Nicholas Conn is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of Casana. Prior to founding Casana, Nick was a Research Scientist at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He completed his PhD in Microsystems Engineering in 2016 at RIT, where he developed Casana’s technology – a toilet seat-based cardiovascular monitoring system. Nick’s passion is to bring clinical grade medical devices to the consumer, through revolutionary internet of things (IoT) and wearable technologies. His expertise spans business development, medical devices, ultra-low power systems, physiology, signal processing, algorithm development, and heart failure monitoring.