About FlowSIGMA

Dr. Erickson received his MD and PhD degrees from Mayo Medical and Graduate School. He is a staff radiologist at Mayo Clinic, and was heavily involved in implementing a filmless department and then a paperless practice and EMR. More recently, he has refocused on imaging informatics research, receiving NIH grants for brain cancer, multiple sclerosis, and polycystic kidney disease. He is a world expert on the application of deep learning to medical images and the medical care process. He was the founding Chair of the Division of Imaging Informatics, Associate Chair for Research in Radiology and President of SIIM.

Dr. Steve Langer studied physics at UW-Madison, Michigan State and Oakland University, subsequently transitioning from experimental nuclear physics to medical physics. After a medical physics residency at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Langer went to Seattle where co-architected the filmless transitions of both UW-Seattle and Harborview Medical Center. In 2002 he returned to Mayo where he led the transition of the Radiology department in Rochester to its filmless state. Dr. Langer is the chair of Mayos Enterprise Radiology Architecture And Standards committee. He is also the chair of the SIIM Machine Learning Committee and co-chair of the SIIM Hackathon Committee which showcases new healthcare IT standards (i.e. FHIR and DICOMweb).

Paula Norbom is founder and CEO of Talencio, a consultancy and service provider for the health technology industry. She began her career as a CPA in public accounting before entering the health technology industry over 25 years ago. With a rich history in the industry as a Chief Financial Officer and VP of Operations, Ms. Norbom was instrumental in raising capital for several early-stage and early-revenue medical device companies, including venture capital, venture debt, and an initial public offering. She also supported several successful mergers and acquisitions with global organizations. She has held active leadership positions in the Twin Cities Chapter of Financial Executives International, and is a current member of the executive board of directors for Presbyterian Homes and Services.

Dr. Prior holds a Ph.D. from Duke University, and a M.S. from Trinity College Dublin Ireland. He is a strategy, commercialization, and technology executive known for transforming businesses into high-performing entities through people-focused leadership and employing a servant-leadership style where people and teams are empowered to succeed. He brings unique perspective as both a scientist and business leader in elevating strategy and driving business value and growth through innovation and a distinct competitive advantage. Dr. Prior has led the development and commercialization of novel technologies in the drug development, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and healthcare industries. He has extensive experience leading strategy, sales, marketing, business development, product development, and research functions in the U.S., Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Brazil, Japan, China, and India.