This document outlines the agenda for a Digital Health Tech Innovation Workshop hosted by MIT Startup Exchange. The agenda includes introductory remarks, four keynote speeches on topics related to digital healthcare innovation, and a panel discussion on opportunities for collaboration and overcoming barriers to new technology adoption in healthcare. The panelists represent startup companies, academic institutions, and large healthcare companies. The goal of the workshop is to increase awareness of trends in digital healthcare and discuss how various stakeholders can work together to advance innovation.

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Digital Health Tech Innovation Workshop
September 22, 2015 One Main Street, Cambridge, MA
AGENDA
2:30pm Coffee and Registration
2:45pm Welcome: “MIT’s Digital Healthcare Startups,” Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, MIT Startup Exchange (STEX), Event host
3:05pm
Introductory remarks: “Connecting Industry to Research, Innovation, and Startups” Karl Koster, Executive Director,
MIT Industrial Liaison Program
3:10pm
Keynote I: “Innovation in The Emerging Medtech Landscape,” Joseph J. Frassica, M.D., G.A.A.P., F.C.C.P., Vice
President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer/Chief Technology Officer, Philips Healthcare – Patient Care and
Monitoring Solutions
3:20pm
Lightning Talks – (MIT-connected startups, ILP member companies, MIT innovators, etc.)
**Martin Abonitiz, CEO, Healthjump Inc.; **Dr. Ted Acworth, CEO, Artaic Health; **Jasmina Aganovic, GM of Consumer Products,
AoBiome; **Andrew Braunstein, CEO, ClinLogica Inc.; Adrian Gropper, CTO, Patient Privacy Rights; **Zeb Kimmel, M.D., MBA,
CEO, Atlas5D; **Steve Lerner, Founder & CEO, Alpha Szenszor; **Kevin Liu, CEO, Hakuna, Inc.; **Aaron Bianchi, Sales Engineer,
Witricity; **Dr. Ned T. Sahin, Ph.D., CEO & Founder, Brain Power, LLC; **Dr. Anthony Samir, M.D., M.P.H., Co-founder, A2
Medical, Associate Director, Ultrasound Department of Radiology, MGH; **Stephen Sofoul, M.B.A., President, Benefits Science
Technologies; **Bruce Tidor, Co-founder, Office of the CTO, Peach IntelliHealth & Professor, MIT School of Engineering; **Bill
Townsend, President & CEO, Barrett Technology, Inc.; Janie Tremlett, GM, Patient Solutions, Vecna; **Dennis Waldman, CEO, Barrett
Productions, LLC; **Dr. Alan Zhen Zhou, Co-founder, Belleds
3:30pm Coffee & Networking break
3:50pm
Keynote II: “How Will Health Care Analytics Personalize Medicine? Experience from MIT Research and Startups,"
Prof. Dimitris Bertsimas, Boeing Leaders for Global Operations Professor, Operations Research/Statistics, MIT Sloan
School of Management
4:00pm Keynote III: “The Digitization of Medical Devices," John Mastrototaro, VP Informatics, Medtronic
4:10pm Keynote IV: “Hacking Medicine: Scaling Healthcare with Tech Startups," **Maulik Majmudar, Accel Digital Health
Foundry & Associate Director, Healthcare Transformation Lab, MGH
PANEL DISCUSSION
4:30pm Panel Discussion: The Future of Digital Healthcare
Having built a renewed awareness among workshop participants of trends in digital healthcare, panelists will address
how best to act on these trends and the new challenges/opportunities they bring:
• Where are there opportunities for collaboration among industry, universities, governments, and startups and what
challenges do these potential collaborations face?
• How can both established and emerging companies overcome barriers to new technology adoption?
Panelists:
• **Dr. Ted Acworth, CEO, Artaic Health
• Prof. Dimitris Bertsimas, Boeing Leaders for Global Operations Professor, Operations Research/Statistics,
MIT Sloan School of Management
• Joseph J. Frassica, M.D., G.A.A.P., F.CC.P., Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer/Chief Technology
Officer, Philips Healthcare - Patient Care and Monitoring Solutions
• Dan Gebremedhin, M.D., M.B.A., Senior Associate, Flare Capital Partners
• John Mastrototaro, Vice President Informatics, Medtronic
• Stephen Sofoul, M.B.A., President, Benefits Science Technologies
• Bruce Tidor, Co-founder, Office of the CTO, Peach IntelliHealth & Professor, MIT School of Engineering
• Janie Tremlett, GM, Patient Solutions, Vecna
** MIT-connected startup executives
The panel will be moderated by Maulik Majmudar, Accel Digital Health Foundry & Associate Director, Healthcare
Transformation Lab, MGH. See MGH Leading the Way in Healthcare Innovation.
About us: MIT Startup Exchange connects corporations to MIT startups, fostering quality interactions that lead to strong
partnerships with impact across the MIT innovation ecosystem. The STEX web community platform and database has
nearly 1000 active MIT startup companies at all stages of development and representing seven technology clusters:
Tech/ICT, Biotech, Nanotech, Energy Tech, Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Hybrid Innovation.
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Panelists
Dr.
Ted
Acworth,
CEO,
Artaic
Health
Dr.
Ted
Acworth
founded
Artaic
LLC
in
2007,
a
groundbreaking
provider
of
“mass
customized”
products.
Ted
Acworth
founded
Artaic
LLC
in
2007,
a
groundbreaking
provider
of
“mass
customized”
products.
In
2008
Artaic
brought
mass
customized
artistic
mosaics
to
the
$76B
global
tile
market.
In
2015
they
are
launching
a
new
personalized
medication
delivery
platform
that
will
deliver
the
right
medications
to
the
right
patients
at
the
right
time
-­‐
saving
lives,
providing
better
patient
satisfaction
and
lowering
healthcare
costs.
Ted
holds
an
M.B.A.
from
MIT,
where
he
was
a
Sloan
Fellow
in
Innovation
and
Global
Leadership,
a
Ph.D.
in
mechanical
engineering
from
Stanford
University,
and
an
M.S.
and
B.S.
from
Columbia
University.
Professor
Dimitris
Bertsimas,
Boeing
Leaders
for
Global
Operations
Professor,
Operations
Research/Statistics,
MIT
Sloan
School
of
Management
Bertsimas
is
the
Co-­‐founder
of
Benefits
Science
and
serves
in
the
position
of
Chief
Scientist.
He
is
the
Boeing
Professor
and
Co-­‐director
of
the
Operations
Research
Center
at
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
(MIT),
where
he
has
been
a
member
of
the
faculty
since
1988.
In
1998
Dr.
Bertsimas
Co-­‐
founded
Dynamic
Ideas
LLC,
whose
assets
were
sold
to
American
Express
in
2002.
He
has
over
10
years
of
experience
in
healthcare
analytics
and
has
written
scientific
papers
on
the
topic.
Dr.
Bertsimas
has
written
over
130
papers
in
optimization,
data
mining,
applied
probability
and
quantitative
finance
and
he
has
written
3
textbooks
that
are
used
in
over
40
universities
around
the
world.
Dr.
Bertsimas
has
a
Ph.D.
in
applied
mathematics
and
operations
research
from
MIT.
Joseph
J.
Frassica,
M.D.,
F.A.A.P.,
F.CC.P.,
V.P Vice
President,
Chief
Medical
Informatics
Officer/Chief
Technology
Officer,
Philips
Patient
Care
and
Monitoring
Solutions
Joseph
Frassica,
M.D.,
is
Chief
Medical
Officer
and
Chief
Technology
Officer
for
Patient
Care
and
Monitoring
Solutions
at
Philips
where
he
is
focused
on
leading
a
broad-­‐based
medical,
science
and
technology
team
to
bring
clinically
meaningful
innovation
to
the
bedside.
Prior
to
joining
Philips,
Joe
served
in
leadership
roles
in
academic
medicine
including:
Attending
Pediatric
Intensivist
at
Massachusetts
General
Hospital;
Attending
Anesthesiologist
at
the
Massachusetts
Eye
and
Ear
Infirmary
and
Chief
of
Anesthesia
at
Franciscan
Children’s
Hospital
in
Boston.
Dan
Gebremedhin,
M.D.,
M.B.A.,
Senior
Associate,
Flare
Capital
Partners
Dan
Gebremedhin
currently
serves
as
a
Senior
Associate
at
Flare
Capital
Partners,
where
he
focuses
on
identifying
early
stage
companies
that
harness
technology
to
achieve
the
Healthcare
“Triple
Aim.”
Previously,
Dan
spent
time
as
an
entrepreneur
and
operator
in
the
Health
IT
Industry,
cofounding
and
managing
two
separate
businesses
in
the
Electronic
Health
Records
and
Online
Medical
Education
industries.
Dan
earned
a
B.S.
with
honors
from
the
University
of
California,
San
Diego,
an
M.D.
Summa
Cum
Laude
from
the
Morehouse
School
of
Medicine,
and
an
M.B.A.
from
the
Harvard
Business
School.
Karl
F.
Koster,
Executive
Director,
MIT
Office
of
Corporate
Relations/Industrial
Liaison
Program
Karl
F.
Koster
is
the
executive
director
of
the
MIT
Office
of
Corporate
Relations.
The
Office
of
Corporate
Relations
at
MIT
includes
the
Industrial
Liaison
Program,
which
celebrated
60
years
of
service
to
the
Institute
and
its
corporate
partners
in
2008.
In
that
capacity,
he
and
his
staff
work
with
the
senior
administrative
and
faculty
leadership
of
MIT
in
developing
and
implementing
strategies
for
enhancing
corporate
involvement
with
the
Institute.
Mr.
Koster
has
been
involved
with
faculty
leaders
in
identifying
and
designing
a
number
of
major
international
programs
for
MIT.
Many
of
these
programs
focus
on
institutional
development
and
are
characterized
by
the
establishment
of
strong,
international,
programmatic
linkages
between
universities,
industry,
and
governments.
Mr.
Koster
graduated
from
Brown
University
with
a
B.A.
in
geology
and
economics
in
1974,
and
received
an
M.S.
from
the
MIT
Sloan
School
of
Management
in
1980.
At
the
Sloan
School
he
concentrated
in
international
business
management
and
the
management
of
technological
innovation.
Prior
to
returning
to
MIT,
Mr.
Koster
worked
as
a
management
consultant
for
seven
years
in
Europe,
Latin
America,
and
the
United
States
on
projects
for
private
and
public
sector
organizations.
John
Mastrototaro,
Vice
President
Informatics,
Medtronic
John
J.
Mastrototaro
is
currently
the
Vice
President
of
Informatics
at
Medtronic.
In
this
new
role,
he
is
partnering
with
various
stakeholders
to
develop
a
strategy
and
resource
center
around
Big
Data
and
Advanced
Analytics.
In
2003,
John
received
the
Bakken
Award
from
Medtronic
Inc.
for
his
scientific
&
research
contributions
in
the
field
of
diabetes.
John
received
his
B.A.
degree
in
math
and
physics
from
Holy
Cross
College
in
1982.
John
received
his
Masters
and
Ph.D.
degrees
in
biomedical
engineering
from
Duke
University.
His
Doctoral
Dissertation
was
entitled
“Thin-­‐Film
Multielectrode
Arrays
for
Voltage
Measurements
in
the
Heart.”
John
holds
over
50
US
patents.

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Janie
Tremlett,
GM,
Patient
Solutions,
Vecna
Janie
Tremlett
has
been
a
leader
in
understanding
how
to
translate
organizational
challenges
into
innovative,
practical,
and
implementable
technology
solutions.
Janie
brings
over
25
years
in
healthcare
IT
experience,
including
serving
as
CIO
to
many
health
and
life
science
organizations
in
clinical
information
management.
She
is
responsible
for
the
implementation
of
more
than
75
successful
technology
initiatives.
Tremlett
currently
serves
as
Vecna's
GM
of
Patient
Solutions.
Janie
holds
a
B.S.
in
mathematics
from
Union
College
and
a
M.B.A.
from
Syracuse.
Trond
Undheim,
Ph.D.,
Lead,
MIT
Startup
Exchange
(STEX),
MIT
Industrial
Liaison
Program
Trond
heads
up
the
Startup
Initiative
at
MIT’s
Industrial
Liaison
Program
(ILP),
facilitating
productive
relationships
between
industry
and
MIT’s
startup
ecosystem.
He
is
a
senior
lecturer
at
the
MIT
Sloan
School
of
Management.
Trond
is
a
serial
entrepreneur
with
Scandinavian
roots
and
is
currently
the
founder
of
Yegii,
Inc.,
the
insight
network,
and
managing
director
of
Tautec
Consulting.
Trond
is
a
leading
expert
on
technology
development
across
industries
such
as
IT,
Energy,
and
Healthcare.
His
knowledge
spans
entrepreneurship,
strategy
frameworks,
policymaking,
action
learning,
virtual
teamwork,
knowledge
management,
standardization,
and
e-­‐government.
He
wrote
the
book
Leadership
From
Below
(2008).
Trond
speaks
six
languages
and
is
a
frequent
public
speaker
on
business,
technology,
and
wine.
Trond
was
a
strategy/business
development
executive
at
Oracle
Corp.
(2008-­‐12)
and
a
policymaker
in
the
EU
(2004-­‐8)
where
he
built
the
ePractice.eu
web
platform
with
120,000
members.
He
has
worked
with
multinational
companies,
with
mid-­‐
caps
and
startups
in
Brazil,
China,
Colombia,
France,
Indonesia,
Norway,
the
UK,
and
the
U.S.
Trond
holds
an
M.A.
in
sociology
and
a
Ph.D.
in
sociological
technology
and
policy
studies
from
the
Norwegian
University
of
Science
and
Technology.
Moderator
Maulik
Majmudar,
Accel
Digital
Health
Foundry
&
Associate
Director,
Healthcare
Transformation
Lab,
MGH
Dr.
Majmudar
is
Associate
Director
of
the
MGH
Healthcare
Transformation
Lab
and
a
clinical
cardiologist
at
Massachusetts
General
Hospital,
and
an
Instructor
at
Harvard
Medical
School.
He
is
an
active
member
of
the
healthcare
innovation
and
entrepreneurship
community,
with
a
specific
interest
in
technology-­‐enabled
healthcare
innovation.
Dr.
Majmudar
is
a
founding
member
of
Quanttus,
Inc.,
and
currently
serves
as
their
Chief
Medical
Officer.
Dr.
Majmudar
attended
Northwestern
University
Feinberg
School
of
Medicine
and
then
completed
residency
training
in
Internal
Medicine
at
The
Johns
Hopkins
Hospital,
followed
by
a
fellowship
in
Cardiology
at
the
Brigham
and
Women’s
Hospital.
Lightning Talk
Martin
Abonitiz,
CEO,
Healthjump
Inc.
Martin
Aboitiz,
is
the
CEO
and
founded
Healthjump
Inc.
He
has
had
a
productive
career
in
entrepreneurship
and
venture
management
as
an
engineer
with
extensive
experience
in
information
technology,
sales
and
marketing
and
venture
finance.
Early
Healthjump
ideas
sprung
from
data
integration
and
SaaS
services
developed
for
Intermedia
customers.
Martin
holds
a
MS
in
Civil
Engineering
from
Colorado
State
University
and
a
BS
in
Civil
Engineering
from
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology.
Jasmina
Aganovic,
GM
Consumer
Products,
AoBiome
Jasmina
Aganovic
is
the
GM
of
Mother
Dirt,
a
brand
that
started
out
of
the
biotech
AoBiome,
focused
on
researching
products
for
the
skin
microbiome.
She
is
a
cosmetics
and
consumer
goods
entrepreneur
who
received
her
degree
in
chemical
and
biological
engineering
from
MIT.
Her
unconventional
path
combined
her
technical
background
with
roles
at
brands
like
LVMH,
Fresh,
NutraClick
and
Living
Proof.
She
has
extensive
experience
developing
natural
skincare
products,
brand-­‐building,
manufacturing
partnerships,
product
launch
strategy,
digital
advertising
and
direct
sales.
Andrew
Braunstein,
CEO,
ClinLogica
Inc.
Andrew
is
the
CEO
of
ClinLogica
Inc.,
which
he
started
in
2013,
to
solve
how
to
better
use
patient
data
to
drive
clinical
decision
making,
in
the
context
of
the
new
Value-­‐Based
Healthcare
economy.
He
Co-­‐founded
HealthWyse,
with
the
former
GM
of
the
HP
EMR
business.
While
there,
as
CTO,
he
led
the
development
of
the
first
handheld-­‐based
EMR
(9
years
before
the
first
iPhone).
Andrew
graduated
MIT
with
three
degrees,
one
from
the
Sloan
School
of
Management
and
two
in
electrical
engineering/computer
science.
Adrian
Gropper,
M.D.,
CTO,
Patient
Privacy
Rights
Adrian
Gropper,
M.D.
is
CTO
of
Patient
Privacy
Rights,
a
national
organization
representing
10
million
patients
and
is
a
veteran
of
patient-­‐centered
health
information
infrastructure.
As
an
entrepreneur
and
physician-­‐developer
he
has
founded
a
number
of
software-­‐intensive
medical
device
companies.
He
consults
on
Federal
pilots
and
participates
in
numerous
health
data
policy
standards
groups
including
MIT-­‐Kerberos
Internet
Trust
and
as
a
co-­‐
founder
of
OpenID
HEAlth
Relationship
Trust
to
develop
standards
and
profiles
for
the
so-­‐called
Public
API.
Dr.
Gropper
holds
an
engineering
degree
from
MIT
and
an
M.D.
from
Harvard
Medical
School.

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Zeb
Kimmel,
M.D.,
M.B.A.,
CEO,
Atlas5D
Zeb
has
two
decades
of
experience
in
medicine
and
computer
science.
He
most
recently
spent
five
years
in
McKinsey’s
Healthcare
Technology
Practice,
serving
governments,
hospitals,
pharmaceutical
firms,
and
medical
device
manufacturers
worldwide.
Prior
to
McKinsey,
Zeb
was
a
postdoctoral
fellow
at
Harvard
Medical
School,
and
an
early
member
of
the
federal
Office
of
the
National
Coordinator
for
Health
Information
Technology.
Zeb
has
an
M.D.
from
Northwestern
University,
an
M.B.A.
from
MIT
Sloan,
an
M.S.
in
computer
science
from
the
University
of
Illinois
at
Urbana-­‐
Champaign,
and
a
B.A.
in
math-­‐physics
from
Brown
University.
Steve
Lerner,
Founder
&
CEO,
Alpha
Szenszor
Steve
Lerner
is
the
Founder
and
CEO
of
Alpha
Szenszor.
He
has
three
decades
of
entrepreneurial
and
senior-­‐
executive
experience
with
microelectronic
and
materials
technology
companies
throughout
Southeast
Asia,
North
America
and
Europe.
His
expertise
includes
startups,
turnarounds,
plant
efficiency,
quality
assurance,
mergers
and
acquisitions,
and
strategic
planning.
Mr.
Lerner’s
most
recent
turn-­‐around
was
positioning
Alchimer
S.A.,
a
novel
nanometric
thin
film
company,
for
M&A
in
the
field
of
3D
microelectronic
integration.
He
holds
a
mechanical
engineering
degree
from
the
State
University
of
New
York
at
Stony
Brook.
Kevin
Liu,
CEO,
Hakuna,
Inc.
Kevin
Liu
is
the
founder
of
Hakuna,
a
company
set
out
to
provide
best-­‐in-­‐class
home
care
for
adults
through
seamless
operations
with
technology.
In
addition
to
being
a
top
provider
of
home
care
service.
Hakuna
plans
to
provide
deep
analytics
for
major
health
plans
on
their
provider
network.
Kevin
is
an
alumnus
of
USC
and
MIT
Sloan
School
of
Management.
He
was
awarded
the
top
undergraduate
honors
at
USC
and
the
MIT
Dean’s
Fellowship
at
Sloan.
While
at
Sloan,
Kevin
organized
the
MIT
$100K
Competition,
the
oldest
and
largest
student-­‐run
entrepreneurship
contest
in
the
country.
Aaron
Bianchi,
Sales
Engineer,
Witricity
Aaron
has
been
working
with
WiTricity
for
over
2
years.
He
has
spent
time
in
several
different
roles,
including
applications
engineering
and
sales
engineering.
WiTricity
is
an
MIT
spin-­‐out
founded
in
2007
that
helps
its
customers
cut
the
last
cord—the
power
cord.
We
work
with
innovative
companies
everywhere
to
incorporate
WiTricity
wireless
power
transfer
technology
into
products
and
solutions
across
a
variety
of
industries
including
consumer
electronics,
medical
devices,
automotive,
military
and
industrial.
In
the
medical
space,
the
applications
of
our
technology
range
from
implantable
devices,
to
surgical
tools
and
beyond!
Dr.
Ned
T.
Sahin,
Ph.D.,
Founder
and
CEO,
Brain
Power,
LLC
Dr.
Sahin
founded
Brain
Power,
LLC
to
bring
neuroscience
ideas
and
technological
innovations
to
people
who
can
directly
benefit
from
them.
He
is
a
hands-­‐on
leader
of
the
growing
Brain
Power
team,
actively
participating
in
coding
software,
as
well
as
designing
and
producing
hardware
add-­‐ons
for
Google
Glass.
Dr.
Sahin
is
a
neuroscientist
and
neurotechnology
entrepreneur.
He
holds
degrees
in
neuroscience
from
Williams
College
(B.A.),
MIT
(Master’s),
and
Harvard
(Ph.D.),
and
completed
post-­‐doctoral
fellowships
at
UCSD
Medical
School
and
the
Salk
Institute
in
San
Diego.
Dr.
Anthony
Samir,
M.D.,
M.P.H.,
Co-­‐founder,
A2
Medical,
Associate
Director,
Ultrasound
Department
of
Radiology,
MGH
Stephen
Sofoul,
M.B.A.,
President,
Benefits
Science
Technologies
Mr.
Sofoul
is
the
co-­‐founder
of
Benefits
Science
and
serves
as
the
President
of
the
company.
He
previously
served
as
the
President
of
a
specialized
health
care
consulting
firm
based
in
The
Woodlands,
TX.
He
received
his
B.S.
in
finance
and
received
an
M.B.A.
from
the
MIT.
He
resides
in
Boston,
MA
and
holds
a
life
&
health
insurance
license,
life
&
health
insurance
counselor
license,
GBA
(Group
Benefits
Associate)
designation,
and
series
65
securities
registration.
Bruce
Tidor,
Co-­‐founder,
Office
of
the
CTO,
Peach
IntelliHealth
Bruce
Tidor
is
Professor
of
Biological
Engineering
and
Computer
Science
at
MIT.
He
graduated
with
an
A.B.
in
chemistry
and
physics
from
Harvard
College,
and
received
a
Marshall
Scholar
award
to
study
at
Oxford
University's
Wolfson
College,
where
he
earned
a
M.Sc.
in
biochemistry.
He
received
his
Ph.D.
in
biophysics
from
Harvard,
and
moved
to
the
Whitehead
Institute
for
Biomedical
Research.
In
addition
he
serves
in
the
Office
of
the
CTO
for
Peach
IntelliHealth
and
on
the
SABs
of
Adimab
and
Applied
BioMath.
Peach
IntelliHealth
is
a
healthcare
IT
company
that
uses
artificial
intelligence
and
machine
learning
to
power
its
RealTime
analytics.
Bill
Townsend,
President
&
CEO
at
Barrett
Technology,
Inc.
Bill
Townsend
is
the
President
&
CEO
of
Barrett
Technology,
the
Massachusetts-­‐based
company
he
founded
in
1988
to
advance
the
state
of
human-­‐machine
interaction.
Bill
earned
his
Ph.D.
and
M.S.
degrees
in
engineering
at
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
and
his
B.S.
at
Northeastern
University.
Today,
he
continues
to
drive
future
technology
and
product
innovation
at
Barrett
including
the
latest
Puck
adaptation
and
the
development
of
Proficio™,
an
upper-­‐limb
rehabilitation
device
aimed
initially
at
the
support
of
research
into
the
mechanisms
of
neurological
disorders
such
as
stroke,
traumatic
brain
injury,
and
spinal-­‐cord
injury.
Dennis
Waldman,
CEO,
Barrett
Productions,
LLC
Dennis
is
the
founder
and
CEO
of
Barrett
Productions,
LLC
and
its
subsidiary,
Cognatus
Innovations,
LLC.
These
companies
have
successfully
launched
ten
mobile
apps,
multiple
mechanical
products,
and
most
importantly,
electromechanical
devices
that
communicate
with
mobile
apps.
Dennis
Waldman
is
an
MIT
alumnus
with
undergraduate
and
graduate
degrees
in
electrical
engineering
and
aeronautical
and
astronautical
engineering.
He
has
two
patents
issued
and
five
patents
pending.
Dr.
Alan
Zhen
Zhou,
Co-­‐founder,
Belleds
Alan
Zhen
Zhou
is
an
Internet
of
Things
and
mobile
communications
technology
visionary.
He
has
over
twenty
years
of
experience
in
both
the
US
and
China,
where
he
held
technical
and
management
executive
positions
at
AT&T,
Lucent
and
Qualcomm.
Alan
also
Founded
or
Co-­‐founded
several
companies,
including
MEMSIC
(IPO
in
NASDAQ),
Alan
received
his
B.S.
in
electrical
engineering
from
NYU-­‐Poly
and
M.S.
and
Ph.D.
degrees
in
electrical
engineering
and
computer
science
from
MIT.
He
has
over
30
patents.