Former Google engineer to lead Voalte Labs

SARASOTA — Voalte, a fast-growing mobile health care communications firm, has launched Voalte Labs, a new division for future product development.

Voalte Chief Scientist Don Fletcher, former senior engineering manager at Google Voice, will lead Voalte Labs, according to a release. Fletcher joined Voalte, which stands for voice, alarm and text and is pronounced like “volt,” in early 2013. Voalte Labs will be located in the HuB, a downtown Sarasota startup business incubator. Voalte's corporate headquarters are on Fruitville Road, just west of Interstate 75.

“We're excited to open an offsite lab where our engineers will focus exclusively on future-facing technologies,” Voalte Founder and CEO Trey Lauderdale says in the release. “By forecasting 24 to 36 months out, Voalte will be in a unique position to help our customers stay ahead of rapid changes in the marketplace.”