Brendan Fortuner

Brendan Fortuner is a seasoned technology professional with extensive experience in engineering and artificial intelligence. Currently serving as the Head of Engineering at Ambience Healthcare, Brendan is focused on developing an AI medical scribe to enhance provider-patient interactions within electronic medical record workflows. Prior to this role, Brendan held the position of Senior AI/Robotics Engineer at Cruise Automation, where responsibilities included overseeing a team of engineers, architecting data management services, and optimizing large-scale machine learning pipelines. A sabbatical from 2017 to 2018 involved travel and personal projects in machine learning. Brendan's earlier career at Amazon spanned multiple roles from Software Development Engineer to Program Manager, contributing to key projects like Zero-click Ordering and internal communication tools. Brendan earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia.