Karen Meidlinger

Karen Meidlinger

Role: Chair, Networking Session
Affiliation: Director of Business Development, Pulse Infoframe

Bio:
Dr. Karen Meidlinger is Director of Business Development for Pulse Infoframe. Pulse has developed the healthie platform which connects specialists from around the world in self-configuring networks that enable research through applications and processes providing longitudinal de-identified patient records with real-time analytics. It allows specialist teams to access the patient information they need to further scientific enquiry, and improve quality of patient care. The strength of the network creates opportunities for clinical trials, empowering researchers with controls, support and data sets to conduct statistically-relevant studies.

Dr. Meidlinger is a Founder and Managing Principal of Meidlinger Partners, LLC. Meidlinger Partners invests in, grows and develops water technology, product and service companies that have scalable solutions to clean water and wastewater in an energy efficient manner while meeting governmental standards.

Prior to co-founding Meidlinger Partners in 2008, Dr. Meidlinger was an Associate at Johnson & Johnson where she spent almost four years leading innovation management projects, identifying new technologies that would drive future business growth for the corporation. Prior to her work at Johnson & Johnson, she ran the life science business incubator at the University City Science Center. She advised over 100 start-up companies, including several biotech companies that went from start up to exit, turning $432 million of VC investment into $1.2 billion.

Dr. Meidlinger earned her M.B.A. at the University of Cape Town (South Africa). She completed her Ph.D. in marine ecology at the University of Southampton (UK) and her B.Sc. in marine biology at the University of Liverpool (UK). She also completed an entrepreneurship fellowship at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Among other things, she is a professional SCUBA diver who has SCUBA-dived under ice in Antarctica.