Summary
David Lerner is an experienced CTO and engineering executive with a multi-decade track record of transforming product development, regulatory strategy, and team performance across medical device, diagnostics, and safety-critical industries. He combines hands-on technical depth—ranging from Doppler ultrasound and implantable glucose sensing to extracorporeal therapy systems—with board-level leadership and IP strategy, having led R&D, quality, and regulatory around several successful product launches. Skilled at turnarounds, he repeatedly reorganizes engineering organizations to cut time-to-market, improve yields, and eliminate non-conformances while fostering innovation tailored to culture and circumstance. Comfortable operating at the C-suite level yet willing to roll up his sleeves, he blends humanistic people development with rigorous processes to build high-performing, geographically distributed teams. His cross-industry experience in medium and global firms gives him a nuanced appreciation for diversity of thought and the stakeholder alignment needed for complex clinical and commercial programs. A double master’s holder in Medical Physics and Technology Management, he is often sought for creative, win-win technical and regulatory solutions that others miss.
9 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Medical Physics and Biophysical Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Medical Physics and Biophysical Science at University of Minnesota
The Bronx High School of Science
Bachelor of Science (B.S. / B.S.E.E.) Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S. / B.S.E.E.) Electronics Engineering at Stony Brook University