Kristen Helton (Lloyd)

Kristen Helton (Lloyd) has an extensive work experience history. Kristen is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Herself Health starting from December 2022. Prior to this, they held various positions at Amazon, including General Manager, Director from April 2019 to December 2022, Initiative Lead from January 2017 to April 2019, and Principal Research Scientist from June 2015 to January 2017.

Before their time at Amazon, Kristen was involved with PROFUSA Inc., where they served as Co-founder, Board Member, and Chief Product Officer from March 2013 to June 2015, and as Co-founder and VP Research from February 2009 to February 2013.

Kristen also has experience as a Board Member and Sponsorship Chair at Women In Bio in 2015. In addition, they worked at the University of Washington as a Senior Research Scientist/Engineer from March 2011 to February 2013.

Kristen'searlier work experience includes serving as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Washington from January 2008 to July 2008, and as a Graduate Student/Research Assistant from September 2002 to December 2007.

Kristen started their career at Cepheid, where they worked as a Systems Integration Engineer from November 2000 to August 2002, and as a Mechanical Engineer from July 1998 to November 2000.

Kristen Helton (Lloyd) completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University from 1994 to 1998. Kristen then pursued further education at the University of Washington, where they obtained their Ph.D. in Bioengineering between 2002 and 2007.