# Scott Klein

> Scott Klein is the CEO of HelpWear, a Toronto-based medtech company building HeartWatch, a medical-grade ambulatory ECG monitor with a dry-electrode design worn on the bicep for extended, comfortable heart-rhythm monitoring. A biomedical engineer with a Notre Dame MBA and roughly 25 years in cardiology medical technology, Klein spent 14 years at Medtronic, then led global marketing and strategy for heart-failure therapies at Abbott and product strategy at Starkey Hearing before taking the helm of HelpWear. He is known in the industry for building and scaling cardiac-monitoring businesses into markets measured in the billions.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at HelpWear
- **Organizations:** HelpWear, Medtronic, Abbott, Starkey Hearing
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA (Magna Cum Laude), University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business, B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (undergraduate)
- **Known for:** Roughly 25 years of leadership in cardiology medical technology, Built and scaled remote cardiac-monitoring businesses to approximately $1B in annual sales, 14-year tenure at Medtronic across pacemakers, cardiac surgery, and cardiac diagnostics & monitoring

## Career timeline

- **2002-2005** — Marketing Manager, Pacemakers at Medtronic
- **2008-2010** — Global Group Manager, Cardiac Surgery at Medtronic
- **2009-2011** — Sales Channel Director, Cardiac Monitoring at Medtronic
- **2011-2016** — Director / Senior Director, Global Marketing & Strategy - Cardiac Diagnostics and Monitoring at Medtronic
- **2016-2020** — Senior Director, Global Marketing & Strategy - Heart Failure Therapies at Abbott
- **2020-2021** — VP, Product Management and Portfolio Strategy at Starkey Hearing
- **2022-present** — Chief Executive Officer at HelpWear, leading the HeartWatch ambulatory ECG monitor

## Achievements

- Roughly 25 years of leadership in cardiology medical technology
- Built and scaled remote cardiac-monitoring businesses to approximately $1B in annual sales
- 14-year tenure at Medtronic across pacemakers, cardiac surgery, and cardiac diagnostics & monitoring
- Led global marketing and strategy for heart-failure therapies at Abbott
- Now CEO of HelpWear, commercializing a dry-electrode, extended-wear ambulatory ECG monitor

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Featured as CEO on HelpWear's leadership page alongside co-founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Derek Exner.

## Links

- Website: https://helpwear.ca
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kleinscott

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Last updated: 2026-06-21