Benjamin Lok, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Rovex Technologies Corporation

Gainesville, Florida, United States

About Benjamin Lok, Ph.D.

Benjamin Lok, Ph.D. is Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Rovex Technologies Corporation. Location: Gainesville, Florida, United States.

I’m CTO and Co-Founder at Rovex, where we’re building robotics to improve patient transport and hospital operations. Previously, I co-founded Shadow Health, a virtual patient company acquired by Elsevier. I’m currently a computer science professor (26m in external funding, 160+ publications, 24 years) at the University of Florida focused on AI, human-computer interaction, and healthcare systems. I’m interested in building technologies that move from concept to adoption in real operational environments.

Skills

  • Healthcare Robotics
  • Product Strategy
  • Start-up Leadership

Additional experience

  • Professor

    University of Florida

    Started August 2003

Education

  • Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • M.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill