Faculty

Program Director Seba is a serial tech entrepreneur, experienced global corporate executive, innovator, and educator at the intersection of fintech and digital health. He draws his teachings from over twenty-five years of practice in both tech-driven large multinationals and Silicon Valley startups in highly regulated industries, and from a rigorous education at Yale’s and Stanford University’s graduate programs.

His courses include Global Health Informatics, in collaboration with the...

Dr. Bosl was a scientific software developer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and completed his (first) PhD in computational geophysics at Stanford. In 2005 he moved to the Computational Health Informatics Program in Boston. It was a joint program between Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and MIT. There he began research in neuroscience and biomedical informatics.

In 2013 he joined USF as the founding director of a new master’s program in Health Informatics, where...

Nitie is a Systems Data Manager, focused on solving problems with Machine Learning, Data Science, Digital health, System Engineering and Human Factors. He draws his teachings from several years of experience in cross functional roles within multiple companies including Motorola, Huawei, Fossil Systems, and Motive Medical Intelligence. He enjoys working on all stages of data science, from identifying patterns in data to deploying models and building tools. He's passionate about Jesuit philosophy...

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, John Gomes started working in Silicon Valley as a computer operator in 1979. John has previously worked at Apple, Atari, Cisco, ROLM, WebEx, and is presently at Google. He has also worked at various startup companies such as AlphaSmart, Cidco, Cooliris, Dash Navigation, ePlanet, Flip Video and Vertical Networks. John focuses on software quality and technical program management using development and release methodologies such as Agile, Test Driven...

Omid is a data scientist with extensive experience in statistical analysis, machine learning, and predictive modeling. Throughout his career, he has been driven by challenge. He has enjoyed a dynamic career in IT leadership roles developing team performance, analyzing large and complex data sets to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities that support strategic decision-making and drive business growth.

Ketan was a co-founder of Root-1, Inc., a 2 year-old education technology startup that was acquired by Edmodo in March 2013. As part of the executive team at Edmodo, Ketan oversaw various areas of business. Prior to that, he was also the CEO and co-founder of AlphaSmart, Inc (IPO, NASDAQ in February 2004). Prior to co-founding AlphaSmart, Ketan worked as part of Apple’s staff, where he contributed to the success of several key products and services. He is also a member of the Advancement Council...

Professor Sarafrazi is a data scientist working in biotech industry. She enjoys working on all stages of data science, from identifying patterns in data to deploying models and building tools. Her areas of interest include health, nutrition, genomics, economics, and financial markets. She's passionate about teaching and making concepts easy to understand.