Aug 2024 – Jul 2025 · 11 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States

• 1 of 12 fellows accepted on a full ride into the top medical innovation program in the world
• Spent 1000 hours physically inside of three health systems across dozens of sites of care
• Mapped end-to-end MA (Part C/D) utilization to identify key spend drivers and operational levers
• Worked up and down the org chart from frontline clinicians to health systems executives to translate core problems into ideas for new care delivery companies
• Taught by renowned senior executives including: Former CEO of Optum Health, Founder iRhythm, Co-Founder of Kleiner Perkins, Founder Hinge Health, Special Partner NEA

Nov 2022 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Palo Alto / Barcelona · Hybrid

• Venture Capital Investor at a $42M pre-seed/seed/series A, health tech fund
• Focused on US deals in AI, data infrastructure, tech-enabled services, digital diagnostics
• Directly involved in deploying $10M over 10+ transactions from first call - deal close
• Worked directly with the Managing Partner to form the firms Value Based Care thesis

May 2020 – Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Co-Founder of a health tech company developing a non-invasive at-home monitoring device for patients with congestive heart failure to enable precise titration of medications
• Led the company from an idea on a napkin to $2.2M in funding, team of 10, and initial human data
• Showed the first human data in the world for a non-invasive device that could accurately measure beat by beat pulmonary artery pressure in humans compared to right hearth caths
• Created regulatory/reimbursement strategy targeting Medicare Advantage patients through diagnostic coding in cardiology clinics
• Won the Canadian Space Agency Deep Space Monitoring Challenge

Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 11 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• 1 of 4 fellows in the country accepted into a masters/PHD level health innovation fellowship
• Spend 500+ hours shadowing clinics, operating rooms, and hospital admin to learn the ins and outs of how healthcare was delivered and how money flows through a hospital
• Directly mentored by the founder of Conavi Medical in analyzing the validity of hospital problems
• Launched two research projects targeting Sarcopenia detection and infection prevention in prostate biopsies

Jan 1929 – Jan 2019 · 90 yrs · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Made $50,000+ in side hustles running scrappy micro-businesses to teach myself ops/finances
• Competed in invention fair competitions, winning three national medals and speaking on TED (cold calling university profs to break into their labs in Grade 8)
• Bought, fixed, and sold used electronics (phones, consoles, smart watches) creating a network of parts manufacturers and technicians
• Ran a landscaping / painting business for residential homes
• Ran a math tutoring company for pre-calculus and calculus