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Ali Vaghar - Principal Consultant, Software Systems and Compliance in San Diego, CA

Ali Vaghar

Director-level engineering leader specializing in MedTech software, systems, and DevSecOps

Stealth-Mode MedTech StartupPurdue UniversitySan Diego, CA28 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks Remote

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Engineering leader in a stealth-mode MedTech startup who operates as a hands-on player-coach, owning technical direction for a distributed team building cloud-connected medical device and AI-enabled platforms. Stands out for combining safety-critical, regulated systems thinking with startup-speed execution, using automated verification and strong architectural modeling to keep defects near zero while accelerating delivery.

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Key Strengths

  • player-coach leadership of small distributed engineering teams
  • architecting mission-critical MedTech platforms with safety-first rigor
  • building cloud-connected medical device IoT integrations from the ground up
  • embedding automated verification into CI/CD to accelerate delivery
  • keeping post-release defects near zero while increasing deployment velocity
  • strong systems architecture and upfront modeling with SysML/UML
  • driving modular, agent-supervised architectures over riskier monoliths
  • balancing speed, reliability, and quality in regulated product environments
  • partnering with product and executive leadership on roadmap tradeoffs
  • simplifying complex AI-driven workflows for clinicians and patients
  • improving UX outcomes with measurable impact: user error rate dropped to zero and workflow completion time cut in half
  • creating psychological safety for engineers through deterministic quality guardrails

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Experience

Principal Consultant, Software Systems and ComplianceStealth-Mode MedTech Startup · Aug 2025 – Presentfreelance
Director of Software EngineeringQuest Diagnostics · Aug 2022 – Aug 2025
Head of Digital Health TechnologyAdvance Dental Design Inc. · Jan 2020 – Jul 2022
Head of Software Engineering and Head of Product Security and Data PrivacySiemens Healthineers · Jan 2012 – Jan 2020
Sr. Software Program Manager ConsultantBeckman Coulter · Jan 2010 – Jan 2012contract
Head of Software EngineeringInfusion Systems, LLC · May 2008 – Jan 2010
Director of Software EngineeringSt. Jude Medical · Jan 1998 – May 2008

Education

Purdue Universitymaster, Electrical Engineering
Purdue Universitybachelor, Electrical Engineering

Skills

Languages

English

Publications

1 publication

Microprocessor implementationHigh-speed data modemsSignal processing algorithms

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Ali VagharDirector-level engineering leader specializing in MedTech software, systems, and DevSecOps