Kevin started developing nuclear medicine software in Japan in the early 1990s, which led to the intersection of workflow and informatics. Toshiba’s steady commitment to standards has meant that he has had the opportunity to take on leadership roles in these activities, including currently vendor chair of the DICOM Standards Committee, member of the IHE International Board, advisor to the QIBA Steering Committee and until recently co-chair of the IHE Radiology Planning Committee. Within DICOM and IHE, Kevin has been able to work on or author standards to facilitate tracking radiation dose, coordinate multi-system workflows, and improve distribution of digital imaging. More recently in QIBA, work has begun on standards to improve the ability of scanners to be reliable measurement devices as well as imaging devices.

New technologies and new dimensions of the market emerge on a regular basis; the impetus to understand and apply them has been one of Kevin’s favorite parts of working at Toshiba. Kevin started at Toshiba in 1991 as a Software Engineer and moved to the Toshiba America MRI group in 1996 and to TMRU in 2005. He earned a MASc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia.