MITRE Corp. taps new CTO

The MITRE Corp. has appointed Dr. Jay Schnitzer vice president and chief technology officer.

In his new role, Schnitzer will work to identify opportunities for MITRE to make transformative, impactful differences in health care.

Schnitzer was most recently director of Biomedical Sciences at MITRE.

Before joining the company, he served as director of the Defense Sciences Office at DARPA. He has also held positions at Boston Scientific Corp. and Massachusetts General Hospital.