Kidney transplant recipient designs software that saves lives

Jewish Weekly | Patricia Corrigan


A kidney transplant that saved him from the disease that killed his father and brother inspired David S. Jacobs to use his technology skills to save the lives of other people awaiting transplants.

Jacobs, a sales, marketing and business development executive in the technology industry, has spent the past seven years developing a software program that matches people needing kidneys with donors.

“I didn’t expect or imagine this is what I would do, but now this work drives me,” said Jacobs, 56. “Pikuach nefesh, the gift of life, is the most important of Jewish mitzvahs. Originally, I was driven by the notion that I would be totally satisfied if I could save two people’s lives. I’ve had to move the decimal point twice, and now I’m going for 200.”

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