Sharon Samjitsingh

Sharon Samjitsingh is the co-founder of Health Care Originals (HCO), a company that’s transforming respiratory care with cutting-edge digital health platforms. HCO’s Nightingale service is designed to improve the quality of life for people living with asthma and COPD—conditions that affect nearly 50 million Americans. Their ADAMM wearable technology stands as proof of how cutting-edge tools can create meaningful change for millions and advance diversity and effectiveness in clinical trials.

Sharon herself has had asthma all her life which is one of the reasons why she is dedicated to ensuring that people with chronic respiratory disease can live unencumbered by their condition, bringing peace of mind for them and their loved ones, while ensuring that those who pay for their care pay less.

Sharon has more than 25 years’ experience of successful commercialization of innovative technologies in manufacturing, sustainability and healthcare. She is an inventor with more than 12 patents in 2 different fields. To date, she has deployed 3 novel technologies in 3 different fields in 3 different countries, in areas where others have failed, but the technologies she championed have succeeded. Those technologies worked, scaled, and were profitable. She holds an MS from the University of Rochester, jointly issued by the Hajim School of Engineering and the Simon School; and a B.Sc. from the University of The West Indies, Faculty of Engineering.

Sharon is a Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL). Sharon’s accolades, including being named TechRochester’s Technology Woman of the Year 2020 and one of the Top 100 Women in Fem Tech and Health Tech, highlight her leadership, technical knowledge, and also her vision of how innovation can be applied to solve real-world challenges.