Helen Xu
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Diego Cantor, Ph.D.
Helen is a highly skilled professional and a force to be reckoned with in terms of her drive, resilience, and adaptability in the fast-paced startup world. Her background in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering is just the beginning. We worked together at Ezra from 2018 to 2021 and during this time she reported to me (CTO) and later on to David Girard (VP of Operations). Helen was the first Biomedical Engineer that I hired and we were very fortunate to have her at Ezra. Thanks to her expertise in Biomedical Engineering, she had a direct impact on shaping our commercial product and played a pivotal role in securing an FDA clearance for our AI technology. Her efforts led to a well-deserved promotion to the role of Director of Data Science in 2019. In this position, she implemented essential practices and controls to ensure our AI's safety and effectiveness, working closely with our regulatory team to maintain compliance, data privacy, and good engineering practices. It's no surprise that she earned the "Employee of the Year" recognition in 2020. She's a fantastic leader, a team player, a creative thinker, and someone who eagerly takes on big challenges. Any company would be lucky to have her on their team.
Diego Cantor, Ph.D.
Helen is a highly skilled professional and a force to be reckoned with in terms of her drive, resilience, and adaptability in the fast-paced startup world. Her background in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering is just the beginning. We worked together at Ezra from 2018 to 2021 and during this time she reported to me (CTO) and later on to David Girard (VP of Operations). Helen was the first Biomedical Engineer that I hired and we were very fortunate to have her at Ezra. Thanks to her expertise in Biomedical Engineering, she had a direct impact on shaping our commercial product and played a pivotal role in securing an FDA clearance for our AI technology. Her efforts led to a well-deserved promotion to the role of Director of Data Science in 2019. In this position, she implemented essential practices and controls to ensure our AI's safety and effectiveness, working closely with our regulatory team to maintain compliance, data privacy, and good engineering practices. It's no surprise that she earned the "Employee of the Year" recognition in 2020. She's a fantastic leader, a team player, a creative thinker, and someone who eagerly takes on big challenges. Any company would be lucky to have her on their team.
Diego Cantor, Ph.D.
Helen is a highly skilled professional and a force to be reckoned with in terms of her drive, resilience, and adaptability in the fast-paced startup world. Her background in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering is just the beginning. We worked together at Ezra from 2018 to 2021 and during this time she reported to me (CTO) and later on to David Girard (VP of Operations). Helen was the first Biomedical Engineer that I hired and we were very fortunate to have her at Ezra. Thanks to her expertise in Biomedical Engineering, she had a direct impact on shaping our commercial product and played a pivotal role in securing an FDA clearance for our AI technology. Her efforts led to a well-deserved promotion to the role of Director of Data Science in 2019. In this position, she implemented essential practices and controls to ensure our AI's safety and effectiveness, working closely with our regulatory team to maintain compliance, data privacy, and good engineering practices. It's no surprise that she earned the "Employee of the Year" recognition in 2020. She's a fantastic leader, a team player, a creative thinker, and someone who eagerly takes on big challenges. Any company would be lucky to have her on their team.
Diego Cantor, Ph.D.
Helen is a highly skilled professional and a force to be reckoned with in terms of her drive, resilience, and adaptability in the fast-paced startup world. Her background in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering is just the beginning. We worked together at Ezra from 2018 to 2021 and during this time she reported to me (CTO) and later on to David Girard (VP of Operations). Helen was the first Biomedical Engineer that I hired and we were very fortunate to have her at Ezra. Thanks to her expertise in Biomedical Engineering, she had a direct impact on shaping our commercial product and played a pivotal role in securing an FDA clearance for our AI technology. Her efforts led to a well-deserved promotion to the role of Director of Data Science in 2019. In this position, she implemented essential practices and controls to ensure our AI's safety and effectiveness, working closely with our regulatory team to maintain compliance, data privacy, and good engineering practices. It's no surprise that she earned the "Employee of the Year" recognition in 2020. She's a fantastic leader, a team player, a creative thinker, and someone who eagerly takes on big challenges. Any company would be lucky to have her on their team.
Credentials
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Strategy Execution
Harvard Business School OnlineJun, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
Negotiation Mastery
Harvard Business School OnlineApr, 2022- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Eigen Innovations Inc.
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Canada
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Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Manager
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Jan 2023 - Present
AI for industrial manufacturing • Strategize key product decisions and pioneer the pivotal transformation of a service-based company into a product-focused entity AI for industrial manufacturing • Strategize key product decisions and pioneer the pivotal transformation of a service-based company into a product-focused entity
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Veeva Systems
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India
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Manager
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Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Cloud computing for life sciences • Led the product, data science, engineering, and QA teams to design, develop, and deliver enterprise pharmaceutical sales data products • Reduced feature development time from over 2 months to 2 weeks by improving the operating model and providing mentorship to team members • Initiated automation and enhancement of KPIs for efficient communication with stakeholders and drive better decision-making Cloud computing for life sciences • Led the product, data science, engineering, and QA teams to design, develop, and deliver enterprise pharmaceutical sales data products • Reduced feature development time from over 2 months to 2 weeks by improving the operating model and providing mentorship to team members • Initiated automation and enhancement of KPIs for efficient communication with stakeholders and drive better decision-making
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Ezra
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Financial Services
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Director of Data Science
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2019 - 2021
Cancer screening MedTech startup (company's second employee) • Raised $18M Series A funding led by FirstMark Capital to provide cancer screening services using MRI and AI • Managed stakeholders and cross-functional teams to identify, design, and develop leading AI products in medical imaging • Designed and implemented robust processes and data pipelines to ensure data quality across 12 imaging facilities spanning 3 cities
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Biomedical Engineer
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2018 - 2019
• Subject matter expert for the first FDA-cleared MRI prostate segmentation AI integrated within a web-based PACS from concept to FDA 510(k) clearance (K192969) within 18 month. • First author and presenter for 2 peer reviewed scientific publications.
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Sunnybrook
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Machine Learning Researcher
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2016 - 2018
Odette Cancer Centre - World leading research hospital • Developed leading-edge predictive AI models of breast cancer chemotherapy to reduce treatment response time in half • Collaborated with GE Healthcare to productize the research • Successfully created innovative medical system calibration in 2 months, a drastic improvement from previous attempts that spanned over 2 years Odette Cancer Centre - World leading research hospital • Developed leading-edge predictive AI models of breast cancer chemotherapy to reduce treatment response time in half • Collaborated with GE Healthcare to productize the research • Successfully created innovative medical system calibration in 2 months, a drastic improvement from previous attempts that spanned over 2 years
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Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization (CIMTEC)
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Canada
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product/Project Manager
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2014 - 2016
Product lead and subject matter expert on a diverse range of medical imaging projects, including but not limited to: - image-guided biopsy and ablation - image registration and segmentation - image reconstruction and 3D visualization • Bridged the gap between technical and business teams fostering efficient product development and overall customer satisfaction • Point of contact for all client related activities Product lead and subject matter expert on a diverse range of medical imaging projects, including but not limited to: - image-guided biopsy and ablation - image registration and segmentation - image reconstruction and 3D visualization • Bridged the gap between technical and business teams fostering efficient product development and overall customer satisfaction • Point of contact for all client related activities
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Queen's University
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Canada
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Higher Education
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Research Assistant
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Sep 2008 - Mar 2014
• Develop medical image registration algorithms to evaluate, analyze, and improve accuracy of a clinical MRI-guided robotic biopsy system • Collaborators: Johns Hopkins University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School •.8 peer-reviewed publications, 4 conference presentations, 6 awards • Develop medical image registration algorithms to evaluate, analyze, and improve accuracy of a clinical MRI-guided robotic biopsy system • Collaborators: Johns Hopkins University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School •.8 peer-reviewed publications, 4 conference presentations, 6 awards
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Education
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2010 - 2014
Queen's University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science -
2004 - 2008
Queen's University
Bachelor of Computing, Biomedical Computing
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