Spring 2007 Key Contributors

Chris Burns

Tunstall Group

The Aging Independently team has always been a great example of teamwork and high quality work products and Chris Burns is the key backbone that facilitates this. He worked long hours to educate Continua member organizations on Aging Independently technologies and how they relate to care needs by creating a succession of white papers, support material, and requirements. Additionally, he spearheaded the completion of the TWG review and ensured his team completed well ahead of time.

Mr. Burns is currently Systems Consultant with Tunstall Group, the leading provider of telecare solutions. Working with the strategic Business Development group, his responsibilities include the definition of new system and product propositions, and the development of technology partnerships.

Mr. Burns joined Tunstall in 1988 as a Design Engineer. He then spent 12 years in various hardware and firmware related roles developing products to meet the requirements of both UK and international Telecare markets. In 2000 he changed industries to gain experience leading the Electronics & Controls department of one of the UK's largest manufacturers of central heating boilers, rejoining Tunstall in 2004 to take up his current position. Mr. Burns is a Chartered Engineer, holds a BEng(hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and is close to completing an MBA(Tech Mgmt). Mr. Burns and his wife live in Yorkshire. He enjoys sailing in his spare time.

Masumi Ishikawa

Intel

Masumi Ishikawa earned recognition as a key contributor to both the Continua Marketing Work Group and the Government Affairs Work Group. Mr. Ishikawa provided the leadership in organizing the Tokyo Telehealth Symposium offering open discussion on the telehealth industry in Japan. He successfully recruited prominent government and industry representatives to address key issues in feature presentations. Additionally, Mr. Ishikawa secured core sponsorship ensuring the logistical success of the symposium and growing the awareness of the Continua Health Alliance and its mission in a vital market. Mr. Ishikawa is a member of Intel's policy and standards team in Japan working with both governmental organizations, technology and healthcare companies.

Mr. Ishikawa is a Digital Health Policy and Standards Manager of Intel Japan office and is responsible for driving standardization initiatives and policy changes that enable improvement of healthcare through IT utilization in Japan. Before joining Intel in April 2006, he had worked at the IT Strategy Headquarters of Japanese Government and drafted Japan's latest healthcare IT promotion strategy by leading cross-sectoral initiatives in the healthcare industry. Mr. Ishikawa earned a MBA from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University, and MS and BS in civil engineering from the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan.

Szymon Zysko

Silicon & Software Systems (S3)

Szymon Zysko has done a great job within the Technical Work Group E2E Architecture team and in the Merge team by collecting team-specific requirements, reviewing them with the other members and editing the document in a structured way. There were a significant number of detailed review comments that Mr. Zysko resolved diplomatically and expeditiously in order to deliver on time. Additionally, he raised the bar on quality inputs by providing priorities, version numbers and use case mappings on all requirements.

Mr. Zysko is the Technology Officer for the Consumer Healthcare business line at Silicon & Software Systems (S3). His responsibilities include driving the technical direction of the business line, generating and managing intellectual property and representing S3 in industry organization bodies globally. Mr. Zysko joined S3 in 2000 as a software engineer. In this role he technically managed multiple leading-edge telecommunications and enterprise telemonitoring projects before recently being appointed as Technology Officer for the Consumer Healthcare business line. Mr. Zysko holds a MSc. in Computer Science with honors from the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland.

Julie Fleischer

Intel Corporation

Julie Fleischer has taken the lead of consolidating all requirements of the different sub-teams of the Continua Technical Working Group into one combined document. She has been pro-active from the beginning of this process by tackling the tough problems, approaching the right people, and making sure that all work gets done. Without the dedication of Ms. Fleischer it would not have been possible to properly consolidate all the different requirements in a concise way within a limited time.

Ms. Fleischer has been an active contributor to the Continua Technical Working Group. She is the USB Implementers Forum liaison to Continua, and she worked on various teams that assisted in defining the TWG v1.0 Requirements. She is currently the chair of the USB Personal Healthcare WG. In her 9 years at Intel, she has worked in various roles, including project management, software quality assurance, software testing, and software test leadership. She received her BS and MS in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mark Ainsworth

Precor, Inc.

Mark Ainsworth has shown himself to be a great contributor and leader in Continua's Technical Work Group. He has brought himself up to speed on all Technical Work Group requirements quickly, and has shown leadership on the calls by bringing up issues and enabling the team to resolve them. He has also been a great contributor and always signs up for a significant portion of work and completes his work on time.

Mr. Ainsworth earned a BS in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University in 1976, and a MSEE from the University of Washington in 1980. He has over 30 years experience in electronics and embedded software design. Mr. Ainsworth has been working at Precor, Inc., a leading manufacturer of fitness equipment, for the past 11 years. He started there as a senior software engineer, and is now Director of Electrical Engineering. In his spare time, Mr. Ainsworth is active in a local Boy Scout troop, where he serves as merit badge counselor and outdoor leader. He also plays viola, clarinet and saxophone in local amateur music groups.

Ali Rogan

Tunstall Group

Ali Rogan earned recognition for providing timely input on the Aging Independently category for all of Continua's key marketing projects. Ms. Rogan went beyond the call of duty to provide new, original content for the Continua Web site and upcoming newsletter as well as identifying new speaking opportunities for Continua board members. Ms. Rogan has helped bridge the knowledge between the Government Affairs Work Group and the Marketing Work Group so that Continua's messages and programs stay on target and properly consider the impact of governmental decisions.

Ms. Rogan is the Group Marketing Director of the Tunstall Group, the world's leading provider of telecare solutions which play a pivotal role in supporting older people and those with long-term needs to live independently, by effectively managing their health and well-being.

Ms. Rogan's responsibilities include the ongoing development of the Group strategic plan which includes a thorough understanding of our customer's needs, the delivery of a consistent branding policy and the successful launch of new solutions and initiatives to the market. This activity is based on a strategy that is consistent with the evolving health and social care agendas, key government priorities and demographic and environmental factors.

She also works closely with partners and represents the industry by being an active member of the Continua Health Alliance marketing and government affairs working groups, to maximize opportunities to meet the demands of changing societies across the 30 countries where Tunstall operates.

She joined Tunstall in July 2002 with the objective of enhancing customers' understanding of the complete range of Tunstall's solutions and developing a communications programme to ensure telecare is firmly on the agendas of key influencers within the government, health, social care, housing and voluntary sectors.

Ms. Rogan has over 20 years marketing experience and is a Chartered Marketer. She has worked in a variety of industries including telecommunications where she has 7 year's experience.

Married with a young son, Ms. Rogan spends her spare time with her family.