-invasively, comprehensibly, and precisely detect, monitor, and display muscle abnormalities to aid and support clinicians who diagnose and treat neuromuscular disorders. The company’s first medical device commercial entry, the Myolex mScan®, is now following a clear pathway to FDA clearance. Show less



Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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

• Venture Mentor/Entrepreneur in Residence

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Boston, Massachusetts, United States I am honored to be selected for this voluntary venture mentor role in support of helping Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) translate their research and innovation for society's benefit. BIDMC is a world-class teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, and more than 4,000 physicians and 35,000 employees in a shared… Show more I am honored to be selected for this voluntary venture mentor role in support of helping Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) translate their research and innovation for society's benefit. BIDMC is a world-class teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, and more than 4,000 physicians and 35,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education. Show less



Milestone Crossing LLC

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Principal

  • Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

  Greater Boston Area Milestone Crossing™ LLC is a new kind of venture growth advisory firm that helps startup CEOs and corporate new venture teams identify, solve for, and then successfully pass the Seven Key Milestones to High-Growth Success. We help intrepid innovators strengthen their customer value propositions, create stronger go-to-market strategies, and build better business models. We help innovators better navigate the growth gauntlet of risk and uncertainty by providing a highly curated set of… Show more Milestone Crossing™ LLC is a new kind of venture growth advisory firm that helps startup CEOs and corporate new venture teams identify, solve for, and then successfully pass the Seven Key Milestones to High-Growth Success. We help intrepid innovators strengthen their customer value propositions, create stronger go-to-market strategies, and build better business models. We help innovators better navigate the growth gauntlet of risk and uncertainty by providing a highly curated set of venture growth advisory roles, specifically created to address the unique needs of the intrepid innovator. Providing interim, retained, and project-based growth advisory services to the venture community. Milestone Crossing can serve as: • Venture Growth Consultant & Coach • Product/Market Fit & Brand Positioning Expert • Interim Innovation, Marketing, or Business Development Leader • Strategic Advisory Board Member • Career Architect & Transition Coach Show less



Tausight

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Feb 2022

  Greater Boston First CEO of Tausight which has just launched the industry’s first situational PHI awareness platform with the vision of reducing clinical workflow cybersecurity vulnerability by simplifying the way hospitals and healthcare systems detect and manage PHI risk. Raised $20 million Series A round with healthtech investors Polaris Partners, Flare Capital, and .406 Ventures. 2021 New England VC NEVY Award Emerging Company of the Year nominee.



UnitedHealth Group

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SVP, External Business Ventures, UnitedHealth Group Research & Development

  • Jul 2018 - Mar 2019

  Cambridge, MA & Minnetonka, MN UnitedHealth Group Research & Development was created to develop novel, science-based and data-driven health care solutions for our UnitedHealth Care and Optum business units. Our primary focus will be some of health care’s greatest challenges, with the intent of dramatically improving patient outcomes and patient satisfaction while significantly eliminating unnecessary health care system costs and risk for all health care stakeholders. My specific focus included leading some of our… Show more UnitedHealth Group Research & Development was created to develop novel, science-based and data-driven health care solutions for our UnitedHealth Care and Optum business units. Our primary focus will be some of health care’s greatest challenges, with the intent of dramatically improving patient outcomes and patient satisfaction while significantly eliminating unnecessary health care system costs and risk for all health care stakeholders. My specific focus included leading some of our initiatives within lifestyle-driven chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, and finding uniquely suited partnerships that will accelerate our progress as we leverage the highly disruptive potential of cutting-edge scientific discovery, digital healthcare, artificial intelligence, and personalized healthcare.

• Chief Innovation Officer & SVP, Business Development, Optum Labs

  • Oct 2013 - Jun 2018

  Cambridge, MA & San Francisco, CA OptumLabs was the open research and front-end innovation center of the Optum division of UnitedHealth Group. OptumLabs mission was to collaborate with thought leading partners and cutting-edge innovators to leverage big data and new data science methods in order to accelerate discovery of new insights for innovation and improvements in patient care and patient value. OptumLabs managed over 25 thought leading partnerships spanning the health system, including co-founder Mayo Clinic… Show more OptumLabs was the open research and front-end innovation center of the Optum division of UnitedHealth Group. OptumLabs mission was to collaborate with thought leading partners and cutting-edge innovators to leverage big data and new data science methods in order to accelerate discovery of new insights for innovation and improvements in patient care and patient value. OptumLabs managed over 25 thought leading partnerships spanning the health system, including co-founder Mayo Clinic, AARP, American Cancer Society, AMGA, Johns Hopkins, StandUp2Cancer, UC Health and many others. To further accelerate innovation, OptumLabs applied leading-edge data science techniques to the largest database of de-identified, linked clinical and administrative claims information in the U.S. As Chief Innovation Officer, co-located within both our Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, CA offices, my focus was developing and then managing co-innovation partnerships for OptumLabs with large technology companies in the Bay area. Our focus was on new technology partnerships that take full advantage of advanced analytics, including artificial intelligence such as deep learning.



Healthrageous, Inc.

• United States
• Hospital & Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Chief Strategy Officer & Board Advisor

  • 2013 - 2013

  Greater Boston Area Recruited by the CEO and lead VC/Board Director to provide timely contributions to corporate strategy, business development, and new product development for the patient engagement digital health technology platform. Healthrageous, Inc. was an Accountable Health company that supported individual journeys to prevent and self-manage chronic health conditions via the web and a mobile app. The company’s solutions were based on technologies developed at the Center for Connected Health, a… Show more Recruited by the CEO and lead VC/Board Director to provide timely contributions to corporate strategy, business development, and new product development for the patient engagement digital health technology platform. Healthrageous, Inc. was an Accountable Health company that supported individual journeys to prevent and self-manage chronic health conditions via the web and a mobile app. The company’s solutions were based on technologies developed at the Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare, founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School. Show less



Zeo, Inc.

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & Board Director

  • 2007 - 2012

  Newton, MA Recruited by Brown U. founders to lead revolutionary sleep management startup that pioneered digital healthcare by introducing personal sleep monitoring and behavioral modification programs for consumer use. Introduced Zeo Sleep Manager which allowed consumers to track their real sleep quantity and quality at home, with clinically validated technology, and then provided personalized, science-based advice to help them improve their sleep on their iPhone, iPad and most Android-based smartphones… Show more Recruited by Brown U. founders to lead revolutionary sleep management startup that pioneered digital healthcare by introducing personal sleep monitoring and behavioral modification programs for consumer use. Introduced Zeo Sleep Manager which allowed consumers to track their real sleep quantity and quality at home, with clinically validated technology, and then provided personalized, science-based advice to help them improve their sleep on their iPhone, iPad and most Android-based smartphones. Built world’s largest sleep quality database at that time. In 2010, received Triple Tree-Best Consumer Experiences in Wireless Life Sciences and Edison-Best New Product award. Raised $30M in seed and venture capital from lead VCs in U.S. and Taiwan and from Best Buy and Johnson & Johnson. Led sale to public company in May 2013. Show less



StemCyte

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• COO & CEO of U.S. & Taiwan Private Banks

  • 2003 - 2006

  Arcadia, CA Recruited by former J & J executives to create new family banking business unit, oversee U.S. and Taiwan private bank operations and lead global marketing efforts. Located in the US, India and Taiwan, StemCyte has established one of the largest, most racially diverse, and highest quality cord blood stem cell banks in the world. StemCyte has now supplied cord blood products that have helped treat 2,200+ lives for over 80 life-threatening diseases within over 350 leading transplant centers across… Show more Recruited by former J & J executives to create new family banking business unit, oversee U.S. and Taiwan private bank operations and lead global marketing efforts. Located in the US, India and Taiwan, StemCyte has established one of the largest, most racially diverse, and highest quality cord blood stem cell banks in the world. StemCyte has now supplied cord blood products that have helped treat 2,200+ lives for over 80 life-threatening diseases within over 350 leading transplant centers across six continents. StemCyte is also actively involved in the development of new umbilical cord blood-based cell therapies. StemCyte is one of the only for-profit companies contracted by the US Department of HHS to help contribute clinical grade cord blood units to the public National Cord Blood Inventory for unrelated transplants. Show less



Pericor Science

• United States
• Biotechnology Research

• CEO & Board Director

  • 2000 - 2003

  Cambridge, MA Biotech startup founded by world-class, Harvard Medical School cell biologist. Tissue cross-linking technology spans pharmaceutical, OTC, cosmetics and military bioterrorism protection markets. After six months, shifted business model to more highly valued drug delivery and pharmaceutical platform by assessing unmet patient needs then visualizing proofs of principle within skin, cornea, nose, cartilage, mouth, etc.



Bristol-Myers Squibb

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP, Global New Business Development/Head of Innovation/Venture Capital Executive-in-Residence

  • 1995 - 2000

  Evansville, Indiana Led globally-focused new product business unit with staff of 100 employees within Mead Johnson Nutritionals Division. Built cutting-edge innovation center; recruited staff from around world. Previously, chief marketing officer role added overseeing infant, children’s, women’s health and adult global franchises. Team created Viactiv Soft Calcium Chews, later sold to Johnson & Johnson. Subject of BMS case study. Cofounded and served as Executive-in-Residence and BMS liaison within… Show more Led globally-focused new product business unit with staff of 100 employees within Mead Johnson Nutritionals Division. Built cutting-edge innovation center; recruited staff from around world. Previously, chief marketing officer role added overseeing infant, children’s, women’s health and adult global franchises. Team created Viactiv Soft Calcium Chews, later sold to Johnson & Johnson. Subject of BMS case study. Cofounded and served as Executive-in-Residence and BMS liaison within Sherbrooke Capital Health & Wellness venture capital fund in Boston MA. Show less



Mead Johnson Nutrition

• Philippines
• Consumer Goods
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP, US Marketing

  • 1995 - 1995

  Evansville, IN Responsible for US nutritionals business including Enfamil infant formula. Introduced Boost adult nutrition drink prior to promotion to head new global product development SBU.



Church & Dwight, Co., Inc.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager, Household Products (1994-1995)

  • 1994 - 1995

  Princeton, NJ General Manager with full P&L responsibility for household business unit within $400 million division, reporting to Chairman. Operating Committee member.

• Director of Marketing, Personal Care/New Products

  • 1990 - 1994

  Princeton, NJ Recruited by ex-J & J Consumer Products President to lead multi-functional Personal Care franchise. Drove Arm & Hammer Dental Care toothpaste to #3 market share position, launched Arm & Hammer antiperspirant line and created vision for future new product roadmap based upon the intrinsic cleaning and deodorizing benefits of Arm & Hammer baking soda.



Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products

• India
• Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Category Marketing Director, Suncare/PURPOSE

  • 1988 - 1990

  Skillman, NJ Led multi-function suncare business team, restructuring business model to record profits. Introduced first “anti-aging” sunblock, achieving unprecedented net sales and profits, first trade marketing program within the baby products division and introduced acquired European suncare line into the U.S. market.