Movano Health and Westwood & Wilshire team up to bring on VP of Business Development and VP of Strategy
February 15, 2022, Pleasanton, CA— Movano Health, a publicly traded health technology company designing devices that inspire and empower you to live a healthier, happier life, has brought on Michael Soule as VP of Business Development and Stacy Salvi as VP of Strategy. Movano recently unveiled plans for its first product, the Movano Ring, which will be available through a beta release in the second half of 2022. The Movano Ring and its accompanying app combines vital health metrics with personalized intelligent feedback, so women of all ages can understand connections between cause and effect and learn how to feel their best. Movano is currently conducting clinical trials with its proprietary and noninvasive RF-enabled technology to add medical data, such as glucose monitoring and cuffless blood pressure, to its products in the future.
Stacy joins Movano from Google where she was the Head of Strategic Partnerships for Fitbit. In her eight years with Fitbit, Stacy helped launch nearly 20 products to more than 116 million users, both as an attorney and from within the product team. She developed deep relationships with key technical partners to bring new features to Fitbit devices and guided strategy for partnerships, product development, sales and marketing to support the company’s growth. As Vice President of Strategy at Movano, Stacy is responsible for leading Movano’s commercial product and go-to-market strategies.
Michael Soule was the Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships at wearable thermal technology company, Embr Labs, before joining the Movano team. He has held numerous senior leadership roles managing global and national sales, strategic direction and new business development at notable consumer product, wearable and medical device companies, including Bose Health, Virgin Pulse, Weight Watchers Health Solutions and Medtronic. Michael has a strong track record for moving small to medium size and publicly traded companies to the next level and has forged partnerships with large B2B enterprises, US payers and the Department of Defense. As Movano’s Vice President of Business Development, Michael will be responsible for sourcing, analyzing, developing and executing strategic relationships.
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Westwood & Wilshire is a retained executive search firm that recognizes people as any organization’s top asset. The firm has delivered premier talent to many of the world’s most innovative companies in life sciences, healthcare, and advanced technology. Westwood & Wilshire specializes in bringing top-tier candidates at the mid-management to C-Suite level to clients ranging from VC backed start-ups to mid-sized commercial entities. The firm has offices in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Scottsdale, and Connecticut serving clients worldwide.