Wido Menhardt

 

Hiring of best talent in industry, from scratch (start-up) as well as at maturity (several hundred engineers)

Start-up, management, and integration of off-shore teams (India, China, Russia, Canada)

Accustomed to start-ups as well as mature companies, acquisitions (both sides), and IPO

Continuous improvement of software methodology and other processes (including regulatory compliance)

Credibility with senior technical staff; PhD in CS and MSc in Physics

Strong hands-on track record in multiple languages, OS’s, frameworks and O-O technology

Rounded in C-level sales support and contract negotiations

Comfortable in communication with cross-functional executives, board members, and lead customers

 

 

2006: Principal, The New Unicorn Group, Los Gatos

Development of data mining technologies and Web 2.0 applications using Ruby on Rails

 

Text classification engine for personalized web information discovery start-up

Large scale, high-dimensional web corpus clustering engine for text-data distribution server

News and blog feed scraper for indexing of relevant information

Geo-media mashup using Google, YouTube, Dave.tv and Flickr: Blue Okaapi

Innovative search engine (end-end: index creation, index pre-processing, and browser fron-end)

Organizer of Ruby On Rails camp

 

 

2003-2006: General Manager, Computer-Assisted Diagnosis (CAD), Kodak, San Jose

New business unit of global X-ray film, digital radiography and healthcare information systems company; reported to VP Digital Capture

 

Integrated MiraMedica acquisition

Obtained FDA approval and launched product in US

Created company-wide global CAD strategy

Started Shanghai based offshore development

Evangelized CAD at conference panels and lectures, including FDA, NEMA and NIH

 

 

2001-2003: Chief Technology Officer, MiraMedica, Los Gatos, CA

Aquired by Kodak. Start-up in imaging-based computer-assisted cancer detection; reported to CEO

 

Hired experienced engineering team

Redefined company market and technology strategy

Restructured existing supply subcontracts

Optimized outsourcing and internal resource deployment

Succeeded in attracting engineers from market leading competitor

Developed first software-only FDA PMA strategy.

Marketed company to strategic alliance or acquisition partners

 

 

1997-2000: CTO, Cedara Software, Campbell, CA

Silicon-Valley New Technology and Business Development Office of Cedara Software (see below); reported to CEO

 

Defined technology strategy for company and communicated to executive, board and customers

Created and evangelized new software application framework (for medical imaging)

Prototyped and incubated new technology business (cardiology), including trade show launch

Supported corporate business development and sales activities (worldwide & Silicon Valley)

 

 

1990-1997: VP Engineering, Cedara Software (formerly ISG Technologies), Toronto

Market leader in all aspects of medical imaging software (image-guided surgery, medical imaging toolkits, 3D/4D); reported to CEO

 

Took over flagship 3D imaging product and

Hired talent worldwide, grew engineering department to 100+ from 50+

Launched several innovations in medical imaging

Obtained initial ISO certification

Critical to acquisition and management of key customers (Toshiba, Siemens, GE, ...)

 

 

1984-1990: Project Manager, Philips Medical Systems, Hamburg/Germany & Best/Holland

 

Acquired and managed multi-national and national funded research contracts

Published 50+ papers in journals and at conferences

 

 

Education

1999: Marketing Management Program , Stanford University, School of Business

1990: PhD, Computer Science, University of Hamburg

1984: MSc, Physics, Technical University of Vienna