Owen McCarthy

Owen McCarthy is the current Director at Digital Therapeutics Alliance. Owen has also served as the President, Board of Directors and Co-Founder at MedRhythms, Inc. for 6 years and 11 months. In this role, they were responsible for digital therapeutics company that uses sensors, music, and software to build evidence-based, neurologic interventions to measure and improve walking. Music has the ability to directly stimulate the brain to improve functional outcomes, and this principle underpins the science behind MedRhythms’ digital therapeutics. These therapeutics provide direct stimulation to enable the mechanism of action in each relevant population.

In addition, McCarthy has also served as the Chair Of The Board Of Directors at Digital Therapeutics Alliance for 1 year and 1 month. In this role, they were responsible for an international non-profit trade association of industry leaders and stakeholders engaged in the evidence-driven advancement of digital therapeutics.

Owen has also been a part of World Health Organization as a Roster of Experts in Digital Health for 2 years and 10 months.

McCarthy has also served as the Board of Visitors - Chair (2017-2019), Vice-Chair (2019-2021) at University of Maine for 6 years and 6 months.

In addition, they have also served as the Co-Founder, Board of Directors at UMaine Business Challenge for 7 years and 8 months.

Lastly, McCarthy has also served as an Alumni Volunteer Corporation Board Member at Sigma Phi Epsilon (Official) for 5 years and 2 months.

Owen McCarthy has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from the University of Maine in Biological Engineering.