Dirk Soenksen
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Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Encinitas, California, United States
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Co-Founder and Chief Executive OfficerCeresti HealthSep 2013 - Current (12 years 10 months)Ceresti Health is the leader in caregiver-enabled care. Ceresti has built a first-of-a-kind digital health platform, and conducted the clinical studies, to prove that more knowledgeable and confident family caregivers (spouses, adult children) can improve care and outcomes for patients who are unable to manage their health; e.g., those with Alzheimer's / dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s Disease etc. Our Caregiver-Enabled Care Program is deployed in Medicare Advantage, Duals and PACE populations.- Senior Vice President, Digital PathologyLeica BiosystemsOct 2012 - Apr 2013 (7 months)Dirk helped the organization manage through the transition and integration and resigned from Leica in April 2013.
- Founder, Past President, Board MemberDigital Pathology AssociationMar 2009 - Dec 2014 (5 years 10 months)In 2009, Dirk founded the Digital Pathology Association (DPA), a non-profit organization comprising major vendors and leading pathologists, with the goal of establishing best practices and increasing awareness of digital pathology. Dirk served as President of the DPA from its inception until 2012, and as a board member of the DPA through the end of 2014.
- MemberABL OrganizationMay 2005 - May 2020 (15 years 1 month)Round Tables for Health & Technology Senior Executives.
- Founder & CEO, ChairmanAperioJul 1999 - Oct 2012 (13 years 4 months)Dirk founded Aperio in 1999 with the goal of digitizing pathology—enabling pathologists to view, manage, analyze and share digital whole-slide images created with a novel slide scanning technology. As CEO, he raised more than $50M in equity and debt capital. He built a winning team that established Aperio as the recognized global leader in digital pathology with a staff of 200, a rich portfolio of patents, strong revenue and revenue growth, multiple 510k FDA clearances, and an installed base of more than 1,000 systems in 35 countries. By 2010, more than 50% of Aperio’s revenues were from software and services, with significant growth in recurring revenue. Aperio was acquired by Danaher (Leica Biosystems) in October 2012.
- Vice President & General ManagerApplied Spectral Imaging ASI a ZYTOMICS companyFeb 1993 - Jul 1999 (6 years 6 months)Dirk was Vice President and General Manager of U.S. Operations at Applied Spectral Imaging, from 1993 to 1999, where he led all aspects of commercialization and business development. He was a key member of the team that developed and successfully commercialized spectral karyotyping (SKY; Science 273(5274); 494-7, 1996).
- GEngineer & Engineering ManagerGEC Marconi DynamicsSep 1987 - Feb 1993 (5 years 6 months)From 1987 to 1993, Dirk worked for GEC-Marconi Dynamics (previously ISC Aerospace) in positions of increasing responsibility, including Engineering Manager and Senior Staff Engineer.
- Systems Develoment EngineerGEAug 1985 - Sep 1987 (2 years 2 months)From 1985 to 1987, Dirk worked for GE's Electronics Lab as a Systems Development Engineer, where he developed, evaluated, and simulated algorithms for aerospace signal processing applications.
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- WWest Essex HSWest Essex HS
- M.S, Electrical EngineeringUniversity of Pennsylvania
- A.B, ChemistryBowdoin College
- M.B.A, EntrepreneurshipPepperdine University