Former CTO and Technology Director with 20+ years building and scaling an FDA-approved medical imaging platform that served over 25% of US orthopedic practices and reached $10M ARR before acquisition by a Fortune 500 enterprise. Advises boards and founders on technology strategy, regulatory compliance, and organizational scaling in MedTech.
I bring 20 years of experience in MedTech as a CTO, leading engineering and quality assurance teams that built an orthopedic medical imaging and surgical planning tool used by over 25% of US-based medical practices while passing multiple FDA audits. Today, I advise boards and founders on technology strategy, regulatory compliance, and organizational scaling in MedTech. I bring that hard-won perspective directly to early-stage MedTech founders who are navigating the same gauntlet.
I've spent my career designing and developing software to solve hard problems — in physics, mathematics, and medicine — work that naturally led me into leadership of multidisciplinary teams. Rooted in physics and mathematics, my focus evolved into computer science, where I've come to specialize in software architecture and cybersecurity. Along the way, I published papers in major journals, helped sustain our nation's readiness through Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship, and for the past two decades have channeled that same drive into medicine, helping people get out of pain and back to their lives.
At the US Department of Energy, I developed a high-performance I/O toolkit for physics simulations running on massively parallel supercomputers — work that required a security clearance and deep knowledge of distributed systems. But the chapter that defined my career was building an FDA-approved medical device for orthopedics.
I arrived as the company had just pivoted from accounting services for medical practices to a new pre-operative planning medical device for orthopedics. I was one of two software engineers — and then quickly the only one — supporting a lean team of roughly a dozen, with the customer base in disarray when I joined. I wrote software, ran the datacenter, built the team from the ground up, and slowly rebuilt the company's technology and reputation. Within a few years, I was the CTO of a service that clinics and operating rooms depended upon daily. By the time of its acquisition, Medstrat ran imaging for over a quarter of the orthopedic practices in the US and reached $10M in ARR. I stayed on as Technology Director after the acquisition. Now, I'm bringing that experience to the boards and founders building what I spent two decades learning to build.
Shaped technology and go-to-market strategy that turned an early-stage MedTech startup into the dominant platform in its category, delivering measurable value at every stage.
Helps companies build regulatory readiness into strategy, reduce compliance risk, and protect market access in highly regulated environments.
Brings firsthand experience navigating both sides of a strategic acquisition, from preparing for due diligence through post-merger integration and value delivery.
Helps founders and boards understand where AI creates genuine competitive advantage versus hype, and guides practical adoption that delivers measurable productivity gains.
Acts as a trusted sounding board for founders and senior leaders, strengthening decision-making, building leadership pipelines, and fostering cultures that retain top talent through growth and transition.
Advising boards and founders on technology strategy, regulatory compliance, and organizational scaling in MedTech. Open to board advisory, fractional CTO, and strategic consulting engagements.
20 years as a MedTech CTO with deep expertise in product-market fit, AI adoption, regulatory compliance, and scaling technology organizations from startup to acquisition.