Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen is a seasoned professional with 30+ years of experience developing products, services, and solutions in the health, healthcare and life sciences spaces. Most recently, Rob was the Director, Product Develop at a biotech startup focused on combating drug resistant infections.  In this role Rob developed novel approaches to managing biological and clinical data and operating the company's clinical trials.  Prior to this role, Rob served as a Product Development Manager at the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the National Institutes of Health.  Rob's focus on serving the customer helped move the organization from a science/experimental focus to a product development focus by understanding the needs of their customers and building products and services for them.  

Rob's path of meeting unmet needs includes starting a company that developed sensors that were attached to helmets for players in youth sports. These sensors detected head impacts that could lead to concussions and/or repetitive brain injury. Rob served as the CTO and lead engineer for this activity.  Prior to this Rob held senior engineering and business development positions focused on the world’s first commercial, virtual reality surgical training simulators.

Rob holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA from the University of Maryland.  Rob is an inventor on over 30 U.S. patents issued and pending as well as being a private pilot, an avid baseball fan and a competitive cook.

In every role, Rob has brought passion, energy and a broad set of skills and experiences to bear on the problems at hand.