About | D-Rev

D-Rev exists to design and deliver medical technologies that close the quality healthcare gap for under-served populations.

Our products are:

World-Class

D-Rev designs products that are on par or better than the best devices on the market

Market-Driven

All of our products are designed to scale through the market, not using donations or subsidies

User-Obsessed

When we talk about users we are talking about a product's end users, and every person along the supply chain

We drive all aspects of the design process

D-Rev owns the research, design, and development of our products and then partners with industry leaders to manufacture and scale for maximum impact.

Identify, Design, Deliver, Scale, Measure

Identify high-impact opportunities that can address health inequities at scale.

Design products to meet customer needs, incorporating manufacturing, distribution, and servicing.

Deliver to users by integrating the product into the market to maximize sustained impact.

Scale up appropriately for maximum global impact and measure impact to determine that the product is reaching the people and places who need it.

Our Team

Krista Donaldson

Chief Executive Officer

As D-Rev’s CEO, Krista leads the organization, establishes D-Rev’s direction and vision and ensures that D-Rev impacts the health and well-being of everyone we serve. Krista holds a B.E. from Vanderbilt University as well as a M.S.E. (Product Design), M.S.M.E., and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. She has driven innovation in product design, engineering, and international development for more than 15 years. Her doctoral work was among the first to focus on engineering and social entrepreneurship in less industrialized economies. Before joining D-Rev, Krista was a Diplomacy Fellow in the U.S. Department of State’s American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and then worked as a Design Engineer for KickStart International in Nairobi, Kenya. Her leadership has won acclaim as one of Fast Company’s Co.Design 50 Designers Shaping the Future, a TED speaker, and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Krista has been a Rainer Arnhold Fellow and a Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow, and she has been featured in the New York Times.

Krista is originally from Halifax, Canada. She joined D-Rev because she loves combining technical engineering and good design to solve difficult problems, and wanted to help D-Rev take that a step further through emphasizing impact. Her favorite aspect of her job is meeting people, whether it’s global health leaders or doctors and nurses working hard in the hospitals that use D-Rev’s products. When Krista isn’t flying from one meeting to another, she’s hanging out with her kids and planning fun activities with her family.

AJ Viola

Chief Operating Officer

As D-Rev’s Chief Operating Officer, AJ manages D-Rev’s budget and financials to help construct strategies for product development and growth. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Before D-Rev, AJ was a Product and Operations Manager at McMaster-Carr. Prior to that, AJ assessed business development strategies and performed quantitative analyses to maximize the effectiveness of fundraising resources at United Way Silicon Valley. His varied involvement with D-Rev provides him with a well-rounded perspective on our growth: he originally analyzed the South American market for Brilliance, and then joined the team full-time as a Newborn Health Product Manager, helping to launch Brilliance Pro and thoughtfully building D-Rev’s business model.

Originally from New York, AJ is fascinated by using traditional business models to enact social change and improvement, which is what drew him to D-Rev’s market and user-driven model. His favorite part of his job at D-Rev is working with smart, engaged, and thoughtful people. When AJ isn’t coming up with budget plans, he surfs, sails, and spends quality time with friends.

Sara Tollefson

Director of Impact

As D-Rev’s Director of Impact, Sara monitors and reports on D-Rev’s impact to help D-Rev’s team and its partners determine whether we are achieving intended goals and project our effectiveness. She holds a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. Before D-Rev, Sara was a litigator at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York, where she led efforts at both the Legal Aid Society’s Community Development Program and the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Sara has also worked in the nonprofit sector both in the US and abroad. Her experience has equipped her with a wide range of skills to inform her work at D-Rev.

Growing up in Seattle, Sara’s childhood dream was to be a mechanical engineer who could make flying cars. Now, she does the next best thing and works remotely for D-Rev from her native city. She was drawn to D-Rev because of its user-centered model and emphasis on constant improvement. Her favorite part of her job is communicating D-Rev’s impact through clear and compelling data visualizations. When Sara isn’t analyzing D-Rev’s data, she works on household projects and dances with her three-year-old daughter.

Daniel Wald

Director of Sales

As D-Rev’s Director of Sales, Daniel manages D-Rev’s sales teams, commercial partnerships, and market strategies around the globe. He has over 10 years of experience with launching and operating consumer product businesses in emerging markets and has lived in East Africa and the Middle East. Daniel focuses on the commercial viability of the product portfolio and helps ensure that products designed by D-Rev reach as many target users as possible. Daniel is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied Urban Planning. Prior to joining D-Rev, Daniel worked at Envirofit International and BioLite in the renewable energy sector selling clean cookstoves and solar systems to off-grid communities.

Daniel is originally from Dallas, Texas. He is passionate about the power of technology to empower people to live healthier, fuller lives. Daniel is drawn to start-ups where he is able to bring products from inception to scale. Daniel’s favorite part of working at D-Rev is working with collaborative and supportive colleagues unified in a mission of saving lives. When Daniel isn’t developing strategies for scaling D-Rev’s products, he enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, going on bike rides, or cooking with ingredients he collects while traveling.

Andrea Coen

Director of Development

As Director of Development, Andrea creates and executes strategy around donor engagement and spearheads fundraising efforts to propel D-Rev’s reach and impact to the next level. Andrea holds a B.S. in Human and Organizational Development and a B.A. in Art History from Vanderbilt University.

A bay area native, Andrea has devoted over 10 years to local nonprofit organizations. Prior to D-Rev, Andrea served as the head of leadership giving for San Francisco Opera and as a director of annual giving at Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. Although Andrea’s original passion lies in the arts, her years at Stanford’s Children’s Hospital and prior experience working on behalf of children with intellectual and development disabilities fueled her desire to continue in health care and join the D-Rev team. Her favorite part of fundraising is “the magic” that happens when a donor’s aspirations and the needs of an organization align. When Andrea isn’t pounding the pavement, she’s spending time with her husband and new puppy, and planning their next travel destination.

Casey Trubo

Program Manager, New Product Development

As D-Rev’s Program Manager of New Product Development, Casey plans, develops, refines, and executes D-Rev’s product development and project management processes. He also consistently determines product users’ needs through communication with our partners. He holds a B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis. Casey brings over 7 years of experience in medical device commercialization to D-Rev: before joining our team he worked at Stryker Endoscopy, where he started out in RA/QA. He then spent 5 years in R&D as a Design Engineer and a Project Manager, with a focus in handheld instruments developed to optimize usability. Casey’s final position at Stryker was in R&D management, guiding a team of mechanical engineers.

Casey is originally from San Luis Obispo, California, and he joined D-Rev to apply his skill set to a global issue he observed firsthand. An avid traveler, Casey noted a global gap between what many hospital patients needed and what they had access to, and works to close that gap. His favorite part about his job is that it’s impact-driven: everyone works toward creating lasting impact and doing so in the best way possible. When Casey isn’t managing D-Rev’s products, he surfs, plays poker, and watches the latest sci-fi TV shows.

Danish Ullah Farooqui

Business Development Executive

As D-Rev’s Business Development Executive, Danish provides support engaging clinicians on newborn jaundice solutions at rural health facilities in Madhya Pradesh, India. He graduated from Amity University, Delhi-NCR with a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology.

Danish is originally from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. When he isn’t supporting the business development team, Danish enjoys playing snooker, off-road racing, and working out at the gym. He considers confidence and resilience to be among his greatest strengths.

Jessica Brooks

Manager of Learning and Analytics

As D-Rev’s Manager of Learning and Analytics for India, Jessica manages data collection and analysis to guide strategy and communication. She holds a MESc from Yale University and B.A. from the University of Kansas. Before D-Rev, Jessica was Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at Svadha, an Indian sanitation start-up. Prior to that, Jessica led research on community health programs and water and sanitation start-ups in Haiti and Ghana.

Originally from rural Missouri, Jessica is passionate about using design research to help build businesses which provide basic needs and services to underserved areas. This passion and a love for working in India are what brought Jessica to D-Rev. When Jessica isn’t pulling insights out of data, she’s usually exploring her own curiosities in music, dance, and traveling.

Kelly Blank

Graphic Designer

As D-Rev’s Graphic Designer, Kelly designs and manages D-Rev’s website and packages a wide variety of collateral materials, including product information sheets, event posters, product packaging, and annual reports. Kelly holds a B.F.A. from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Kelly is originally from Cupertino, California, and has lived in the Bay Area for most of her life. She started working as D-Rev’s Graphic Designer immediately after college, fueled by a lifelong passion for design and technology. She joined D-Rev because it provides her with the chance to do design work that leads to actual impact. Her favorite aspect of working at D-Rev is that she is afforded the autonomy and trust to create what she wants, in a collaborative and warm work environment. When Kelly isn’t designing and managing D-Rev’s graphics, she explores the world of adult coloring books and plays video games.

Mayank Bhutani

Business Development Executive

As D-Rev’s Business Development Executive, Mayank provides support engaging clinicians on newborn jaundice solutions at rural health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India.

He is originally from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and graduated with an MBA (HR and Finance) from Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Before joining D-Rev, he was a Business Executive at INFRES Methodex Private Ltd. When Mayank isn’t engaging with clinicians, he enjoys reading the newspaper. He considers courage and facing of difficult challenges to be among his greatest strengths.

Paras Mishra

Business Development Executive

As D-Rev’s Business Development Executive, Paras provides support in engaging clinicians on newborn jaundice solution at rural health facilities in Madhya Pradesh, India. He is a Biomedical Engineer from Shri Govindram Sekseria Institute of Technology & Science, Indore.

One of his major projects during engineering was Electromyogram Based Hand Control. He also worked on a project of manually controlled robotic arm organized by IIT-Bombay. During his engineering career, Paras completed an internship on instrument calibration, PMS and NABH manuals paper-work with the CHL-Hospitals Indore.

Paras is originally from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. When he is not supporting the business team, Paras enjoys playing sports like pool, cricket, table tennis and badminton. He also loves reading novels.

Rebecca Kaduru

East Africa Regional Manager

As D-Rev’s East Africa Regional Manager, Rebecca is responsible for establishing D-Rev’s on the ground presence in the region. She brings 8-years of experience in Social Enterprise in East Africa to build the partnerships and relationships to fuel D-Rev’s growth across Africa. Originally from Los Gatos, California, Rebecca has a BS in Political Science from Santa Clara University and an MA in International Relations from The American University in Cairo. In 2012 Rebecca co-Founded KadAfrica—a socially driven agribusiness based in Western Uganda. Under her leadership, KadAfrica grew from a backyard farming project to an outgrower network of more than 2,000 girls between the ages of 14-24 and 10,000 community members growing passion fruit in the Western Region of Uganda. KadAfrica’s innovative, market-based approach to empowering out of school girls has been recognized in Forbes Magazine, Deutche Welle, UN African Renewal Magazine, and been awarded by Ashoka and MasterCard Foundation, the SEED Awards, the African Food Prize, and Nestle’s Creating Shared Value Prize. Rebecca is an alumnus of the 2017 Global Social Benefit Incubator, the 2015 SPRING Accelerator, and is a 2014 Unreasonable Fellow.

Previously, Rebecca served as the Director of Public Affairs Research at Ipsos Uganda. Rebecca is a certified Project Manager who uses her program development and monitoring and evaluation skills to ensure a maximization of resources for the effectiveness of outcomes. As a new mom, she is excited to transform her passion for social impact in East Africa into improved newborn health outcomes across the region. She lives in Western Uganda with her husband and daughter and spends her free time hiking in the crater lakes region with her three dogs.

Rob Weiss

Senior ReMotion Product Manager

As D-Rev’s ReMotion Product Manager, Rob handles sales, logistics, and marketing distribution functions, and manages the business aspect of D-Rev’s scaling and growth. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University, and has studied at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in China as well as the Harvard Kennedy School. After college, Rob worked on climate change and clean energy policy for the World Resources Institute in Washington D.C. He then worked for Essmart Global in Cambodia, India, and Timor-Leste, helping start-up social enterprises distribute beneficial and affordable technologies to rural village customers. Immediately before D-Rev, Rob worked on small-scale energy engineering projects with D-Lab (El Salvador) and Mercy Corps (Timor-Leste).

Originally from Delaware, Rob joined the D-Rev team as an intern and stayed both for the engaging work environment and for D-Rev’s mission. His favorite aspect of his job is the emphasis D-Rev places on both individual and company-wide growth, improvement, and expansion. When Rob isn’t hard at work in the D-Rev office, he plays basketball, practices jiu jitsu, and plays the jazz saxophone.

Robin Parrish

Senior Design Engineer

As D-Rev’s Senior Design Engineer, Robin iterates and tests designs to improve D-Rev’s existing suite of products and prototypes new products for target low-income markets. She holds a B.S.E. from University of California, Berkeley and gained expertise through her past work designing and manufacturing user-driven medical devices. As an undergraduate, Robin collaborated with bioengineering students and clinicians to create an innovative new mobility assistive device. Most recently, Robin led medical device design and test engineering as a Senior Research & Development Engineer at the Taylor Collaboration. She contributes to D-Rev’s expertise through her proficiency in prototyping, manufacturing, and designing safe and efficient medical technology.

Originally from Carlsbad, CA, Robin’s love for her work is driven by a desire to create state-of-the-art products for people overlooked by the market. She chose D-Rev for its user-focused model and emphasis on documenting social change through measurable impact numbers. Her favorite aspect of her job is working with a high-energy team that prioritizes impact. Robin balances out her hours 3D-printing iterations of D-Rev technology by cooking, reading, and spending time in nature.

Shaelee Huck

ReMotion Sales & Marketing Associate

As D-Rev’s Sales & Marketing Associate, Shaelee aims to expand D-Rev’s reach on the ReMotion team. She holds a B.A. from University of Colorado at Boulder and received her M.A. from Saint Mary’s University of MN. As an undergraduate, Shaelee studied abroad in East Africa and later focused on sustainable initiatives in the region by interning and volunteering with multiple organizations. She has a unique mix of international development experience and tech sales.

Shaelee grew up in Louisville, Colorado and after a two-year adventure in Australia, she is back in Colorado where she works remotely for D-Rev. She was inspired by D-Rev’s impact-driven mission and is eager to align with partners alike to reach more patients in need. Shaelee enjoys working with D-Rev’s agile team and learning how ReMotion improves lives around the world. When she’s not supporting sales for ReMotion, Shaelee loves trekking up to the mountains to hike and snowshoe and finding any excuse to see a concert at Red Rocks.

Shailesh Mishra

Business Development Executive

As D-Rev’s Business Development Executive, Shailesh provides support in engaging clinicians on newborn jaundice solutions at rural health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Shailesh is originally from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh and has an MBA in Rural Development from Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute Allahabad. Before joining D-Rev, Shailesh worked with an NGO, “Going To School” under climate change funds as an Associate Program Officer. After working with different communities in states like Bihar, Chhattisgarh, he has developed a good understanding of grassroots level situations in rural India. He considers, only our small initiative can make a big difference in the life of people in underserved areas. When Shailesh isn’t engaging with clinicians, he enjoys reading and listening to music.

Sonu Singh

Business Development Executive

As a D-Rev’s Business Development Executive, Sonu supports in engaging clinicians on newborn jaundice solutions at Rural Health Facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India.

He is originally from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and has a post graduate in management (IT and Marketing) from ICBM – School Of Business Excellence, Hyderabad. Before joining D-Rev, Sonu worked as a Business Development Executive at Quadrant Systems. In his free time, he likes to play cricket. He believes in facing the challenges and converting them into successes.

Vinay Joshi

India Country Manager

As D-Rev’s India Country Manager, Vinay manages D-Rev’s newborn mission in India. He holds an MSc from France and BTech. from India. Vinay has over 12 years of experience in the field of sales leadership, marketing, and market research. Before D-Rev, Vinay managed sales, marketing, and operations for a US-based healthcare software start-up n India. Prior to that, Vinay worked in the area of sales and marketing for various companies like Caterpillar, Aerotek, and Frost & Sullivan.

Originally from Indore, India, Vinay is passionate about traveling in rural India to bring the change in the healthcare sector for underserved populations. When Vinay isn’t planning his next steps to bring change in rural India, he’s usually seen with a camera capturing streets of India.

Board of Directors

Bill Unger

Chairman of the Board

With 30 years in the venture industry, helping new ideas become significant companies, and the last 15 years learning what works, and what does not work, to change lives in the developing world, D-Rev seems the ideal opportunity to marry world class product design capability with pragmatic, market driven solutions to solve problems that can change the lives of millions.

After graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Bill began his career as a Special Education teacher, then worked in Community Mental Health programs before becoming an Executive Recruiter and then co-founding his own firm. He joined Mayfield Fund in 1983. He served in leadership positions on many corporate and not-for profit boards, and continues to advise early stage technology companies.

Representative investments include Sandisk (SNDK), Silicon Architects (acquired by Synopsys (SNPS), Calico Commerce (acquired by Oracle(ORCL), Newport Communications (acquired by Broadcom (BRCM), Stream Machine (acquired by Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Simplex Solutions (acquired by Cadence (CDN), Excess Bandwidth Corporation (acquired by Virata (VRTA), Verplex Design Systems (acquired by Cadence (CDN), Nextest (acquired by Teradyne (TER), Sabio Labs (acquired by Magma (LAVA) and Berkeley Design Automation (acquired by Mentor Graphics (MENT).

Bill’s current philanthropic activities include; Board member of CARE USA, CARE Enterprises LLC, Microvest, D-Rev, and Wildlife Conservation Network, and he serves on the Deans’ Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Other organizations he has served include; past board chair of the Career Action Center, YouthNoise, and former Vice Chairman of the Anita Borg Institute. He was an advisor to the Dean of Engineering of University of California at Berkeley, a member of The Philanthropy Workshop and Legacy Ventures, and is an active supporter of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).

Jenn Buechel

Board Member

Jenn’s commitment to D-Rev’s mission stems from her interest in integrating business principles with non-profit missions in innovative ways. Previously, Jenn has participated in a variety of roles for organizations that enable under-served populations, such as the Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank, Big Sisters, and I Have a Dream.

Throughout her professional, for-profit career, Jenn has sought to contribute to organizations with a social purpose and mission. She brings significant operations and product management experience from companies such as Procter and Gamble, McKinsey, Genentech and, most recently, Guardant Health.

Jenn holds a BSc App Sci in Chemical Engineering and a BA in English from Queen’s University in Canada, as well as an MBA and an MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children.

Tony MacDonald

Board Member

Tony’s interest in D-Rev stems from his experience traveling in developing countries, his passion for improving impact with market supported interventions and his experience in his most recent role as CFO of Samasource Inc.

Having spent 20 plus years in various financial and strategic roles in the corporate sector—with Ernst & Young, Levi Strauss, and Oracle—he transitioned to the non-profit world to become the CFO of Samasource Inc. in 2014. Samasource is a 501(c)(3) organization providing sustainable poverty alleviation by channelling digital work from Fortune 500 companies to disadvantaged youth in developing countries. He brings a wealth of operational and financial knowledge to D-Rev from his corporate experience as well as first hand experience leveraging market based approaches for positive social change from his role at Samasource.

Tony holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Canada, and is a Chartered Public Accountant. Originally from Winnipeg, Canada, he remains an avid ice hockey player and skier. He is married with two children and lives in San Francisco.

Minette Norman

Board Member

Minette is Vice President of Engineering Practice at Autodesk, charged with transforming engineering and leading a global team of 1,200 people. She chose to serve on D-Rev’s board because she believes D-Rev’s ability to address meaningful problems on a global scale. Her extensive experience developing software at Autodesk, one of D-Rev’s valued partners, uniquely positions her to guide D-Rev’s product development and revenue growth strategy. As a Board Member she enjoys applying her 30 years of business experience to the field of medical technology.

At Autodesk, Minette leads the company’s “radical collaboration” program that breaks down the silos found across the company’s 100-plus products. In this role, she transforms engineering culture through initiatives that foster collaboration, open sourcing and engagement. Prior to this, Minette led the Localization team at Autodesk, where she transformed the Localization department into an industry leader in machine translation and translation automation. Having managed large, global teams for many years, she brings particular experience in leadership to D-Rev’s board.

Minette grew up in Oakland, California, and holds a B.A. in Drama and French from Tufts. When she isn’t working hard at Autodesk or advising D-Rev’s team, Minette spends her time hiking, knitting, reading, and enjoying time with friends and family.

Lynne Kelley

Board Member

Lynne’s interest in D-Rev derives from over 25 years of medical experience and seeing a common goal of providing high quality functional devices to disadvantaged populations in a cost effective manner. Lynne is general and vascular surgeon having received her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School and completed her Residency in General Surgery at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. During her training she was awarded an NIH-sponsored basic science research grant at Harvard Medical School. She completed a Fellowship in Vascular Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and was awarded the Marco Polo Fellowship providing advance training in Endovascular Surgery at the University Paris Hospital, Henri Mondor.

Dr. Kelley was assistant professor of vascular surgery and radiology at Yale University. She has held leadership positions in medical affairs at Boston Scientific, Kimberly Clark, Becton Dickinson and most recently Senseonics where she is the Chief Medical Officer of a company dedicated to improving the lives of patients with diabetes with an implantable long-term glucose monitoring system.

She has led global teams of medical professionals in a wide variety of activities including innovation, due diligence, clinical trials, safety evaluations, product development and key opinion leader management. Lynne has also been an integral member of business teams determining strategy and execution for both organic and inorganic growth opportunities. Lynne served on the board of directors for BDRx, a generic pharmaceutical company, and is currently a member of the advisory board of the Dartmouth Center for Health Equity. This organization is dedicated to creating robust, durable relationships with a select group of domestic and international partners who work with medically underserved populations while recognizing the common challenges that these communities face regardless of location.

Wendy Taylor

Board Member

Wendy Taylor is a global health executive and pioneer who has worked for the last two decades catalyzing innovation to tackle some of the world’s toughest health challenges and leveraging market-based solutions to scale for impact. Most recently, she founded and led the Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which applies innovative, business-minded approaches to accelerate the development, introduction, and scale-up of priority global health innovations.

Previously, she founded Bio Ventures for Global Health, held senior positions with Malaria No More and the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and worked in the executive and legislative branches of the US government. She serves on the North American Board of Medicines for Malaria Ventures and is as an advisor to Last Mile Health.

Wendy holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University.

Jody Mahoney

Board Member

Jody Mahoney, Senior Vice President Investor Programs, AnitaB.org, has created strategic partnerships with more than fifty companies including Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Dell, eBay, Facebook, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn, Lockheed, Microsoft, PayPal and others. She has raised over $100M for AnitaB.org during her tenure—only 2% of women-owned businesses have exceeded $1M in revenue.

Ms. Mahoney speaks broadly on the topic of women in computing, including the United Nations, Dell World, the US Department of State and as a panelist focused on women in computing. She was an active member of the Clinton Global Initiative and is part of two CGI commitments—WeTech, a program supporting technical women in India and Africa; and Girls CHARGE, a global program fostering female education. She maintains the issue isn’t just the pipeline—once in jobs, 56% of women in STEM will leave the industry during their career.

She holds a BA in from Antioch University and an MFA from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

Howard Clowes

Board Member

Howard is a partner at the law firm of DLA Piper. He has been practicing at DLA (and its predecessor firms) San Francisco and Palo Alto offices for over 35 years advising clients in the Life Sciences and technology industries on mergers and acquisitions, public and private financings, and corporate collaborations. Howard has the opportunity to advise numerous Boards of Directors on governance matters ranging from good governance practices to respond to proxy contests. He is interested in applying his experiences to assisting not-for-profit organizations in a range of matters. Howard served in various roles in law firm management including on its Executive Committee and as the managing partner of the Transactions practice.

He is a Lecturer at Berkeley Law, University of California, teaching International Business Negotiations – a practicum in which Stanford and Berkeley law students negotiate a complex transaction during the semester.

Howard is a board member of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley (LFSV) and has served as President of LFSV, as Chair of the CEO Search Committee and of the Strategic Planning Committee. LFSV uses the law to address social injustice and is the largest provider of legal assistance to the underprivileged in Silicon Valley.

Howard earned his J.D. from Berkeley Law, University of California and B.A. in Psychology from U.C. Santa Barbara. He is married with two children and lives in Burlingame.

Board of Advisors

Pooja Mukul

Prosthetics and Orthotics Advisor

Dr. Pooja Mukul is the Director for the Jaipur Foot Rehabilitation Center & Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti-BMVSS. Her passions and vision are to empower handicapped people to be self-sufficient. She helps patients with musculoskeletal disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental pediatric disorders, paralytic disorders, and amputees.

Dr. Mukul has a doctor of medicine from Sawai Man Singh Medical College in Jaipur, India. Alongside functioning her own clinic in Jaipur, she has participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (2016) held at the Stanford University by President Barack Obama, Dr. Mukul has participated in large-scale projects such as prosthetic technology transfer for prosthetists in India from countries like Cambodia, Mozambique, and Fiji.

Jim Stout, MD, MPH

Impact Advisor

Dr. Stout is a Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Professor of Health Services at the University of Washington. For over two decades he has practiced general pediatrics with a focus on asthma care at the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, a satellite of Seattle Children’s Hospital, and newborn medicine at University of Washington Medical Center.

He leads a group at UW called interactive Medical Training Resources (iMTR) which focuses on developing, evaluating, and disseminating online tools for health care procedural training and physiologic monitoring. The flagship program is Spirometry 360, an online spirometry training and feedback program, which has been delivered to hundreds of practices and study sites domestically and internationally. This work led to collaboration with UW’s Computer Science Engineering group. Working with engineers and other physicians, he is helping to create a smart phone-based spirometer that uses the microphone as the physiologic sensor, known as SpiroSmart. Additionally, Dr. Stout is an investigator for BiliCam, a smartphone based remote monitoring application to estimate newborn jaundice by deriving a bilirubin level from a digital image.

His other research focus involves understanding the impact of Community Health Worker home visits in reducing health disparities, integrating this work with primary care, and supporting its dissemination through remote training technologies.

Gary M. Berke, MS, CP, FAAOP

ReMotion Advisor

Gary M. Berke MS, CP, FAAOP has been dedicated to the care of those who have suffered limb loss for over 25 years. He is currently an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Stanford and President of Gary M. Berke Prosthetics and Orthotics. Mr. Berke is a past president, and now fellow, of the American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists, an organization dedicated to advancing the standards of patient care, and has lectured nationally and internationally. In addition to his work in the U.S., Mr. Berke is passionate about assisting developing nations and has worked in Vietnam with both an NGO and USAID to improve prosthetic care and education. Mr. Berke has advised and supported the ReMotion project with his clinical expertise since its inception and is driven to help increase access to affordable, high performance prosthetics in the developing world.

Mr. Berke has a B.S. in Kinesiology from UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and an M.S. from the University of Connecticut.

Mohan Sancheti

Product & Manufacturing Advisor

Mohan Sancheti is an Operations leader at Intuitive Surgical. He has over twenty-five years of experience in manufacturing operations across all sizes of companies from startups to large corporations including W. L. Gore & Associates, VNUS Medical and Covidien. He has successfully driven new product introduction and manufacturing scale-up of various PMA and 510(k) devices including stent-grafts, catheters, surgical instruments, durable equipment and accessories. In 2011/2012 he assisted with establishing quality system procedures at D-Rev and early concept work on Brilliance Pro.

Mohan holds an M.S. Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India.

Darby Chan

Patent and Legal Advisor

Darby Chan is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the patents and innovation practice. His practice is focused on patent prosecution and counseling in the healthcare, medical device and diagnostics, biotechnology, software, clean tech, and consumer products sectors.

Darby has particular expertise in the medical device and diagnostics sector. He has experience with a range of technologies, including interventional cardiology, phototherapy, ablation therapy, denervation therapy, neuromodulation, ophthalmic devices, laser eye surgery, robotic surgery, hearing aids, arteriotomy closure, wound and incision closure, sleep apnea treatment, orthodontics, orthopedics, prosthetics, gynecological devices, minimally invasive surgery, medical imaging, drug delivery devices, diagnostic devices, and mobile health. He is also experienced with investor-side and company-side IP due diligence, as well as conducting studies regarding patentability, patent validity, and freedom-to-operate/product clearance. Prior to and during law school, Darby worked as a patent agent, first in the mechanical and medical device group at Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP (now Kilpatrick Townsend) and later in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Bernie Roth, PhD

D-Rev Advisor

Bernie Roth is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University and is the Academic Director and one of the founders of Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the “d-school”). He has a worldwide reputation as a researcher in kinematics and robotics, as well as creativity and design thinking. Bernie was the principal investigator on a joint Stanford-D-Rev grant for the research and engineering that led to the development of Brilliance. He has served as president of the International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM) and as Chair of the Design Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Bernie has received many awards for both his teaching and research.

David Maltz

Product Advisory Committee Member

David Maltz is a design thinker, innovation catalyst, and product realization expert who combines deep product design and development experience with broad business and management aptitude. He is the Founder and Principal of Intervalent, an independent advising and consulting firm that specializes in product development and innovation strategy for consumer-facing medical devices.

David has extensive inhaled drug-delivery experience with a combined 12 years at Nektar Therapeutics and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, where he oversaw the design, development, and manufacturing of several novel pulmonary drug delivery systems. Before Nektar, David held technical and leadership positions at Game Ready, a startup in the orthopedics space, and Bridge Design, an industrial design and product development consulting firm.

David holds BSE, MSE, and MBA degrees from Stanford University, has numerous patents pending and awarded, and is an author of several publications in both inhaled drug delivery and the medical device development process.

Bob Fan

D-Rev Advisor

Bob is a marketing and business executive with experience in medical device, non-profit, and consumer packaged goods. He has deep expertise in all aspects of medical device marketing working at companies like Covidien, ev3, and Boston Scientific on strategy, product development, launch and commercialization. Bob is especially passionate about listening to and truly understanding the customer, to identify unmet needs and bring the right products and solutions to market.

While at Covidien, Bob lived in China for two years, helping establish a Product Marketing group to work with Covidien’s new Shanghai R&D center to develop and commercialize products specifically for Emerging Markets.

Bob’s passion for working with people in low-resource settings comes from work with small-scale coffee farmers in Nicaragua and Peru through Green Mountain Coffee Roasters’ Fair Trade Organic coffee program and from personal travel to places like Nepal and Cambodia.

Bob is delighted to combine his medical device background, business experience, and passion for helping those in need by advising D-Rev on the ReMotion project.

Bob has a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, as well as an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Rajiv Doshi, MD, MBA

D-Rev Advisor

Dr. Rajiv Doshi serves as the Executive Director (US) of Stanford-India Biodesign and is also a Consulting Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Doshi’s research and teaching interests involve medical technology innovation for emerging markets, with a particular focus on India. Dr. Doshi has served as an advisor to the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India since the Stanford-India Biodesign program began in 2007. He also has advised foundations and medical technology companies in crafting strategies to create new medical products for India. In 2012, he was named by Forbes India as one of the top 18 Indian scientists who are changing the world.

Dr. Doshi serves as a Sr. Advisor to LUNAR Design, where he co-directs the emerging markets medical technology practice. In this role, Dr. Doshi advises companies how to identify unmet clinical needs in India and how to create appropriate solutions to those needs.

Dr. Doshi is the Founder and CEO of LightSide MD, a consumer medical products incubator. Dr. Doshi previously founded Ventus Medical, where he served as its first CEO and later as CSO. Dr. Doshi is the inventor of the core technology of Ventus Medical’s products: for obstructive sleep apnea (Provent Sleep Apnea Therapy) and snoring (Theravent Snoring Therapy). Prior to founding Ventus Medical, he was a Principal at De Novo Ventures. Dr. Doshi has roughly 70 US and international patents issued or pending. Dr. Doshi earned a BS in Chemical Engineering, an MS in Biomechanical Engineering and an MD, all from Stanford University where he was a Soros Fellow.

Henk Vreman, PhD

D-Rev Advisor

Hendrik Vreman, Ph.D, is a senior research scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine and one of the world’s foremost experts in devices for diagnosis and treatment of neonatal jaundice. Dr. Vreman has developed pioneering technologies for jaundice diagnosis management, including end-tidal breath carbon monoxide analysis and LED-based phototherapy systems. He has also created a rigorous standardized framework for analyzing and comparing the efficacy of phototherapy devices. Dr. Vreman is committed to enabling effective jaundice management in resource-limited settings. Collaborating with partners in the United States, Nigeria, Uganda, and Pakistan, Dr. Vreman has pioneered low-cost treatment for neonatal jaundice.

Janene Fuerch

Neonatal Health Advisor

Dr. Janene Fuerch is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics / Neonatal and Developmental Medicine at Stanford Children’s Hospital. Her passion is developing innovations that improve the health and well-being of women and children.

She has a BS Neuroscience from Brown University, an MD from the Jacobs School of Medicine at SUNY Buffalo, and has completed Pediatrics Residency and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship training at Stanford University. Beyond her clinical expertise, she has conducted research in the areas of simulation, behavioral medicine, human factors, data display interfaces for clinical decision making and neonatal resuscitation.

Janene was a recent Innovation Fellow and graduate of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, and recipient of several national and international grants. She is also the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Cadence, a medical device start-up focusing on improving women’s reproductive health. She was recently named a 2018 Rosenman Innovator. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her horse, traveling, hiking with her husband and son and a great glass of wine

Stephen Rudy

Product Advisory Committee Member

Stephen Rudy brings over three decades of experience and an extensive background in business and strategic development in medical technology. He understands how to use medical technology to create impact, as well as how to harness distribution in complex markets to maximize that impact.

As the CEO of Gradian, he grew the company from a private research project to an international presence in safe surgery and leads a team expanding operations in more than 200 hospitals across 22 countries worldwide.

Steve has held CEO and executive positions in marketing, sales, and business development. He founded and led start-ups from conception through venture financing, acquisition, and IPO. He is also a co-inventor on 10 US and international patents.

Steve holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from the Johns Hopkins University.

James Verner, BSC, MSC, MBA

Delivery Advisor

James Verner has been a supply-chain professional for the past 25 years. His work has broadly covered all areas of supply-chain including supply-chain design, inventory management, planning, purchasing, logistics, warehousing, reverse logistics and vendor management. He is currently the Global Director of Planning and Procurement for service parts across all Apple’s product lines.

Prior to Apple, Mr. Verner has held a variety of supply-chain management positions in companies that include Tyco, Proxim and Webvan. Mr. Verner began his career as a Environmental Consultant working for Coopers & Lybrand with a focus on Eastern Europe. Mr. Verner has a passion for customer service and is keen to apply his supply-chain expertise to D-Rev’s challenges in developing countries.

Mr. Verner has a B.Sc. in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University (Canada) and an M.S. from the University of London and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. In addition to his work with D-Rev, Mr. Verner sits on the Leadership Council of The Nature Conservancy.

Chuck McCall

D-Rev Advisor

Chuck moved west to attend Stanford University in 1995 after three years working as a mechanical/thermal engineer at a small aerospace firm. He earned his masters degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, focusing on electromechancal systems. While at Stanford, Chuck was a teaching assistant in the Product Realization Laboratory.

After graduating, Chuck co-founded REM Design. Given his solid background as a mechanical engineer, he is able to make tradeoffs between solving problems mechanically, in hardware, or in firmware.