Anura Fernando holds degrees in Electrical Engineering, Biology/Chemistry, and Software Engineering with over 15 years of UL experience in safety critical software & control systems certification including cross-industry research in automation, energy, medical, nanotechnology, etc. He has global responsibility for medical software certification at UL and is UL’s technical lead in developing the AAMI/UL 2800 standards for interoperable medical device interface safety. He serves on the Federal Advisory Committee FDA Safety and Innovation Act WG, Medical Device Interoperability Coordinating Council, Medical Device Interoperability Safety WG, NIH QMDI Program Advisory Committee, and a number of interoperability-related committees with AAMI, IEC, and ISO.