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Jeff is an entrepreneur specializing in medical technology. He was the Founder and CEO at SoniTrack Systems, a startup that developed ultrasound and robotic systems for surgery and radiation oncology. SoniTrack was acquired in 2016 by Zimmer Biomet who now markets SoniTrack’s flagship product, the Walter Surgical Assist Arm.

In addition to his role at Vertex, Jeff currently serves as principal at JSS Consulting, providing technical and business expertise to medical device startup companies. He is also the medical device lead at Stanford University’s StartX Accelerator and a special projects consultant at Zimmer Biomet.

Jeff completed his PhD at Stanford University in the Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering departments. He also holds a MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology where he graduated summa cum laude in three years. Jeff is the recipient of an American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Young Investigator’s Award, NSF graduate research fellowship, Tau Beta Pi Centennial fellowship, and has been principle investigator on multiple NSF and NIH research grants. He is named on more than 20 patents and research papers.