Karthik Krishnakumar

Karthik Krishnakumar serves as the Sr. Director of Digital Health R&D at Vantive, leading a global team of 250 members in advancements in digital kidney care since January 2024. Prior roles include Director of Digital Health for Baxter International Inc., where leadership of a 100-member engineering team facilitated innovative cloud and mobile platforms, and earlier engineering and project management positions within Medtronic, Philips, and GE Healthcare. Karthik's expertise spans product development, project management, and strategic engineering across the healthcare technology sector, with a focus on enhancing patient monitoring, therapy adherence, and care delivery systems. Karthik holds a Master’s degree and an M.S. from Kansas State University, a B.S. from the University of Madras, and completed high school at PSBB.