Walter Larkins
Advisor
Serial healthcare entrepreneur and U.S. Army veteran with 35+ years in operations, product, and commercialization. Founder of Sapphire Healthcare AI and Sapphire RCMS.
- Sapphire Healthcare AI: AI SaaS addressing $990B in U.S. hospital revenue leakage
- Sapphire RCMS: recovered $50M+ in provider receivables via contract analytics
- Inventor of minimally invasive cardiac surgery technology acquired by J&J’s Ethicon
- Ethicon (J&J) Director of Professional Education. Trained 200+ reps and 2,000+ surgeons; helped grow revenue from $5M to $250M in three years
Boards and civic leadership: CSULB Research Foundation, MemorialCare Long Beach Foundation; Chair, Long Beach Economic Development Commission; ACHE Fellow