Addie Harris
Addie Harris has a robust history of entrepreneurship in software, medtech, medical devices, and robotics. She is currently CEO of Haventure, a robotics and digital technology incubator, and holds board and advisory roles with over a dozen companies, including Visie Vision Inc., SPINEM Robotics, MRI Guidance, Nurture by Naps and others. Previously, she served as founder and CEO of Cardan Robotics (acquired by Stryker in 2019) and has held roles at well-known robotics endeavors. Ms. Harris was an R&D leader at Johnson & Johnson, founding the orthopedic robotics organization, acquiring Orthotaxy, and leading the VELYS Robotic Surgical Solution through development to commercial launch. She holds an MS and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University and an MS in Computer Science from Lincoln University in New Zealand, where she was the Fulbright Distinguished Fellow in Robotics, Augmented Reality and Computer Vision.