Latest News Digisight Technologies Names Cloud-Based Health Software Industry Veteran as VP of Engineering By Staff Friday, August 21, 2015 12:18 AM Nitin Karandikar. SAN FRANCISCO—DigiSight Technologies, a digital health company that markets a cloud-based patient management system for ophthalmologists, has named Nitin Karandikar vice president of engineering. He will be responsible for leading all software development activities for DigiSight, as well as designing and implementing new features and functionalities for the company’s proprietary technologies for ophthalmology.Karandikar has more than 25 years of experience in professional software development. Prior to joining DigiSight, he was vice president of engineering for DeVero, where he was instrumental in organizing and leading the team that produced the company’s proprietary cloud-based electronic health records (EHR) system.Karandikar has previously held key roles in software development for multiple health-focused companies, including at Intuit, as director of product development for the company’s Patient Portal solution. He also served as vice president of engineering at industry pioneer Epocrates, where his team designed and built an EHR that was targeted at ambulatory health clinics and physician practices. Karandikar was also the principal software architect for FixStream, a company developing secure cloud-based databases and real-time data analytics.“Nitin is a valuable addition to the DigiSight team, with a wealth of experience in software development. We are particularly excited about his proven success in cloud-based patient health management, with its security and privacy requirements. His contributions will help DigiSight to continue to grow as the leader in digital health solutions for ophthalmology,” said Doug Foster, president and CEO of DigiSight.Asked what new features and functionalities he will design and implement for DigiSight’s technologies for ophthalmology, Karandikar told VMail, “I will continue to build upon DigiSight’s robust mobile platform by adding new features and functionalities that enable additional data generation, which will ultimately improve patient outcomes and practice efficiencies. To complement our SightBook app that allows patients to take up to 10 different standard vision tests as prescribed by their physicians, we are exploring hardware add-ons that turn mobile devices into ophthalmic tools. We are also expanding our analytic capabilities to provide deeper clinical insights.”