Building the shared testing, research, and collaboration infrastructure needed to secure connected care.

Kevin Fu, Ph.D., is Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, and Bioengineering at Northeastern University. He leads research in analog cybersecurity, focusing on threats to the physics of computation and sensing, with work that has influenced medical device manufacturers, global regulators, and international safety standards. A widely published expert in medical device security, healthcare ransomware, automobile cybersecurity, RFID security, and web security, Dr. Fu previously served as Acting Director of Medical Device Cybersecurity at the U.S. FDA and Program Director for Cybersecurity at its Digital Health Center of Excellence. He has testified before Congress, co-chaired the AAMI cybersecurity working group to develop FDA-recognized consensus standards, and co-founded N95decon.org during the COVID-19 pandemic. He holds B.S., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees from MIT.

David Nathans serves as Executive Director of Archimedes, leading the Center’s engagement with industry, government, researchers, healthcare providers, and medical device manufacturers to strengthen cybersecurity across the connected healthcare ecosystem.

David brings more than two decades of experience securing complex, highly regulated environments. Before joining Archimedes, he served as Global Chief Information Security Officer at Stryker, where he led global cybersecurity strategy, security operations, threat intelligence, product security, and incident response programs focused on protecting healthcare organizations and the patients they serve.

A former U.S. Air Force cyber officer and the author of Designing and Building Security Operations Centers, David is widely recognized for helping organizations translate cybersecurity strategy into operational resilience. He holds a master’s degree in computer information technology with a focus on NSA information assurance and a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on e-commerce, both from Regis University. Drawing on firsthand experience responding to major cyber incidents, he advances practical conversations around resilience, collaboration, and the actions the healthcare community can take together to better protect patients.

Veronica Estrella is the Deputy Director of the Archimedes Center for Healthcare and Medical Device Cybersecurity at Northeastern University.

Veronica specializes in advancing collaborations between academia, industry, and government to strengthen medical device cybersecurity and healthcare resilience. With over 15 years of experience spanning management, sales, customer service, and stakeholder engagement, Veronica is recognized for her strategic leadership, partnership-building, and expertise in program development and event planning. She is passionate about fostering collaboration and driving secure, patient-centered healthcare solutions.

Matt Braun serves as Program Manager for PATCH, Archimedes’ collaborative initiative focused on advancing the cybersecurity of connected medical technologies. In this role, he helps bring together researchers, healthcare providers, manufacturers, regulators, and industry partners to translate research into practical solutions that strengthen healthcare cyber resilience.

Matt brings nearly three decades of executive technology leadership across healthcare, research, and academic medicine. Most recently, he served as Chief Information Officer of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, a $1 billion academic health system supporting research, education, and clinical care. His experience includes leading enterprise technology, assessing cybersecurity risks in medical devices, and managing complex healthcare environments. Matt holds two bachelor’s degrees from MIT and a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also continues to serve as a practicing EMT, bringing firsthand clinical insight to his work at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and cybersecurity.

Maura Meagher brings more than four decades of experience in financial management, operations, and administration across higher education, healthcare, and the private sector. Most recently, she served as Director of Finance at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she led financial process improvements, supported finance teams across nine academic departments, and strengthened budgeting and forecasting for faculty portfolios.

During her 17 years at Harvard, Maura advanced through positions of increasing responsibility, managing complex sponsored-research portfolios and departmental budgets of up to $40 million. Her earlier experience includes finance and administrative leadership roles at Whole Foods Market and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Maura holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Boston and a bachelor’s degree in education from Boston College.

Karolina Kocalevski serves as Strategic Marketing & Communications Lead for PATCH. She is a fractional marketing executive and founder of Growth SWAT Team LLC, where she partners with federally funded programs, universities, public-private initiatives, and B2B technology and services organizations to accelerate growth through strategic marketing, positioning, and demand generation. Throughout her career, she has led global marketing organizations and growth initiatives that have contributed to significant revenue growth, market leadership, and successful acquisitions for high-growth technology companies and Fortune 500 organizations.

Karolina holds an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. At PATCH, she applies her expertise in strategic communications, executive positioning, thought leadership, and ecosystem engagement to increase awareness, foster collaboration across academia, healthcare, industry, and government, and support the program’s national impact in healthcare cybersecurity.