Signalytic
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About
We provide a platform that connects all health system patients, workers and stakeholders through a distributed ledger, powered by our hardware-enabled network to ensure no one is left out, especially those in low-resource settings.
website
www.signalytic.ca
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sectors
information technology
sectors
personal health
How is your business helping to solve the health, social, or economic challenges created by COVID19?
Our vision is for a unified digital health system that allows information to be generated, shared and acted upon by those that need it. We use technologies to ensure information is digitized when generated (through our solar-powered appliances), seamlessly connected to the network (using cellular or digital radio) and available in real-time to all stakeholders (through our proprietary distributed ledger technology built for low bandwidth and energy consumption). In doing so, we are able to build a robust, first of its kind surveillance system, that brings the features of a distributed ledger to patients and workers that were previously disconnected due to reliance on conventional hardware and ICT infrastructure. We see our ledger as the common thread across stakeholders and we build or re-purpose user-specific hardware to connect them to it, regardless of cellular or power availability, ensuring a low to no marginal cost use of the system. This will ensure self-reliance and sustainably engaging all stakeholders at all times.
Does your business contribute most to recovery, response, or resilience?
Resilience - we're improving the broader infrastructure for responding to pandemic outbreaks.
What is the stage of your product development?
I have a prototype or a simple version I can show my customers
What strengths does your team bring? Include skills and personal experience with the problem.
CEO, Nico Christofi, MD (First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University) has a background in the development of medical technologies and has previously worked in medical innovations focusing on development and evaluation of product clinical testing, analyzing and integrating novel scientific discoveries. He has studied the networks of medicines distribution in Eastern Uganda and has worked closely with the Health Workers and Health Administration of Mbale District to co-design high-tech solutions directly addressing problems in their daily lived experience. COO, Bryan Plummer, MIA (International Affairs, Columbia University) has 14 years of experience implementing cutting edge rigorous impact evaluations on innovative social programs across a range of low- resource contexts. His expertise in large-scale project management and data collection draws from a range of interventions with MIT’s Poverty Action Lab. Additional work with the World Bank, the IRC and UNHCR has brought led to extensive work in Liberia, Chad, Niger, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone. CTO, Willem Atsma, (PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia) was trained as an engineer and a scientist and has spent his professional career on the invention and development of medical devices. On the engineering side his domain expertise covers electrical and mechanical engineering, embedded software systems, machine learning, systems and requirements engineering.
What countries do you operate in?
Uganda, Canada
Is your company headquartered in a US "Opportunity Zone"?
No

What is an opportunity zone?