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State Representative

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Richard Stark is a healthcare executive with experience in medical device, oncology and medical informatics businesses. Combining insight and domain expertise he focuses on the value of market driven design and user experience coupled with forethought regarding the changing course of healthcare. Current interests include the development of Information Guided Healthcare solutions that automate decision support and workflow and turn data into information that can support healthcare efficiency and clinical discovery.With management expertise in both entrepreneurial and larger company environments, he brings a wealth of clinical, academic and commercial experience to bear as Senior Vice President for Elekta's Strategic Marketing Group.Richard was EVP Business Development and Commercialization for ViewRay, Inc and previously founded two companies - Matrix Physics Partners, a medical physics consulting firm, and Argus Software, a VC backed medical informatics company focused on Device Relationship Management (DRM). Argus Software was sold to Varian Medical Systems in 2002 and Matrix was acquired in 2003. Richard served in a variety of roles at Varian Medical including Vice President, worldwide marketing and product development. Earlier in his career he worked at Los Alamos National Labs and UCSF before building consulting relationships with a variety of Bay Area healthcare facilities.Richard holds a MS degree in Medical Physics from The University of Texas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at MD Anderson Cancer Center, and a BS in physics from Emory University. He is certified by the American Board of Radiology and American Board of Medical Physics in therapy physics.