Brian Lawrence, PhD

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Brian Lawrence, PhD, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Brian Lawrence joined iRhythm as our Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in April, 2025. Prior to joining iRhythm, Dr. Lawrence served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Vapotherm, Inc., where he led the company’s global R&D, Innovation, Quality, Operations, and IT teams across the US, Asia, and Mexico. Prior to Vapotherm, he was Chief Technology Officer & General Manager of Gravity Diagnostics, LLC, a diagnostics company, where he was responsible for technology and innovation programs across the company as well as new sustainable business unit development activities. Prior to joining Gravity Diagnostics, Dr. Lawrence served as Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Hillrom Holdings, Inc. (“Hillrom”), a medical device company, from 2010 to 2021. While at Hillrom, Dr. Lawrence was responsible for the global technology and innovation teams across a broad and diverse medical device portfolio, and he led a digital transformation for the company that ultimately created a new SaaS business. Prior to Hillrom, he served as Chief Technology Officer of Life Support Solutions, a division of GE Healthcare, where he was responsible for global engineering teams in anesthesia, ventilation, and maternal/infant care. Dr. Lawrence holds a Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, from the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (“CREOL”), University of Central Florida, and a Master of Science, Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.