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
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
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
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
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
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