Timothy Kowalewski

Associate Professor at University of Minnesota, CTO LightSide Surgical

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

About

Experience

  • Chief Technical Officer, Co-Founder at Lightside Surgical
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    Co-founded this startup to finally deliver on DARPA's original TraumaPod vision: critical care anywhere by using medical robotics to amplify the capabilities and reach of emergency medicine.

  • Associate Professor at University of Minnesota Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

    Director, Medical Robotics and Devices Lab McKnight Presidential Fellow (2020-2023) https://mrd.umn.edu/

  • Co-Founder at Pictoria Systems
    Mar 2020 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    A visual assessment and visual knowledge company. Co-founded with Dr. Jason Kelly, my former PhD student with support from the National Science Foundations's CAREER award. LoveMyDelta is now Pictoria. https://www.pictoriasystems.com/

  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering at University of Minnesota
    Jun 2012 - 2020 · 7 yrs 8 mos

    Director, Medical Robotics and Devices Lab Affiliate with UMN CREST/SimPORTAL and Medical Devices Center

  • Co-founder at C-SATS
    2014 - 2018 · 4 yrs

    www.csats.com acquired by Johnson & Johnson