What drives me?
What drives me?
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I am an experienced healthcare technology innovator and purpose-driven entrepreneur, committed to ensuring innovations reach their full potential to improve human health and improve societal outcomes.
As Founder & Principal Innovation Consultant at Get Soaked Studio, I am currently advising purpose-driven organisations in healthcare and life sciences (ranging from startups and nonprofits to hospitals and large corporates) on commercialisation, innovation, and product strategy, with particular expertise in healthcare technology, digital health, and medical devices.
In 2016, I founded Immersive Rehab, a digital therapeutics company delivering personalised neurorehabilitation programmes using virtual reality to improve patient outcomes and enhance clinical assessments. Over the next eight years, I helped advance neurorehabilitation services and made a measurable impact on patient care.
My career spans leadership roles in strategic research and technology transfer at Imperial College London and University College London, and in global innovation and science & tech policy at international organisations including UNESCO, the Global Disability Innovation Hub, and the Digital Medicine Society. I have worked as a scientist in academia and currently serve as Professor of Healthcare Innovation Leadership at EDHEC Business School and UCL Global Business School for Health.
With a background in Electro-Mechanical Engineering (MSc) and as a Biomedical Engineering Scientist (PhD), I am passionate about healthcare technologies, digital health, immersive technologies and its applications in healthcare, using tech for good, social entrepreneurship and innovation, and promoting diversity in science & tech.
My work experience
My work experience
Founder & Principal Innovation Consultant | Fractional Executive (CEO/CPO/CCO/CINO/CoS …)
Focus areas: Healthcare technology innovation, Innovation strategy, Business development, Strategic partnerships, Discovery & Ideation, Design thinking, Change management, R&D strategy & implementation processes, Product design & strategy, Academic-corporate partnerships, Service design, Fundraising, Innovation funding advice, Grant funding advice, Workshop Curation and Facilitation
Who have I worked with? Startups; small businesses; spinouts; product design studios like Ctrl Group; social enterprises, nonprofits & NGOs like the Global Disability Innovation Hub; governments; academia; intergovernmental organisations; corporate clients
Business verticals: Tech For Good, Healthcare, Digital Health, MedTech, Assistive Technologies, BioTech, FemTech, Mental Health, Immersive Technologies in healthcare (VR/AR/XR), Remote Care/Telehealth, International Development
Where? Purpose-driven innovation consultancy Get Soaked Studio - check out the website to learn more about our motivations and services offered at Get Soaked Studio
Healthcare Technology Entrepreneur and Executive, Startup Founder & CEO
Focus areas: Digital health R&D, Digital therapeutics, Software as a Medical Device product development, Clinical trial design & execution, Use of immersive technologies in healthcare settings, Medical device design processes, Use of wearables in healthcare
Where? Immersive Rehab
Technology Transfer, Strategic Partnerships & Translational Research
Focus areas: Translational Research strategy, Innovation funding, Research grant funding, Academic-corporate partnerships, Collaborative research partnerships, Technology transfer strategy
Where? University College London (UCL); Imperial College London; European Patent Office
Adjunct Professor/Visiting Professor in Healthcare Innovation
Focus areas: Healthcare innovation, Global healthcare management, Design thinking in healthcare innovation, Healthcare innovation in the digital age
Where? EDHEC Business School; UCL Global Business School for Health
Science & Innovation Policy and International Research Funding
Focus Areas: International collaborative research partnerships, Grant funding proposal & research management, Engineering & natural sciences, International development, Global Health
Where? UNESCO; European Science Foundation
Academic Researcher & University Teaching Fellow
Focus areas: Biomaterials, Medical Implants, Biomedical engineering, Medical device design, Biomechanics, Bionanotechnology, Materials sciences
Where? Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Chalmers University of Technology
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You will also find a more detailed overview of my work experience on my Linkedin page. Feel free to connect with me there.
My education
My education
Doctor in Engineering Sciences, Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials Science (PhD)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Chalmers University of Technology
Master of Science in Electro-Mechanical Engineering (MSc)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Bachelor of Science in Applied Sciences & Engineering (BSc)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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