David Whitlinger
President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Intel
David Whitlinger serves as the director of Healthcare Device Standards and Interoperability for the Intel Corporation in its Digital Health Group. Mr. Whitlinger is responsible for Intel’s healthcare device interoperability strategies and the standards development to support those strategies. More

Joseph L. Ternullo, JD, CPA
Vice President, Partners Healthcare
Joe is associate director of Partners HealthCare System's Center for Connected Health and focuses on policy, contracting, and corporate-sponsored research.  He serves on the board of directors and as vice president of Continua Health Alliance, on the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital internal review boards, and as an executive member of American Telemedicine Association's policy committee. More

Michael Robkin
Treasurer, Kaiser Permanente
Michael Robkin is the Principal Enterprise Architect in Information Technology Strategy and Policy for Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP IT), the $2.2 billion technology management arm of the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. More

Deepak Ayyagari, PhD
Secretary,  Sharp
Dr. Deepak Ayyagari currently serves as Principal Scientist at Sharp Laboratories of America, where he leads the Personal Healthcare Technologies project. This project is focused on the research and development of innovative technologies and product concepts for consumer oriented in-home and personal healthcare and wellness applications. Dr. Ayyagari represents Sharp Corporation as a founding member of the Board of Director of the Continua Health Alliance. He is also the Secretary of the Corporation and the Editor in chief of its newsletter. More

Emily Teiper
Executive Director, VTM
Emily Teiper is a Senior Account Manager within VTM’s Initiative Management Group.  She is responsible for directing the management and support activities of multiple VTM customer accounts. More

Nicholas Augustinos
Director, Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Nick Augustinos is healthcare director for the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG). He brings 20 years of broad managerial and consulting experience and expertise working with a diverse range of leading healthcare organizations such as the California Healthcare Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Sutter Health. More

Marshall Stanton, M.D.
Vice President, Remote Disease Management
Medtronic
Marshall S. Stanton , M.D. is presently Vice President for Remote Disease Management for Medtronic, Inc.Most recently, Dr. Stanton was Vice President and General Manager for the Medtronic Japan Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management (CRDM) business from May 2005 through June 2007 where he had responsibility for all aspects of the CRDM business in Japan. More

Youngsoo Kim
Vice President, Corporate Strategy Planning Team
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Youngsoo Kim is Vice President of Corporate Strategy Planning Team of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. a position he has held since January, 2004. In this function he is responsible for the areas of strategic alliance, mergers and acquisitions as well as new business development.  More

Eric Thelen
CTO Philips Home Healthcare Solutions, Vice President
Philips
As CTO of Philips Home Healthcare Solutions, Eric Thelen is responsible for technology strategy as well as for product and service development. Philips Home Healthcare Solutions is part of the Healthcare Sector of Philips and focuses on supporting independent living for seniors and the chronically ill by providing telehealth solutions, remote patient monitoring services, personal emergency response services and cardiac monitoring services. More

Kimio Minami
General Manager of Healthcare Systems Development Office
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic)
Kimio Minami has more than 27 years of experience in consulting and sales in information systems architecture within Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), working predominantly with Japanese Government organizations and large enterprises. More

Sal Strods, VP R&D and New Product Development,
Welch Allyn, Incorporated
Sal Strods has nearly 25 years of experience in the development of diagnostic and therapeutic systems and solutions for the healthcare industry. Sal is currently the VP of R&D and Global New Product Development at Welch Allyn. Welch Allyn is one of the world’s leading researcher, developer, and manufacturer of diagnostic, physiologic monitoring, and therapeutic solutions for frontline caregivers. In this position Sal is responsible for the development of diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, devices, and systems sold worldwide. Sal also serves on the Welch Allyn US and Canada strategic planning team. More

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