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Jeff Pompeo

Jeff Pompeo is President and CEO at Caretaker Medical, an innovative wireless medical technology company providing uninterrupted patient monitoring at all points of care. Jeff is also a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and board/advisor with a proven track record leading, growing and monetizing technology-driven companies across the full life-cycle of inception & funding to product-launch & exit. Prior to Caretaker Medical, Jeff was Chief Operating Officer of ADI Engineering (subsequently acquired by Silicom LTD) and was a member of the Board of Directors at TSO3 Corp (subsequently acquired by Stryker). Jeff holds a B.A. from James Madison Universitiy, and an MBA from Virginia Tech.

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  • Developed platform technology used to de-risk drug development in big pharma
  • Founding team member with UVA academic co-founders
  • VP Operations, building scalable infrastructure, laboratory/GLP process
  • Company raised $40M series A, 2021
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  • COO of  UVA spinout developing novel male contraceptive hydrogel product
  • Recruited top organic chemist as CTO
  • Founders fund-backed; Y-combinator
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  • COO of UVA spinout with novel portable lab research spectrometer
  • Recruited and advised CEO, supporting $1.3M seed round, 2021

Our Philosophy

Qui Decertat Succedit.

 — Those who fight succeed.

QDS Believes In:

  • dreaming big is the first step and then making your way through by thoughtfully navigating the obstacles.

  • smart work, strong teams and a sense of urgency are foundational for early startup success.

  • no one can do it alone and it matters who you surround yourself with.

  • small defeats cannot get in the way of opportunity for big wins.

  • perseverance, respect, and humility and showing up every day