Michael L. Williams

Lifescan, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and market of blood glucose monitoring products. Its portfolio includes personal blood glucose meters, testing strips, lancets, point of care testing systems and integrated digital solutions. The company was founded by Gary H. Stroy in 1981 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Bacterin International, Inc. manufactured drug delivery coating platforms for medical devices. It was a tissue bank and medical device company that designs, processes, manufactures, and markets advanced medical products. The firm’s designs focused on efficacy and safety for the patient, and functionality and ease of use for the surgeon to fulfill niche needs in the industry. The company was founded by Guy S. Cook in 1997 and is headquartered in Belgrade, MT.

Interventional Therapeutic Solutions, Inc. distributes medical devices. The private company is based in Greenbrae.

Tufts Associated Health Plans, Inc. provides healthcare plans. It offers health care coverage options to individuals and employer groups. The firm also offers choice tiered network option plan and Steward Community Choice, a community-based plan, developed in conjunction with Steward Health Care System. The company was founded by Morton A. Madoff in 1979 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. provides indemnity insurance and medicare extension programs. The firm offers medical and dental plans, pharmacy coverage, vision coverage and health savings accounts. The company was founded in 1937 and is located in Boston, MA.

Massachusetts Health Quality Partners is an independent coalition of healthcare providers, payers, and patients that has been working to improve the quality of patient care experiences in Massachusetts since 1995. The non-profit company is based in Watertown, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company achieves this by measuring healthcare outcomes and collaborating with provider organizations, health plans, and policy makers.

Perthera, Inc. provides personalized medicine in treatment of cancer patients. The firm offers multi-omic molecular profiling available, enabling oncologists to deliver precision, personalized medicine in the treatment of a patient’s unique cancer. The company was founded by Dendy M. Young and Emanuel F. Petricoin III and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

NeuroSync, Inc. operates as a neuro-technology company. It develops eye-tracking technology analytics that give medical professionals objective metrics for visual attention and dynamic orientation. The company was founded by Jamshid Ghajar in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

FeetFirst is a healthcare services company that focuses on technology and develops service models for foot ulcer prevention. The private company is based in Newark, CA. The company was founded by David E. Goodman.

FirstVitals Health & Wellness, Inc. engages in the provision of health plan services. The company was founded on September 15, 2010 and is headquartered in Danville, CA.

Aruene Corp. develops portable, non-invasive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) devices for treatment of migraine. It offers SpringTMS, a transcranial magnetic stimulation device for the acute treatment of pain associated with migraine headache with aura. The company was founded by Robert E. Fischell and David R. Fischell in 2002 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

AMO Development LLC designs, develops and manufactures femtosecond laser technology for use in ophthalmology. It offers Keratoplasty a blade-free laser approach used to incise corneal tissue. The firm's products include metal cone and glass lens for disposable patient interface. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

ArKal Medical, Inc. develops continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system. CGM systems measure interstitial fluid glucose and provides continuous readings and information about glucose trends over time. The company was founded by Arvind N. Jina in 2005 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

BaroSense Inc. operates as a medical device company that focuses on the research and development of minimally invasive medical devices for the treatment of obesity. The company was founded by Richard S. Stack and William N. Starling, Jr. in 2001 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., Interventional Therapeutics Corp develops implantable medical devices. The company is based in Fremont, CA. Interventional Therapeutics was acquired by Target Therapeutics, Inc., part of Boston Scientific Corp. from April 08, 1997 on June 11, 1996.

Pherin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage company. It focuses on the development of its proprietary compounds pherines, for the acute treatment of neuropsychiatric and neuroendocrine conditions. The firm’s products include Aloradine, PH10, Salubrin-HF and PH15. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Anthem Health Plans, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare insurance plans. The company is headquartered in Wallingford, CT.

SEDLine, Inc. is a research-focused company with the mission to expand the scope and applications for neuromonitoring. Based on over 10 years of technical and clinical development, the SEDLine core product is a pioneering four-channel brain-function monitor that measures the effects of anesthesia and sedation by simultaneously analyzing, quantifying and displaying both sides of the brain's electrical activity. The SEDLine monitor is currently in use at some of the nation's leading healthcare institutions. SEDLine has an active R&D effort underway to develop advanced brain function monitoring technologies for next generation monitors to further improve the care of patients under anesthesia or sedation. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Rocky Mountain Hospital & Medical Service, Inc. provides insurance services. It offers health insurance, vision insurance, and dental insurance services. The company was founded on July 7, 1990 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Part of Elevance Health, Inc., Matthew Thornton Health Plan, Inc. is a company based in Manchester, NH. Matthew Thornton Health Plan, Inc. was founded in 1971 by Harris Berman.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.