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  Dr. Rafael Grossmann, M.D., FACS

~Maine – Venezuela and U.S. Citizen~

TAB / Medical Advisor 

 Background summary 

  • 1st Surgeon to wear Google Glass live during surgery

 • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

• Top Influencer Digital Health and Pharma 

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 Healthcare Futurist & Innovator, and Full-time, General,Trauma, Acute Care, Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeon.

Dr. Grossmann's (visit his personal website) focus and passion is in the Convergence of Innovation, Exponential Tech, Futurism and Healthcare, Social Media to disrupt and improve Healthcare delivery and Education.  Plus, advising teams (for example with Silicon Valley's Magic Leap as a medical advisor) to plan and design the Healthcare and Medical Education of the future!

Dr. Grossmann performed the first ever documented surgery with Google Glass on June, 20, 2013. Further, Dr. Grossmann has had the honor to be a 5-times TEDx speaker and became a Singularity University- (FutureMed) Exponential Medicine alumnus in February 2013 and faculty in 2015. 

Dr. Grossmann stated, "I firmly believe that the smart application of technology will, very soon, completely redefine the way in which healthcare is delivered, taught and learned. Innovation in the application of exponential technologies in remote presence (RP), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR), artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning systems (DLS) to provide medical care, will cause a complete disruption of paradigms and allow for a better system". He continued, "I think that the Smart-Glass, VR and AR and MR represent the natural evolution of the Human-Computer interface. The future potential of these devices in Healthcare and medical education is limited only by our imagination".

As a Healthcare FUTURIST, INNOVATOR and SURGEON, Dr. Grossmann shares his expertise, as a Keynote speaker, communicator, teacher and consultant, providing a vision for the potential of Technology to disrupt Healthcare and education especially as it relates to Smart glasses and healthcare medical disruption (HMD) and wearable platforms. Dr. Grossmann has a keen interest in improving healthcare via INVIZA's Predictive Wellness™ analytics platform technology.

Wai-Yan Sun

 ~Massachusetts – Born in Shanghai, raised in Hong Kong – U.S. citizen~ 

BAB / Finance & Operations Advisor

Background summary

• VP Finance, Corning IntelliSense- Managed financials of Corning acquisition of IntelliSense for $750M in the late 1990's

• CFO, Bennett and Company- supplier to major lingerie company (proprietary) | Oversaw finances for multiple sites including a factory in China

• COO or CFO for multiple other companies in technology

• MBA, Boston College

• Fluent in Chinese and English

John Canosa

 ~New York – Native U.S. Citizen~ 

BAB & TAB / Software Advisor

Background summary

• Former Chief Strategist, ThingWorx a PTC Business

• Co-founder and CEO, Palantiri Systems (acquired by ThingWorx)

• Former Advisor, MicroGen Systems

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John Canosa is Founder and Managing Director of Tandem Running, a firm dedicated to helping companies successfully create and execute on their IoT strategy. John is an experienced entrepreneur with over 30 years in the hardware, software, imaging, and embedded systems industry including 20+ years, multiple startups, and several patents in the Internet of Things (IoT) arena. 

Previously, John was Director of the Controls & Diagnostics group of the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. While there John was responsible for the development and deployment of what was at the time the largest networked microprocessor control system in the world. In his following years as CTO of Questra Corporation, he led that company’s Multimedia and Embedded Imaging groups as well as the transformation of the company to become a pioneer in IoT based Remote Service. Following that, John was the Founder and CEO of Palantiri Systems which created the concept of collaborative device communities and earned patents on interactive device communications technologies. When Palantiri Systems was acquired by ThingWorx, John became that company's Chief Strategist for Connected Products, a position he continued on with when ThingWorx was acquired by PTC. Subsequently, John co-founded and was CTO of Augmentir, a platform that combined Artificial Intelligence (AI), IoT, and  https://hbr.org/2017/11/a-managers-guide-to-augmented-reality (AR) to bring “Augmented Operations” to manufacturing and service organizations. John has consulted on both the business and technology implications of connected products for many Global 1000 companies and has been a highly rated speaker at many industry conferences. John was a contributing editor at Embedded Systems Design magazine and an Advisory Board member of the Embedded Systems conference. He was named one of the first “M2M Pioneers” by M2M Magazine (now Connected World Magazine) for his strategic vision and the advancement of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology and currently serves as an Advisory Board member for several IoT startups including AvR Safety, INVIZA, and Edgespace.

John has a BSEE from Clarkson, and an MSEE, with a concentration in Imaging Systems, from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

Steve Walsh, Ph.D.

  ~New Mexico – Native U.S. Citizen~  

BAB / Entrepreneurship Advisor

Background summary

• Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico

• Institute Professor for Entrepreneurial Renewal of Industry at the University of Twente

• Co-founder, Past President and Executive Director, MANCEF

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 Steve is a distinguished professor and holds the Regents Professorship at UNM’s Anderson School of Management. Further, he is the Institute Professor for Entrepreneurial Renewal of Industry at the University of Twente. He has many business service awards including the lifetime achievement award for commercialization of Micro and Nano technology firms from MANCEF. He has also been named as a Tech All Star from the State of New Mexico Economic Development Department and has been recognized by Albuquerque the Magazine as a leader in service to the economic community.  He is a serial entrepreneur that has helped attract millions of dollars in venture capital to these firms.  

Frank Papa

  ~Ohio – Native U.S. Citizen~  

TAB / Thin Films Advisor

Background summary

• President GP Plasma  

 • Large area deposition expert

•  Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Board of Directors

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 Frank has been active in PVD/PACVD/CVD process, system and business development for over 25 years. His years working at companies such as Gencoa Ltd, Hauzer Techno Coating, Crystallume and Vergason Technologies Inc. have given him a vast global network as well as long term experience living abroad and travelling in Asia. Technical achievements include the development of new arc sources, coating equipment and the industrialization of HiPIMS technology. Currently, he is focused on global business development related to the thin films coating industry with a focus on USA – Asia relations. He is serving on the SVC Board of Directors and is a member of the International Outreach Committee. He follows the philosophy ”Challenges are not as interesting if they don’t seem nearly impossible”.  Frank holds an M.Sc. in Engineering Science from Penn State University.