Kent Dicks
serial digital entrepreneur/ceo
Phone:
602-738-7530
Email:
Address:
10105 E Via Linda
Suite 103-284
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
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A Bit About Me
Kent E. Dicks is a serial entrepreneur and visionary technologist whose career spans over four decades, with 20 years dedicated to transforming digital health. As a leader in remote patient monitoring (RPM) and virtual care innovation, Dicks has built a reputation for creating scalable, patient-centric solutions that improve healthcare efficiency and quality, especially for underserved and rural populations.
Work Experience
September 2015 - Present
July 2012 - January 2015
July 2006 - July 2012
March 1996 - July 2008
November 1986 - July 1996
Life365, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
CEO/ President / Chairman / Founder
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Life365 is a patented award-winning Virtual Care platform creating a frictionless connection from the Provider to Patient, no matter where they are located. Life365 interfaces to over 550+ medical devices for the home and has a strategic partner relationship with Microsoft Cloud for Health which connects to over 1000+ health systems. Life365 has been issued 9 strategic US patents for the next generation of AI driven wearables, sensors and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). Life365 has recently signed a major 8-year subcontract agreement to provide Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) services to the US Veterans Administration (VA) with a total contract value starting at between $90M - $180M. Dicks is instrumental in acquiring companies in a fragment Digital Health space to buildout a robust / comprehensive Virtual Care / Intelligent Digital Therapeutic Platform (iDTx).​​
Alere Connect, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
CEO/ President
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MedApps was acquired by Alere, Inc. (July 2012), a rapid diagnostics company with $3BN in sales in over 50 countries with 17,000 employees and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Headed Alere’s Connected Health R&D division called Alere Connect, based in Scottsdale, AZ. Alere’s Connected Health division included Alere Connect, Wellogic (HIE), DiagnosisOne (Analytics) and Alere Informatics. During time with Alere, Alere Connect created 2 additional hub M2M devices for remote health monitoring, including HomeLink and MobileLink, in addition to completion of the CloudCare Platform and HealthCom, a light patient monitoring and inventory management system.​​
MedApps, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
CEO / President / Chairman / Founder​
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Developed MedApps from concept to acknowledged industry innovator, setting precedent in the emerging field of mHealth. Developed and manufactured a comprehensive suite of remote health monitoring products, including the HealthPAL using M2M technology. Developed a cloud-based infrastructure to effectively integrates with patient EHR/PHR records. Built a strong quality and regulatory foundation, achieving 4 FDA clearances, CE Marks, FCC and UL certifications. Achieved 17 issued patents in remote health monitoring and personal emergency response systems (PERS), registered over 20 trademarks, and garnered numerous awards.​​
Aztech Professional Services, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ)
CEO / President / Chairman / Founder
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Cultivated Aztech from ground-up to US top-ranked staffing firm. Aztech was an award-winning niche provider of Information Technology, Engineering, and Aerospace/Defense professionals. Qualified Aztech to be Sponsored for Top Secret Clearance by the Department of Defense; Achieved Cumulative Sales of $60MM; Staffed 800 Contract Employees and 24 Internal Employees.​​
American Express, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ)
Sr. Consultant / Manager
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Promoted from Programmer for card member information systems, to Lead Programmer, and eventually Manager of a $500MM+ Service Establishment (SE) Worldwide Accounts Payable (AP) system. Led team of programmers for Financial Capture, Worldwide Implementation & Project Management (Project Office).​​
education
Arizona State University (ASU) | 1981 - 1983
Bachelor's of Arts Degree​
Focused on Computer Information Systems (CIS) courses​​
Phoenix Community College | 1979 - 1981
Associate of Arts Degree​
Focused on Business and Undergraduate Courses​​