Global entrepreneurial leader with more than 30 years of experience in Digital Health, including Artificial Intelligence, Computer-assisted Diagnosis, Healthcare IT, Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring, Image-guided Surgery, Digital Pathology and Radiology Imaging and Clinical Decision Support with functional expertise in Engineering, Regulatory, HR, Marketing, Strategy and General Management.

Wido currently serves as Chief Technology Officer of Evident Scientific, a private equity (Bain & Company) funded spin-out of the Microscopy business of Olympus. In this role, he manages and drives cutting-edge science and product development in AI, optics and other disciplines in Germany, Japan and India. Evident Scientific is headquartered in Boston, while Wido is based in Vienna, Austria.

Having driven start-ups in imaging and surgery, he has also filled senior executive roles in Philips, Danaher and Siemens. It is the mix of large and small company experience and activities at strategic attach surfaces as well as deep content involvement that forms his unique perspective.

Wido Menhardt holds a PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from Hamburg University and an MSc in Physics from the Technical University of Vienna. His continued education includes Marketing Management from Stanford University, Negotiation Strategies from Insead, Senior Certification from the Society of Human Resource Management, and Yoga Instructor from Akshar Academy.

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