Manager in Strategic Innovation at Becton Dickinson & Co. (NJ)
-    Evaluated startup companies which could lead to internal development or acquisition of a new
      technology,
-    Pursued pre-concept and concept development,
-    Developed strategies for entry into new markets,
-    Uncovered clinical unmet needs and identified new opportunities.

Project Manager at Corporate Research (Princeton NJ)
-    Siemens Corporate Research is one of the largest and most prestigious corporate Research and
      Development Centers in the world.
-    Principal Role:
      Initiated & established relationships with external partners (Academia, Hospitals, Pharma, small
      companies), strategically assessed the value of, and developed the most promising medical device
      technologies in collaboration with partners.
-    Contributions:
      + Was awarded multimillion-dollar NIH-funded grant in collaboration with Beth Israel
         Medical Center, to develop new device which will combine and correlate clinical in-vivo & in-vitro
         information, to validate new biomarkers for prostate cancer detection (project ranked in top 3% of
         all NIH applications).
      + Managed team in development of clinical software platform and interface for novel intraoperative
          imaging system, which recently advanced to human clinical trials. System enables surgeons to see
          human disease intraoperatively (under image guidance), perform sentinel lymph node mapping,
          resect tumors, and avoid critical structures. Device will be featured in Siemens’ strategic
          publication “Pictures of the Future”, with broad internal and external distribution.
      + Led large multidisciplinary team in multi-institutional NIH-funded $18 Million project to bring to
          market most promising optical imaging technologies for tracking and predicting cancer. The project
          involved close interaction with several leading universities, the NIH, pharmaceutical and medical
          devices firms, and the FDA. Device is currently undergoing a clinical trial.
      + Developed first software prototype platform in the world capable of jointly analyzing multimodal
          optical imaging data with X-Ray mammography and MRIs of the Breast. This platform has enabled
          different leading sites with different imaging devices and different data formats to directly compare
           their results and standardize data post-processing methods for the first time.
      + Developed functional design specifications and testing protocols for the first commercial 3D image-
          guided technology in the world for catheter ablation procedures in treating complex heart
          arrhythmias.
      + Molecular and optical imaging, imaging of bio-markers for the Pharma Industry, surgery navigation
          and simulation tools, novel cancer therapy technologies, development of new imaging
          standards in the industry.
-    Technical Contributions: Creation of an extensive imaging software platform, work on advanced
      algorithms for physics-based deformable modeling, multimodal image registration and segmentation,
      magnetic and optical tracking systems.
-    19+ published Patents,
-    Organized and chaired several International Symposia & Workshops, 40+ publications, conferences
      and invited talks (see Publications Section).

Sarnoff Corporation - Medical Devices & Imaging groups ( Princeton, 2002 )
   · Consultant to several groups (Medical Imaging & Computer Vision): Helped initiate two clinical studies with
      Massachusetts General Hospital to combine Sarnoff’s unique image processing capabilities with Tomosynthesis
      imaging device for assessing value of breast cancer Tomosynthesis imaging,
   · Formulated research and business strategy to increase share in Medical Devices market. Initiative contributed to
     development of an ophthalmic imagery system, using Sarnoff core vision technology, to improve detection of eye
     disease onset.

University of Pennsylvania - Dept. of Radiology (1995-2001) 
   · Researcher & Teaching Assistant: Advanced Engineering Mathematics (graduate), Topics in Biomedical
     Engineering,
   · Designed, implemented and clinically tested the First 3D virtual deformable model of the human breast built from
     MRI data, which may enable physicians to perform biopsies of cancerous tissue with increased precision and
     confidence, in 30 minutes or less.
   · Managed the five-year project with a team of engineers, computer scientists, radiologists, and a surgeon.
   · Supervisors: Mitchell D. Schnall (MD, Ph.D., Director, MR Radiology Dept.) and Dimitris N. Metaxas (Ph.D.,
      Director of the Computational Biomedicine Imaging and Modeling Center at Rutgers U.)

Dale-Carnegie Training: The Dale Carnegie Course (1997)
   · Teaching Assistant: Trained corporate and industry executives to develop high performance teamwork,
     creative problem solving and decision-making, leadership attitude and public communication skills.

 Montréal Neurological Institute - McConnell Brain Imaging Center (1994-95)
   · Implemented, and clinically tested a software system to improve the quality of 3D MR brain images,
   · Conducted the work in collaboration with AutoImmune Inc., to test a novel drug against Multiple Sclerosis.
   · The quality of results generated, led to the signing of a multimillion dollar contract with a major corporation
     for drug efficacy testing.
   · Note: The Center is one of the largest scientific communities in the world dedicated to research imaging of the
      human brain.

 General Electric Medical Systems - Research & Medical Applications (France, 1994)
   · Investigated and corrected the sources of densitometric errors for 3D reconstruction
     of X-ray images using a novel 3D X-Ray imaging system (the Morphometer). This was one of the first true
      3D tomography imaging devices in the world.
   · Implemented and tested software correction algorithms directly in the hospital imaging system,
   · Recommended hardware modifications for improvements after a cost analysis & feasibility
     study.

Royal Victorial Hospital - Obstetrics & Gynecology Dept (Montréal, 1993)
   · Developed, wrote and tested a real-time 3D interactive system to evaluate the volume
     of the fetus, in-vivo from 3D ultrasound images, using deformable parametrized superellipsoids.

McGill University - Resarch Center for Intelligent Machines (CIM) (1992-93)
   · Developed a mini expert system to determine first aid initiatives to the injured,
   · Developed an interface between a video image processing system and a MASPAR
    Supercomputer at 10MHz.

 Master of Business Admistration (M.B.A.) - The WHARTON SCHOOL (Phila, 2007-2009)
    · GMAT score: 760 (99th percentile)
    · Finalist at the Wharton NY Business Plan Competition (New York City, 2010): Presented to a panel of VC's,
      angels and entrepreneurs. Plan was submitted to the Wharton Angel Network.

 Ph.D. in BioEngineering - University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1995-2001)
    · 3.9/4.0 Cumulative GPA, and 4.0/4.0 GPA in all Mathematics courses since beginning of Bachelor Degree
    · "FCAR Fellowship for Ph.D. studies" - Government of Quebec, Canada
    · "Dean's Fellowship" - University of Pennsylvania
    · "IEEE Paper Award" - First prize at the graduate student paper competition,
                                              26th IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference

 Business Towne Fellow Program - The Wharton School
    & Executive Master's in Technology Management Dept. (Philadelphia, 1996-2000)
    · Awarded to a select group of Engineering Ph.D. students who take a number of 
     Executive Masters and Wharton business courses, to prepare them for managerial/financial positions.

Master of Science in BioEngineering - Ecole Centrale Paris (France, 1993-1994)
   · Prestigious French Engineering Grande Ecole – Member of TIME Network (Top Industrial Managers for Europe).
   · Thesis grade received top Grade in Class, "Mention Excellent".

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering - McGill University (Montréal, 1989-1993)
   · Honors program (increased depth in Mathematics, Physics, and enrollment in graduate classes).
   · "Eastern Canada Council Life Member Award" - 1st prize at the IEEE Canada Student
     Paper Competition.
   · "NSERC Summer Research Award Scholarship" - National Science and Engineering Research Council.
   · IEEE Vice-President for External Relations, organized lectures, visits to corporations
     (SPAR, CAE, Northern Telecom), Elected Honors Class President.

French Baccalaureate - Ecole Active Bilingue Internationale (Paris, 1989)
   · "Série C" with "Mention" , Mathematics/Physics concentration.