World Class Candidate
Healthcare - Director-Algorithms Engineering & Data
Executive Summary & Candidate Overview
A skilled and innovative leader with expertise in algorithms and technology product strategy who aims to design products that offer delightful experiences for customers worldwide using a principled design approach.
-Specialized in working cross-functionally with the company C-suite, leadership, and critical staff members to drive business and technology strategies for every company function, focusing on Product; R&D; Regulatory, and Clinical.
-Managed high-functioning teams to deliver delightful products in the algorithms and data visualization space that drive exceptional user experience to the end user.
-Algorithm product strategy;
-Algorithms design and leadership;
-Data Analysis;
-Machine Learning;
-Signal Processing;
-Data/Algorithm-product business model development;
-Customer engagement;
-Tools & Languages: MATLAB; C++; Python; R; Java; Groovy; Tableau; Amazon Web Services; MapReduce, Spark basics; Hadoop ecosystem; LISP; Linux; JavaScript; CSS
Accomplishments and KPIs
One active and seven filed US patents:
US9498628B2. Electrode selection for electrical stimulation therapy.
US20200164212A1. Therapy program selection for electrical stimulation therapy is based on a volume of tissue activation.
US20200357519A1. Reduced power machine learning system for arrhythmia detection.
US20200352522A1. Personalization of artificial intelligence models for the analysis of cardiac rhythms.
US20200352466A1. Arrhythmia detection with feature delineation and machine learning.
US20200357518A1. Data preparation for artificial intelligence-based cardiac arrhythmia detection.
US20200352462A1. Visualization of arrhythmia detection by machine learning.
US20200353271A1. Selection of probability thresholds for generating cardiac arrhythmia notifications
Skills, Experience, Depth of External Relationships
Director: Algorithms Engineering and Data Science | Element Science | November 2020 – Present
•Responsible for Algorithms, Sensors; Data strategy and
•Core systems R&D for a 100-person series C startup in the class-III cardiac-health wearable medical device space
• Inform Algorithms, Data valuation and IP strategy
• Lead data science strategy for business functions outside R&D: operations, clinical and Business Intelligencce
Sr. Engineering Program Manager—Data Products | Medtronic: Cardiac, Vascular; Spine | December 2018-Nov 2020
• Early-stage founder and cross-functional lead for Medtronic Cardiac AI program—Medtronic’s largest BU
• Championed: “Algorithm Factory”: Operations process for reinforcement learning and personalized AI.
• Worked with regulatory and legal departments to revamp data collection and algorithms strategy
Principal Data Scientist & Product Manager | Medtronic: Advanced Analytics Center | November 2015-Dec 2018
• Responsible for AI strategy for Medtronic and managed contracts with Medtronic Spine, Cardiac R&D, and Business Development.
• Co-founder of a venture that screened retinopathies and ranked 1 out of 104 submissions.
• Involved in advanced analytics councils in healthcare.
Sr. Algorithm Scientist | Medtronic PLC, Neuromodulation | May 2010-November 2015
•Program Lead: Algorithm product design and roadmaps; Data Analysis
•Designed algorithms and roadmaps as a Program Lead.
•Created EXPLOREcloud, a Medtronic web app for managing clinical sensor data and algorithm creation.
•Developed personalized data-driven brain-interface algorithms and performed VOC work for a sensor-based therapy management system.
Education & Certifications:
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN| May 2009
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering; Minor: Computer Science
Coursework: Computer Vision; Digital Signal Processing; Image processing; Artificial Intelligence; Pattern Recognition;
Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures; Linear Systems and optimal control; Image Processing; Advanced machine learning and computer vision; Probability and Stochastic Processes; Linear Algebra
University of Pune, India | July 2006
Bachelor of Electronics Engineering: National level competition winning robotics project
Position Seeking: Strategic Leader in Bio Medical Engineering
Current Position: Director-Algorithms Engineering and Data
Current Location: San Francisco
Compensation Seeking: $220,000
