Bob Wang, Founder and Chairman
Bob Thompson , President and CEO, Interim
Jiayu Chen, PhD, Vice President of Engineering
Robert M. Foley, Vice President of Customer Relations
Fred Ong, Vice President of Finance
Lisa Scott, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance
Bob Wang
Founder and Chairman
Bob Wang is an executive with vision and proven accomplishment in founding companies that have changed medical imaging and breast care over the past 30 years. When Wang started out, mammography was deemed unsafe for screening purposes due to its high radiation levels. The high-resolution and low-dose rare-earth x-ray radiography technology developed by Wang, which was sold to 3M with a license to Kodak, allowed a 50% dose reduction to all radiography procedures and gave rise to modern mammography as we know it today. In the 1990s, Wang founded R2 Technology to develop computer-aided detection (CAD) technology to reduce screening oversights in mammography and CT lung. R2 was recently sold to Hologic. Over time, Wang noticed that mammography did not detect a proportion of earlier, more treatable cancers – particularly in women with dense breast tissue – and that ultrasound was more effective in doing so. Subsequent studies confirmed this observation. In 1997, Wang founded U-Systems, Inc. to develop the technology behind the somo.v™ system. His hard work and passion continue to a make a difference for women everywhere.
Wang received a B.S. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. degree from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bob Thompson
President and CEO, Interim
Bob Thompson has more than 20 years of Ultrasound market and clinical experience. Thompson's successful track record in the worldwide Ultrasound business includes tenures with ATL Ultrasound and GE Healthcare as Global Marketing Manager – General Imaging. Most recently, Thompson was the VP of Marketing and Product Development at Ultrasonix Medical Corporation.
Thompson has completed numerous executive educational programs and is Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Management from Ottawa University, KS.
Jiayu Chen, PhD
Vice President of Engineering
Prior to U-Systems, Dr. Chen was Senior Manager of System Engineering at ONI/Ciena Corp., a telecom equipment company. Prior to ONI/Ciena Corp, Chen worked as the global engineering manager of ultrasound transducers at GE Medical Systems, from June 1998 to November 2000. Prior to that, he was a senior engineer and the manager of transducer engineering at Diasonics Ultrasound, Inc.
Dr. Chen received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing China and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Zheijiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Robert M. Foley
Vice President of Customer Relations
Robert Foley has over 30 years marketing and management experience in healthcare, medical imaging, and information technology – notably R2 Technology, Integrated Surgical Systems, Robodoc, and IBM. Prior to U-Systems, Foley consulted in the healthcare and Internet business segments advising management in the early stages of companies. Previous to that, he was a cofounder and VP at R2 Technology, with responsibilities including establishing early clinical validation sites and initiating early FDA discussions on clinical trials.
Foley earned B.S. from College of the Holy Cross and an M.S. from Iowa State University.
Fred Ong
Vice President of Finance
Fred Ong brings 16 years of financial and operational experience to U-Systems. Prior to joining U-Systems, Ong was Vice President of Finance at R2 Technology, a venture backed medical device company that was successfully sold for $220 million. Ong was also Vice President of Finance and Operations at Mirapoint where he scaled the company from its early stage to eventual operating profits during his five-year tenure. Ong also held various other financial management positions and participated in mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in his career, Ong worked for Coopers and Lybrand, now PricewaterhouseCoopers, as an auditor. Ong is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and is a certified public accountant.
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance
Lisa Scott has more than 20 years of Regulatory, Quality, Clinical, and Administrative experience. She has held numerous functional and management positions of increasing responsibility, for numerous medical device manufacturers; including VNUS, Lumenis and Artes Medical. Her experiences include International Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and Clinical Affairs. Scott has successfully developed numerous classes of Medical Devices for Domestic Clearances/Approvals and International Certification/Licensing. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University, and is a member of the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society American Society for Quality.
