Our Team - Vayu Global Health Innovations

Thomas F. Burke, MD, FACEP, FRSM

Founder and managing director

Dr. Thomas Burke is a global health innovator and longtime Harvard faculty member whose work has helped shape maternal, newborn, and infant care across the world. A former U.S. Army and tactical physician, he has spent three decades turning breakthrough ideas into real-world impact. As President of Vayu Global Health, he continues to champion the belief that every life deserves quality healthcare and dignity. Learn more →

Kris Joshi, PhD

Co-founder

Kris Joshi is a healthcare technology executive, experienced CEO, board member, and investor with 25 years of leadership across healthcare and life sciences, and deep expertise in software, data, and AI. He served as CEO of Optum’s $3 billion Software, Network and Data business, and subsequently as CEO of Norstella, a global life sciences data and AI company. He has held leadership roles at Change Healthcare, Oracle, IBM, and McKinsey & Company. Learn more →

Our Engineering Expertise

Many effective medical technologies are not accessible to much of the world. And many technologies that are accessible worldwide make compromises that lower quality and effectiveness in order to keep prices low.

To make high-quality and accessible technologies, it takes technical expertise, a sustainable mindset, and empathy.

At Vayu Global Health Innovations, we have technical expertise. We are proud to hold ISO 13485 certification, reflecting our commitment to world-class medical device design and manufacturing practices. We have experience with design, prototyping, testing (performance, biocompatibility, human factors, etc.), manufacturing (setup, planning, oversight), distribution, and more. We are fluent in industry standards and the unique regulatory requirements of different countries.