Summary
Kris Dickie is a seasoned medical imaging technology leader and CTO with nine years in senior leadership and over two decades of hands-on engineering experience building diagnostic ultrasound systems. At Clarius Mobile Health he progressed from embedded algorithms and FPGA/ARM development to VP R&D and now CTO, driving ISO 13485/IEC 62304-compliant hardware, software, and AI imaging products. He has led multidisciplinary teams across software, mechanical, electrical and test engineering while remaining a hands-on developer of imaging algorithms and platform firmware. His career includes extensive OEM and regulatory experience, 20+ patent filings in portable ultrasound, and roles that bridged product, sales, and post-acquisition integration. Based in Vancouver, he also contributes to biomedical education and startup incubation through advisory and board work, signaling a commitment to industry mentorship and translation. Colleagues describe him as intensely pragmatic—comfortable in low-level DSP code and strategic product decisions alike.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
English, French