The Entrepreneur’s Perspective on Telemedicine Technology and Tools Development

About the Speakers

Cindy Lin, MD, FACSM, FAAPMR, is a Clinical Professor of Sports & Spine Medicine in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. She holds the Endowed Professorship of Sports and Exercise Medicine. She is the Director of Clinical Innovation for The Sports Institute. She provides sports and spine patient care at UW Husky Stadium Sports Medicine Center and Eastside Specialty Center. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the NCAA Training and Performance Advisory Group, and is an Exercise is Medicine Governance Board Member. Before joining UW, she practiced at the Singapore Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre at Changi General Hospital in Singapore.

Teddy Johnson, PE, MBA, joined the healthcare community over 25 years ago, after graduating from Stanford University’s mechanical engineering program. Since then, he has served start-up and Fortune 500 companies in research, design, clinical, marketing, and sales leadership roles; developing imaging, interventional, surgical, and pharmaceutical products. Along the way, Teddy earned his MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross Business School. With hard work, good judgment, and a little luck, Teddy has celebrated 2 IPO’s and 4 acquisitions, while earning numerous patents and commercializing dozens of new products worldwide. As a way of fostering innovation, Teddy teaches in the STEM and Biomedical Regulatory Affairs Master of Science (BRAMS) Programs at the University of Washington, serves as Director of Technology Development for the Institute of Translational Health Sciences and WE-REACH, and mentors startup CEOs in Seattle and the Silicon Valley.

Terri Butler, PhD, draws on her industry experience to assist teams in vetting their ideas through a rigorous process of competitor analysis and market validation as well as laying out strategies for technical development. Prior to coming to the University Dr. Butler worked in key industry roles along the commercialization pathway, including invention, product development, FDA regulatory management, manufacturing scale-up, and sales and marketing.  She has worked at large and small companies, including 3M, Molecular Genetics, Bioenergy Life Sciences, and multiple university spin-out companies. Products she has commercialized include monoclonal antibodies, pharmaceutical release liner, nutritional formulations, and non-medical technologies in the high-tech materials field.  She is an inventor on 14 patents in coating processes, chemical formulations, and nutritional applications.