Mr. Ataide is a 30 year veteran of the healthcare industry, with deep domain expertise in a wide variety of medical devices, imaging, and healthcare I.T. markets. As the Principal of DRA Medical Advisors, Mr. Ataide provides strategic and tactical leadership to companies as they transition towards commercialization. Prior Mr. Ataide held senior level executive positions at GE Healthcare, incl. President & CEO of the Patient Monitoring & Diagnostic Cardiology businesses, a global $1.3B division, and at Philips, as the Chief Marketing Officer of the then $6.2B global healthcare division. Mr. Ataide serves on a number of boards including; Ornim Medical, C8 Medisensors (previous) and chairman of the board at Intelesens. Mr. Ataide holds a Master of Science degree in Nursing Administration and Critical Care from the University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from San Jose State University, San Jose, California.