Summary
Jeffrey Thatcher is a Chief Science Officer and biomedical engineer with 11 years of experience leading AI-driven diagnostic projects that bridge clinical needs and deployable medical devices. He has a strong track record translating research into regulated products—leading multispectral imaging work that earned FDA Breakthrough designation, commercialized in the UK, and supported by over $150M in R&D funding via BARDA, NIH, DoD and NSF proposals. Skilled in deep learning, computer vision, and clinical study design, he has built and scaled teams, designed multi-center trials for >400 ICU patients, and delivered high-performance image models in production settings. Based in Dallas, he pairs a PhD in Biomedical Engineering with hands-on engineering in Python/PyTorch and Azure, and brings a rare combination of grant writing, regulatory strategy, and algorithmic innovation such as a patented-seeming 4-aperture image fusion approach for 3D tissue mapping.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Cell & Molecular Biology, Cum laude, BS, Cell & Molecular Biology, Cum laude at Texas Tech University
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, PhD, Biomedical Engineering at UT Southwestern Medical Center