Experience

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  Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering

  • Adjunct Professor

    • 2017 - Present

    Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering. Developed and teach ENGR 494 "Entrepreneurship for Engineers". Developed and co-teach new two-semester senior capstone course for Computer Science students.

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  Launch Factory

  • Portfolio Advisor

    • 2020 - Present
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  eGrove Education, Inc.

  • Greater San Diego Area

  • Business Advisor

    • 2017 - Present
    • Greater San Diego Area
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  NuFund Venture Group

  • Greater San Diego Area

  • Board of Directors, VP Life Sciences, Member

    • 2002 - Present
    • Greater San Diego Area

    Formerly Tech Coast Angels - San DiegoVP Life Science - 2005-2010Board of Directors - 2004-2010

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  Professional Health Technologies (USA), LLC

  • Greater San Diego Area

  • Managing Director

    • 2010 - Present
    • Greater San Diego Area

    Strategic consulting firm providing assistance to health technology companies entering the US market, including startup operations, product engineering, marketing, financing and strategic partnerships. Working extensively with Australia & New Zealand companies in digital health, medical dev...

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  PharmaSecure

  • India
  • Information Technology & Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Board Observer

    • 2019 - Present

    Drug anti-counterfeiting systems in the developing world, operating in India & Indian export markets. Serialization, track & trace, product authentication hardware/software/services.Board Observer: 2019-Board of Directors: 2009-2019CTO: 2009-2012

  • Board Member

    • 2009 - 2019

  • Chief Technology Officer

    • 2009 - 2012

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  Kunin & Associates

  • President

    • 1999 - Present

    Consulting in Information Systems strategy & managementFocus on life sciences: healthcare, diagnostics, medical devices, pharma. Past clients include Genentech, Gen-Probe, Marion Merrill Dow, Diagnostic Hybrids, Zogenix, Oracle, Quidel, RelSys.

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  The Diary Corporation

  • United States
  • Software Development
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Strategic Alliance Officer

    • 2018 - 2021

    Lifetime Health Diary (NZ) was acquired by and renamed to The Diary Corp. (Tucson) and The Diary Pte. Ltd. (Singapore). Innovative Care Management system with deployment in US, Japan, Australia, NZ, Singapore.

  • Advisory Board

    • 2016 - 2021

  • Board of Directors (As Lifetime Health Diary, Ltd.)

    • 2009 - 2016

    Director of Lifetime Health Diary based in Dunedin NZ, 2009-2014, helped company enter US market. I moved to Advisory Board role upon acquisition.

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  Loyola Marymount University

  • Instructor

    • 2018 - 2019

    Developed and taught Executive MBA course "Management & Technology"

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  UC San Diego

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Affiliated Scientist, Department of BioMedical Informatics, School of Medicine

    • 2009 - 2019

  • Lecturer, Jacobs School of Engineering

    • 2014 - 2017

    Developed and taught ECE 180 "Entrepreneurship for Engineers" 2016 - 2017Taught CSE 190 "Open Source Software Engineering (Facebook Open Academy) 2014-16

  • Executive Director, Moxie Center for Student Entrepreneurship

    • 2012 - 2015

    Opened the Moxie Center, developed and implemented programs including student Incubator, Entrepreneur's Academy (experiential classes in how to take an idea to market), managed corps of mentors and advisors from business community.

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  Cuida Health

  • Greater San Diego Area

  • Advisory Board Member

    • 2017 - 2018
    • Greater San Diego Area

    Cuida Health is developing a verbal social network utilizing the Amazon Echo to reduce the isolation of seniors living in their homes. It will also monitor and trend mood, cognitive functioning, and health related activities and status.

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  University of California, Irvine Applied Innova...

  • Irvine, CA

  • Interim Manager, Research Translation Group, Applied Innovation

    • 2015 - 2017
    • Irvine, CA

    Applied Innovation is bringing UCI discoveries to life by creating a vibrant, interconnected community of students, scholars, industries and entrepreneurs. Research Translation Group assists faculty in translating their research results into commercial use, partnering with the Invention Transfer ...

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  University of California San Diego

  • Lead I-Corps Instructor/mentor, Institute for the Global Entrepreneur (former...

    • 2013 - 2017

    National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program prepares teams for commercialization of technologies developed under NSF & NIH grants. Lead Instructor, Phase II curriculum, I-Corps Site. Instructor, Medical Device Commercialization Workshops. Mentor, National I-Corps team.Instructo...

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  Sironis, Inc.

  • Orange County, California Area

  • Board Of Directors

    • 2011 - 2015
    • Orange County, California Area

    Anesthesiology Systems, developed at UC Irvine Dept. of Anesthesiology. Closed-loop fluid management for surgery. Licensed to Edwards Lifesciences, 2015.

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  BCS Innovations

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Business Consultant

    • 2009 - 2013
    • Sydney, Australia

    Medical device and health IT design and engineering in Australasia & US.

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  San Diego State University

  • Greater San Diego Area

  • Lecturer, College of Business Administration

    • 2008 - 2011
    • Greater San Diego Area

    Developed & taught "Strategic Management of Technology & Innovation," MBA program

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  Metavante

  • Financial Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Business Strategy Mgr / RepayMe Integration Mgr.

    • 2008 - 2008

    MV acquired BenSoft, Inc. in Jan. 2008. Stayed with company for ~4 months to assist in integrating BenSoft operations with Metavante Healthcare Solutions division.

  • Bensoft, Inc. President, Director

    • 2005 - 2008

    Benefits Software. Provided online management of Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Reimbursement Accounts, etc., for employers. First company to implement Debit Card tied to Flexible Spending Account. Acquired 1/08 by Metavante (NYSE: MV)Served as advisor, then Director, then President to manage growth and position for acquisition.

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  Symbion Research International, Inc.

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Chief Information Officer

    • 2000 - 2003
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Contract Research Organization for pharma, biotech, med devices, diagnostics

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  Golfweb

  • Cupertino, CA

  • VP Engineering

    • 1996 - 1997
    • Cupertino, CA

    First commercial, venture-funded (IVP) web company targeting golf news, community, online commerce. Acquired by CBS Sportsline

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  Scios, Inc. (Scios-Nova, Inc.)

  • Mountain View, CA

  • Director, Information Technology

    • 1994 - 1996
    • Mountain View, CA

    Reporting to CEO, responsible for all IT (research, manufacturing, commercial operations, clinical development) at public (NASDAQ: SCIO) biopharmaceutical company. Company later acquired by J&J.

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  International Risk Control

  • Palo Alto, CA

  • VP Development

    • 1993 - 1995
    • Palo Alto, CA

    Foreign-exchange derivatives analytic software. Sold primarily to corporate treasurers of international companies. Designed and brought to market several new products, on time and under budget. Company was acquired by CAT*S Software in 1995.

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  Genentech

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Consultant, Medical Affairs

    • 1993 - 1995
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Project lead in strategic planning for Medical Affairs Dept., including clinical trials, bioinformatics, IT support; re-engineered clinical trials management process. Ran project for Teknekron Pharmaceutical Systems.

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  Risk Management Solutions

  • Mountain View, CA

  • Consultant, Project manager

    • 1992 - 1994
    • Mountain View, CA

    Software for reinsurance industry -- portfolio analysis of earthquake & hurricane risks. Led project to develop underwriting methodology for rainfall insurance.

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  Teknekron Corporation

  • Palo Alto, CA

  • Senior Consultant

    • 1992 - 1994
    • Palo Alto, CA

    Worked as senior strategy consultant primarily for Teknekron Pharmaceutical Systems, also for Teknekron Manufacturing Systems division.

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  RxSys International, Inc.

  • Genesee, CO

  • President, co-founder

    • 1987 - 1991
    • Genesee, CO

    Pharmaceutical electronics & software. IPO in 1988.

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  Securities Industry Software Corp.

  • Evergreen, CO

  • Co-founder, Partner; VP Technology / VP International

    • 1983 - 1987
    • Evergreen, CO

    Acquired by Citicorp/Quotron in 1986

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  Hammer and Company

  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  • Sr. Consultant; Manager, Securities Industry

    • 1981 - 1983
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Strategic technology consulting for large manufacturing, technology, financial companies in US, Europe, Latin America. Focused on "Business Process Engineering" developed in my PhD thesis, and commercialized by my professor, Michael Hammer. Developed and ran the company's practice...

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  West Indies Laboratory

  • St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

  • Research Engineer

    • 1972 - 1975
    • St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

    Marine biology & oceanography laboratory. St. Croix, USVI. Built & managed oceanographic data systems. Invented "Digital Solid-state Tide Gauge". Chief engineer for spectrophotometry laboratory analyzing returned Lunar samples.