Valera Vasylenko

Building healthtech products. ex Roche CGM, Fitbit

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

About

I define, design and build health and medtech. Did it for your steps at Fitbit, your glucose at Roche, your heartbeat at Mawi.

Experience

  • Co-Founder & CPO at Mawi Heart
    Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Cardiac monitoring platform. Google for Startups alumni. Used by cardiologists and hospitals across Europe, US and Middle East.

  • Founder, AI Builder, Consultant at Health AI Labs
    2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    We help healthtech teams define, build and launch digital products. AI native product & design, with a small trusted extended team of elite ML engineers.

  • Roche (5 yrs 4 mos)
    • Product, CGM Diabetes System
      Mar 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Delivered Accu-Chek CGM system being a co-author on 6 registered medical device design patents. My focus was on the core product-defining layer — glucose prediction, low-glucose alerts, pattern detection, and physiology-based insights. Owned SmartGuide Predict and mySugr Glucose Insights products, both CE marked and available on 30+ markets.

    • Product, mySugr & Diabetes Care
      Sep 2020 - Dec 2024 · 4 yrs 4 mos

      At Roche I defined, designed and built diabetes solutions. Grew mySugr, the world's #1 diabetes app, to 7M+ users, multi-SaMD app. Delivered connected mobile experiences for diabetes devices (third-party CGM sensors, blood glucose meters, insulin pens).

  • Head of Product at Mawi Band
    May 2018 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr

    A wearable startup: a fitbit, but with electrocardiogram. That was fun to bring ECG technology on the wrist right before Apple Watch did. But also to realise there is no business case for that.

  • Senior Product Designer at Fitbit (now part of Google)
    May 2015 - Apr 2018 · 3 yrs

    Led design for Fitbit initiatives in healthcare and corporate wellness. - Defined and executed Glucose Trends in the Fitbit app, available for 100M+ registered users. - Shipped Fitbit Wellness, a B2B2C platform used by 70+ of the Fortune 500, and serving 1M+ participants. - Designed and shipped Fitbit Challenges, gamified group walking experience. - Co-designed US-wide pilot diabetes programs, including Dexcom CGMs and Fitbit smartwatches combined experience. - Co-developed product roadmaps for new value propositions in diabetes management.