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Ajay Nair has more than 22 years’ experience in the Global Medical Device Industry, having held positions in New Product Development, Sales, Sales Education, International Marketing and Market Access, with multi-national companies (Ethicon Inc., Covidien, Eli Lilly, Medtronic) along with 10+ years of roles in leadership (General Management and Global Vice President) and increasing P&L responsibilities at Ossur and most recently WillowWood Global. Ajay’s expertise is in developing market entry strategies and leading cross-functional teams to launch products and services in target markets. His experience spans launching products in the US, EMEA and for almost 11 years within Asia Pacific inclusive of China. He now leads the international business for The Mullings Group (TMG) and is based in the Asia Pacific Region, splitting his time between Singapore and Perth, Australia. He holds a MBA in International Business and Marketing from the Thunderbird Global School of Management and a degree LinkedIn

With 20 years of experience at Johnson & Johnson in various commercial roles, I co-founded Blue Box Advancements with the sole purpose of delivering commercial impact for health care companies. LinkedIn

Heads medical device strategic alliances, especially for home healthcare, with potential partners, such as technology license, joint R&D, clinical study in Japan, regulatory process, reimbursement strategy & product distribution, between Teijin & startups LinkedIn

Aki has been President and CEO of LINK-J since its foundation in 2016. LinkedIn

Mr. Cullen is the Founder and President of Westwood & Wilshire and has more than 15 years of Executive Search experience. Mr. Cullen founded Westwood & Wilshire in 2003 and has molded the firm over the last decade into one of the premiere boutique search. LinkedIn

Alan Kissick has worked for organizations such as JDRF, Beyond Type 1, United Nations Foundation and International Diabetes Federation. More recently Alan served as the Program Director for California Life Sciences Association / Institute and currently se LinkedIn

Albert Baker is the Corporate Director of Hackensack Meridian Health’s Life Sciences and Innovation sector. He has been driving innovation system-wide and building an investment portfolio. LinkedIn

Alex Joseph leads the Integrated Mechanical Systems group in Cambridge Consultants' Medical Technology Division. He primarily works on complex multidisciplinary engineering projects as a system lead. LinkedIn

Alex was previously the Managing Director of the Business of Science Center (BSC), Entrepreneur in Residence at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, and a Partner at the Business of Science Accelerator. LinkedIn

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VALUE ADDITIONAlok MishraCEO, Value AdditionAlok Mishra is CEO Value Addition focused on helping Medtech companies build capabilities in strategy and marketing. He has recently retired after 20 years at Johnson & Johnson MedTech Asia Pacific in va LinkedIn

Focused on technology planning and M&A, and have a history of leading cross-functional teams to develop proposals and recommendations to senior management. LinkedIn

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Amy Siegel founded S2N Health, where she brings over 20 years of strategic marketing experience to her company. Prior to S2N, she worked in guiding new product development and strategic partnering efforts and consulted for dozens of medtech companies. LinkedIn

Dr Anand serves as Group CEO of Govin Capital, a Singapore-headquartered company focused on Biomedical & Pharma Venture investments & BioEntrepreneurship. Dr Anand is Asia’s leading deep-tech investor specializing in pharma, biotech & digital healthcare. He has 22 years of active investment management experience and has recently been honoured by Linkedin as "Top Venture Capital Voice". Dr Anand is a regular invitee for expert talks on Biomedical Entrepreneurship at Europe’s leading business management school- ESCP (France), ESA (Lebanon) Business School, NTU Business School Singapore, IIM Indore, IIM Kashipur & University of Hyderabad.Prior to GOVIN, Anand served as the Senior Vice President & Head of the Investment & Spin-Off Management Division at Exploit Technologies-A*STAR, Commercialisation arm of Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore and member of Direct Investments Life Sciences team at Temasek Holdings, Singapore. LinkedIn

The integrated global marketing strategies, content production and management that Andrea has led across medical and high technology sectors have resulted in increased revenue and strong brand presence in target markets. LinkedIn

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Andrew Fielding is a Los Angeles based investor and entrepreneur. He currently serves as the lead venture investor for Outcomes Fund, a single family office with a focus on digital health and enterprise software companies. P LinkedIn

Anita leads strategic innovation for Rex Health Ventures and is a graduate of the Venture Capital Institute and actively works to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem. LinkedIn

Anne has been running the Sofinnova Partners in-house MedTech accelerator, MD Start, since she came on board as a partner in 2015. LinkedIn

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Anselm Tan is Managing Director at Heritas Capital, an investment firm that backs companies driving impact in healthcare and other sectors. Anselm serves on evaluation panels for the funding of healthcare innovations. Previously, he was Partner at Philips Ventures, where he launched health technology venture investing for Philips in APAC. LinkedIn

Anthony joined USP in 2018 when he established the USP Asia Pacific office in Singapore. As part of the Regions and Program Operations Division, he is responsible for leading and overseeing all externally facing functions in the Asia Pacific region. As leader of the Asia Pacific region, Anthony leads teams, including Strategic Customer Development, Government and External Affairs and Scientific Affairs, in the strategic development and execution of strategies to advance public health in the region through the development and utilization of USP quality standards to enhance the quality of medicines, dietary supplements and foods. In his role, Anthony also supports operational units including the Science Division and Education. He focuses on establishing strong and collaborative relationships with leading industry and public stakeholders to bring USP’s scientific expertise, capability building and public standards closer to the region to strengthen the supply of medicines. LinkedIn

Anthony is a Venture Capital Investor with UnityPoint Health Ventures. Prior to becoming an investor, he worked with the United Nations, Google, Obama's White House, and co-founded an orthopedic medical device startup. LinkedIn

Internationally experienced R&D executive and product innovator with 20+ years' success driving excellence and transforming organizations to accelerate time-to-market, improve product quality, and reduce costs. A global cross-functional leader who guides teams in R&D, strategy execution, business development, and market expansion. A change agent who drives consensus across all functions and organizations. Champion of execution excellence and innovation who transforms challenges into opportunities throughout the product lifecycle. Passion for bringing innovation to the healthcare space to deliver affordable healthcare solutions. Strategist who defines corporate vision. Problem solver with a technical and commercial background and an outside-the-box approach who removes growth barriers. Organization builder who grows successful, global operations. Open Innovation expert who builds strategic partnerships to commercialize new technologies for major corporations. LinkedIn

A seasoned business leader with ~25 years of experience across Management Consulting, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics and Health Tech, Ashwin spent the last 16 years in Global, Regional and Country leadership roles at McKinsey & Co, Nokia and Philips living, learning and working across Asia Pacific and Europe. He has had the good fortune to get a ring side view of Regional and Global Strategy development, New Business Incubation, M&A, Operational turnarounds and Country management.  A passionate advocate of Open Innovation, he led the set up of Philips APAC Corporate Ventures and steered the first few investments into relevant regional HealthTech start-ups. An alumnus of NTU (EEE) and INSEAD (MBA, Gen Management), he is back at his alma mater, NTU in a Venture Building role, to help create DeepTech spinoffs (Healthcare, Robotics, Automation) from the University’s research. LinkedIn

A seasoned business leader with ~25 years of experience across Management Consulting, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics and Health Tech, Ashwin spent the last 16 years in Global, Regional and Country leadership roles at McKinsey & Co, Nokia and Philips living, learning and working across Asia Pacific and Europe. He has had the good fortune to get a ring side view of Regional and Global Strategy development, New Business Incubation, M&A, Operational turnarounds and Country management.  A passionate advocate of Open Innovation, he led the set up of Philips APAC Corporate Ventures and steered the first few investments into relevant regional HealthTech start-ups. An alumnus of NTU (EEE) and INSEAD (MBA, Gen Management), he is back at his alma mater, NTU in a Venture Building role, to help create DeepTech spinoffs (Healthcare, Robotics, Automation) from the University’s research. LinkedIn

Twenty-two years in surgical and interventional device markets: eleven years at 2 large-caps, eleven years at 6 start-ups, three exits. Fifteen years in customer-facing roles spanning senior management, corporate marketing, and product development. LinkedIn

Ben Lenail, based in Palo Alto, CA, is a founding officer of ALD Connect, a research consortium focused on the neuro-metabolic disease X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD).Ben is currently Director of Business Development at Alta Devices, a solar energ LinkedIn

Benoit has nearly 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, having been engaged in medical supplies distribution, medical devices development & sales, pharmaceutical sales & business development and biotech financing. LinkedIn

Bernard Kirsch is president of Angels Sante the largest early stage network in Europe. He got engineering, business and private equity degrees and spent most of his career around technologies and transformation at L'Oreal. LinkedIn

Biren is responsible for Business Development for the Cardiovascular and Specialty Solutions Group, and is a Global Management Board member representing Business Development for the CSS group within J&J.  LinkedIn

Medtech R&D with 25+ years experience in leading R&D organizations, technology and innovation. Passionate driver of Digital health technologies and business model innovations. LinkedIn

Bob Kroslowitz serves as the President and CEO of Berlin Heart Inc. and is responsible for the company’s business interests in the US, Canada, Mexico. LinkedIn

In Boon Sun's career of 34 years, he has worked in sales, marketing, CRM, education and strategy. He has mastered managing a business as one holistic entity and his current passion is to share knowledge to support budding enterprises in Asia Pacific. LinkedIn

Brian Benson is the VP of Strategic Alliances at MedTech Innovator. Prior to joining MedTech Innovator, Brian was the director of entrepreneurship and commercialization at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). LinkedIn

Brian Hakim, MS, MBA, is in charge of business development for MedTecX, a global medtech accelerator based in Shanghai, China. MedTecX creates solutions centered around major diseases with unmet needs. LinkedIn

Dr. Brian Pfister has more than 20 years of experience in leading early-stage corporate strategy and non-dilutive funding efforts in various life science sectors. LinkedIn

As Ximedica's Sr. MedTech Analyst, Brian leverages a unique bag of academic and professional engineering experience together. LinkedIn

Bryan Clark is a Fellow in Corporate Research at Boston Scientific. His current focus is on identifying and developing new solutions that solve unmet clinical needs and fostering growth in white space areas. LinkedIn

Carl Bouthillette is a senior program officer for the CHCF Health Innovation Fund and also leads the screening and evaluation process for HealthTech Capital, a network of angel investors focused on health care IT companies. LinkedIn

Investment banker with a strong track record in M&A transactions and strategic partnership deals, in the U.S. and Europe, and a great passion for innovation in healthcare and the life sciences. LinkedIn

Cepta completed a Ph.D. in Biotechnology in the National University of Ireland, Galway and has over 20 years of experience in biotech and biopharma industry. Since joining Enterprise Ireland Cepta has had roles in Technology Transfer & Lifesciences. LinkedIn

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Chris Bostick is a Vice President at OCV. Prior to OCV Dr. Bostick obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University. LinkedIn

Chris' particular area of emphasis is around fostering public-private partnerships so as to bring safe, effective, and economically-viable medical innovations to those in need. LinkedIn

Chris Martin is the President of RCT Ventures, the investment arm of Research Corporation Technologies, which is focused on investing in early-stage biomedical companies. LinkedIn

Chris Neil is the Senior Vice President of New Ventures, a new organization tasked with investigating, seeding, and building new businesses that leverage Maxim’s core semiconductor business and know-how. LinkedIn

Christine Knoblauch is currently Vice President, Business Development DepuySynthes supporting the Joints, Spine, Trauma and Sports Orthopedics platforms of Johnson & Johnson. LinkedIn

Christopher Gates is the Director of Product Security at Velentium. He has over 30 years of experience developing and securing medical devices for numerous industry-leading device manufacturers. LinkedIn

Christopher Hall's expertise is in B2B and B2C wearables and digital health. As Managing Director for Marula Health, he advises companies on GTM and commercial strategy across markets.Mr. Hall has held leadership roles at Fitbit, and J&J in APAC. LinkedIn

A dynamic and entrepreneurial leader with over 20 years of proven accomplishment in driving success in global healthcare organisations. LinkedIn

Expertise in commercial and operational strategy including portfolio optimization, distribution management, business development and licensing. LinkedIn

Claudio is passionate about partnering with entrepreneurs to build great companies. He has a deep belief in innovation and entrepreneurship as a force for good, and is focused on building breakthrough platforms in Cardiovascular and Metabolic diseases. LinkedIn

Colin is the investment director of Coronet Ventures. He has worked in healthcare startups in the US and Singapore, focusing on fund raising, medical device project management, operations, product design and development. His experience includes taking projects through conceptualization, verification, clinical trials, regulatory approvals, manufacturing and commercialization. Colin has managed and worked on a diverse range of projects from tissue engineering of vascular substitutes to ocular implants, glucose monitoring, endoscopy, orthopedic, and cardiovascular products. He completed his Master’s in Bioengineering from Stanford University and Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University. LinkedIn

Connor Remaley is the Director of Global Partnerships at Greenlight Guru, the only medical device success platform designed specifically for the medical device industry. Connor joined Greenlight Guru in 2015 to spearhead the inception of Greenlight Guru's LinkedIn

Cristiano is a co-founder of CrossBay Medical and has over 15 years’ experience in the Healthcare environment. He began his career as a product specialist for Cremascoli Medical, a distribution company for important international medtech brands in Italy. LinkedIn

Cynthia Yee is a Principal at Vensana Capital. Cynthia brings over a decade of investing, operating, and public equities experience to Vensana. LinkedIn

Liu works in AP Strategy & Business Development at Siemens Healthineers based in Singapore. LinkedIn

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Daniel is Managing Partner at Hunniwell Lake Ventures. He was a career CFO/COO who has directly led 29 investments, totaling more than $500 million. He has been involved in the medical devices space since 2007. LinkedIn

Dave emphasizes the efficient pursuit of non-dilutive funding to support technology, product and business development. He specializes in helping companies work with the US government, particularly the US military/ DOD medical community. LinkedIn

David has 29 years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, device and diagnostic industry leadership experience in market access, reimbursement, government affairs, sales and marketing. LinkedIn

Dr Capes has over 35 years of experience leading organizations and teams in the biomedtech industry, in senior executive, Board of Directors and Advisory Board member roles, providing inspiring leadership, driving innovation and execution, mentoring & developing talent, and delivering customer value and business outcomes. Broad experience in multinational, SME and start-up environments, and leading teams in Singapore, China, Australia, India, USA and Japan. LinkedIn

Dr Capes has over 35 years of experience leading organizations and teams in the biomedtech industry, in senior executive, Board of Directors and Advisory Board member roles, providing inspiring leadership, driving innovation and execution, mentoring & developing talent, and delivering customer value and business outcomes. Broad experience in multinational, SME and start-up environments, and leading teams in Singapore, China, Australia, India, USA and Japan. LinkedIn

David Maltz is the Founder and Managing Partner of Intervalent, and independent consultancy focused on product development and innovation strategy for consumer-facing medical devices. LinkedIn

David has been in the medical device and diagnostics field for over 20 years with a focus on business development and strategy. He is currently a Partner with Alira Health. LinkedIn

Deborah Zajac is a venture capital investor and corporate advisor, with experience in digital health, devices, and healthcare services. She has launched and run 3 corporate venture capital funds and been involved with more than a dozen. LinkedIn

DeChane is Executive Director of AdvaMed Accel, the division that represents small and mid-sized companies. Prior to this role, she worked in AdvaMed's Payment and Healthcare Delivery Policy department. LinkedIn

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Result-Driven Business Professional with over ten years of extensive experience evaluating complex business models, launching new products, and executing intricate transactions. LinkedIn

Diana is General Partner and co-founder at Panakes Partners, an investment company focused on Innovative Early Stage Medical companies, all over Europe and more particularly in Italy. LinkedIn

Diane Côté is President and CEO of the Consortium for industrial research MEDTEQ. MEDTEQ’s objective is to facilitate and accelerate the development of innovative medical technologies. LinkedIn

17 years’ experience in Medtech, with last 12 years in medical devices Successfully launched 6 new devices in the ANZ market over the last 10 years Post graduate in Business Administration LinkedIn

Doug specializes in patent prosecution and counseling, regularly working with inventors to prepare new patent applications. He also has a background in the medical device and surgical sectors. LinkedIn

Dr Tan Ee Lim is from the Innovation and Enterprise division at the National Health Innovation Centre Singapore (NHIC), a nationally appointed programme office that works with Public Health Institutions across Singapore to identify and commercialise promising clinical innovations. Currently, he leads a few schemes that support the translation and development of medical innovations towards a market- ready product, and provides strategic guidance and connection to industry partners, accelerating the pathway to impact in healthcare. Prior to NHIC, he was a Principal Investigator at A*STAR Research Institute where he worked with both local and international stakeholders in developing microelectronic device solution for clinical applications. Ee Lim holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and was a recipient of the Singapore-Stanford Biodesign Fellowship. LinkedIn

Elane has academic, executive management, director, and management consulting experience in life sciences and medical technologies. Her experience includes private sector, universities, Cooperative Research Centers, and government committees. LinkedIn

Ellie Reynolds, MBE currently serves as a Regulatory and Quality Assurance Manager at Proxima Clinical Research. LinkedIn

Elpis is a healthcare research executive and entrepreneur with proven leadership skills and extensive experience building, operating and leading large, complex clinical studies, supporting scientific strategy, and providing overall project management. LinkedIn

Enda is a product development executive with 30+ years of project and general management experience in the Medtech and pharma industries. LinkedIn

Eran, in his role as CTO in Sanara Ventures, a JV of Teva Pharmaceuticals and Philips to invest in early stage medical device startups, both screens new technologies and provides mentoring to Sanara's portfolio companies. LinkedIn

Eric has broad experience in multiple sectors of health care (provider, payer, supplier). He served as adviser to multiple start-ups, and is skilled in strategic planning, financial modeling and market analysis. LinkedIn

Eric is founder and CEO of Archimedic, a company that helps medical device and pharmaceutical companies design, develop, and manufacture products that align with market needs. LinkedIn

Innovation Lead for Johnson and Johnson Medical Korea. LinkedIn

Evgeny is a healthcare marketing leader with medical background and hands-on experience in the biopharmaceutical and medical technology industries. LinkedIn

Fabio has over 20 years of experience working with clients to diagnose, design and implement strategies and organizations in Medtech and Healthtech in Asia Pacific, Europe and the AmericasHe is Executive Director of the L.E.K. APAC Life Sciences Centr LinkedIn

Felicia is Business Development Lead and Senior Manager for Strategic Market Development for Asia Pacific LinkedIn

Felix is an M.D. with a passion for business, healthcare & technology. He utilizes his holistic view of the healthcare market, technology and the Asia-Pacific region to empower healthcare providers. LinkedIn

Feras Mahdi, a partner at L.E.K. Consulting in Singapore, specializes in healthcare with over 20 years of industry experience, including 17 in medtech and a decade in business consulting across over 25 countries. Leading teams to enhance healthcare institutions' performance and growth, he focuses on using data for improving clinical, business, and social outcomes. Advising on operations optimization and patient centricity, his background encompasses leadership roles in healthcare consulting, medtech, and startups, with an academic foundation in life sciences, internal medicine, and business. Feras is interested in business resilience, organizational development, AI in healthcare, and disability rights in the workplace. Feras holds an MD and residency in Internal Medicine from the American University of Beirut in addition to an MPhil in Bioscience Enterprise from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. LinkedIn

Filippo Pendin, MSc, graduated in economics from the University of Padua, Italy, before completing his studies with a MSc in Strategy and Finance from the Catholica Business School, Portugal. LinkedIn

Fiona Chng is the Regional Marketing Director for Cerenovus in the Asia Pacific region at Johnson & Johnson. She is a key member of the Global Cerenovus leadership team and is responsible for developing innovative solutions in interventional neurovascular to benefit patients in the APAC region. Fiona has an extensive background in the healthcare industry, with over 20 years of experience in sales and marketing, focusing specifically on the neurovascular field. LinkedIn

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Dr Fong Ming Koh is a Principal at LYFE Capital, a global healthcare investment platform dedicated to advancing the healthcare landscape through strategic value creation. LYFE’s diverse investment portfolio spans the entire healthcare sector, encompassing therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and emerging sub-sectors across North America and Asia. Prior to joining LYFE, Fong was the Head of Life Sciences at Heritas Capital, a Singapore-based healthcare-focused impact fund manager. A developmental biologist by training, he has extensive research experience spanning pluripotent stem cells, epigenetics and cancer. Dr Koh received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California, San Francisco. LinkedIn

Fredrik Nyberg brings 30 years of healthcare industry experience, 25 of which were spent in Asia Pacific, including China and Japan. Most recently he was the founding CEO of Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), based in Singapore. LinkedIn

Gabriel is a senior B2B strategic relationship builder and connector, with nearly three decades’ experience, who has been directly involved in scaling businesses, including startups, commercial companies and non-profit organisations. LinkedIn

Gary leads Health Advances’ Hong Kong office and is focused on growing the firm’s practice in the Asia Pacific with pharma, biotech, medtech, and private equity firms. Gary brings over three decades of healthcare experience in general management (Aventis, Chiron, and Biosite) and mergers and acquisitions (Alere and Becton Dickinson) in the Asia Pacific region. He has expert knowledge in the fields of oncology and cardiovascular medicine in pharma, and point of care expertise in diagnostics. During his fourteen years at Novartis, he managed the global launch of one of the leading medicines in the oncology portfolio. While at BD, Gary identified over fifty acquisition, licensing, and partnership targets in China, Japan, Southeast Asia, and India and led the integration of Carefusion in the Greater Asia region. Immediately prior to joining Health Advances, Gary was a Partner/Managing Director at Stout Bluepeak Asia where he worked in portfolio planning, mergers & acquisitions, an LinkedIn

Gary Haywood is Business Development Manager for Design & Industry, Australia’s largest and leading product design and development studio. D+I’s team of over 40 designers and engineers conduct in excess of 160 development projects a year. LinkedIn

Gary is a technology commercialisation professional who brings significant experience to roles such as Company Director, Non-Executive Director, Advisory Board Member, Independent Expert and Mentor. LinkedIn

George been the Assistant Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Medmarc Insurance Company for over 10 years. Medmarc is the superior provider of liability insurance and related risk management solutions for the medtech industry. LinkedIn

George has 30+ years of experience in the life sciences and health care industries in the areas of R&D, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality control/laboratory, quality assurance, compliance, corporate/operations and IT across all industries. LinkedIn

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Gigi develops education and training strategies to support company business development. LinkedIn

Dr. Guo is the Medical Director of Pureland Group. She oversees the medical affairs and evaluates medical device companies from clinical perspectives. Prior to relocating to Singapore, she was a general surgeon practicing at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in China and was trained in multiple departments during her residency. Dr. Guo has a strong medical background of clinical practice and a deep understanding of China healthcare system. In addition, she is familiar with medical device companies in terms of product development, quality standards, regulatory approval, and commercialisation strategies while working in the operations teams at start-ups and Singapore private hospitals before joining Pureland. She was a visiting research scholar at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University with a focus on genetics and immunology research. LinkedIn

Gordon is the Senior Patents and Licensing Manager and the Technology Transfer Case Manager for Health Sciences at Trinity College, The University of Dublin, where he is based since 2008. LinkedIn

Gordon Schatz, JD, is the president of Schatz Reimbursement Strategies LLC. He is a nationally recognized expert in reimbursement for breakthrough medical innovations as well as evolving technologies. LinkedIn

Graham Harvey is the principal and life sciences practice leader at Arcon Insurance Brokers. From early stage companies to middle market clients, Graham has helped clients identify and address risks related to operating in the medtech industry. LinkedIn

Mr. Gyan Kapur is the Vice President of Activate Venture Partners. Prior to joining Activate, Gyan worked with Activate’s predecessor fund - Milestone Venture Partners and graduated from the MBA program at the Wharton School of Business. LinkedIn

Hajime Oshita is a President & CEO of MedVenture Partners, Inc., a Japanese VC focused on medical device. Hajime has been in medical device industry since 1997, and half of his career is in VC and the remaining half is in medtec companies. LinkedIn

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Howard is a medical device executive accomplished in all phases of medical product development and operations in a variety of organizational structures. He is currently CEO of ART, a broad based drug delivery platform based on medical grade plant resins. LinkedIn

Dr. Hrishikesh Deo is the founder and CEO of a medical device startup Ergami Endoscopy. Ergami Endoscopy aims to develop a low-cost flexible endoscopic robotic solution to reduce biomechanical loads during colonoscope insertion. LinkedIn

As Senior Director of New Ventures at J&J Innovation, Boston, Ibraheem leverages his expertise in smart materials and biomaterials to support the medical device sector. LinkedIn

Leading digital health strategic partnerships for Olympus' Digital Health Unit. LinkedIn

Dr. Yaniv is an experienced and accomplished and senior executive in the life sciences industry; e.g. medical devices and bio-pharma, with 15 years of progressively increasing responsibilities in this field. LinkedIn

Isabella Schmitt is a Regulatory Affairs Consultant at Proxima Clinical Research, a contract research organization that serves the emerging drug and medical device industries. LinkedIn

Over the course of my 30 years as a medical technology corporate executive (Johnson and Johnson, CR Bard, Cardinal health, Axogen), I led the identification, assessment and strategy execution in many clinical specialties and product categories. LinkedIn

Dr. Gulati is an experienced Neonatologist, a learner-educator, researcher, innovator and Neonatal/infant feeding disorders specialist with a proven track record of working as a faculty at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. LinkedIn

Israel Raz is an accomplished Senior Executive with over 20 years of global experience leading new market development, marketing strategy, product development, portfolio management, & business development. LinkedIn

Jim has 20+ years experience helping medical device companies protect and enforce their domestic and international property rights, as well as advising venture capitalists invest in medical technology companies. LinkedIn

Jamie is an experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry. He is skilled in medical devices, marketing, cross-functional teams and leadership. LinkedIn

Jan’s work at Wing Tech focuses on early-stage opportunity assessment and strategic decision support for investors and manufacturers in a range of high technology markets, specifically within healthcare. LinkedIn

Jangela has over twenty years of experience driving multi-faceted innovation and research & development programs in the public-private partnership space that identify, develop, and validate emerging technology across a range of scientific disciplines. LinkedIn

Jason serves as the Director of Emerging Technology at Dexcom. He has a complex understanding of the the technical landscape of next generation diabetes care. LinkedIn

Jaye Thompson, Ph.D. is a Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer at Proxima. She has 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. LinkedIn

For over 15 years JC has been helping entrepreneurs succeed through mentoring, VC introductions and debt financing. Direct VC introductions he made have led to M&A exits for over $775 million. LinkedIn

Jeff is originally from the US and has a background in both electrical and mechanical product design and development. He also spent more than 20 years leading international manufacturing start-ups and supply chain development LinkedIn

Jeff is originally from the US and has a background in both electrical and mechanical product design and development. He also spent more than 20 years leading international manufacturing start-ups and supply chain development LinkedIn

Jeff serves as the director of HealthTech Arkansas, an accelerator and early stage investment fund. The program works with early stage HealthTech companies to conduct pilot projects with Arkansas hospital systems. LinkedIn

Jeff Weisel has more than 25 years’ experience in APAC and other emerging markets, working with leading life sciences organizations on issues of strategic and business innovation, and access to healthcare. His experience has encompassed executive positions in the pharmaceutical industry and leadership of Big 4 consulting practices. In market access leadership roles with AbbVie and Novartis, he helped deliver the success of top global brands and he also played a key role in industry policy engagement with PhRMA. He has extensive experience in the area of innovative financing models with both public and private payers. He has served on the Board of Governors of AmCham Singapore, lectured on market access strategy at ESSEC Business School, and contributed to the development of the life sciences sector in Singapore through appointments in government and academia. Jeff holds an MA in Asian Studies and Economics from George Washington University. LinkedIn

With over 33 years of management experience, Jeff is an executive with expertise in launching and investing in start-ups. After founding IDev Technologies, in 1999, he has since started six companies, including CitareTx, where he is a General Partner LinkedIn

Jennifer is an experienced Human Capital Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the Human Resources industry. She is skilled in employee relations, corrective action, and performance management. LinkedIn

As VP of Business Development in J&J’s Medical Device group, Jennifer is responsible for New Business Development (NBD) activities for New Growth Platforms. LinkedIn

Jennifer McMahon is a Partner at Seroba Life Sciences. She graduated from University College, Dublin with an honours degree in Pharmacology and has a Master’s degree in Biotechnology and Business. LinkedIn

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Jens Krink is a distinguished figure in the healthcare sector, with more than 30 years of experience. His journey in the industry commenced in Germany, where he held different positions up to Managing Director at a leading software company specializing in hospital information systems. LinkedIn

Jeremy is an experienced leader with over 20+ years of medical and software experience. Prior to becoming CEO at Biocanic, he was the Vice President of M&A Strategy in ResMed’s Software as a Service Division. LinkedIn

Jessica is the Executive Vice President of Veranex’s Regulatory, Clinical & Quality Services (RCQS) where she directs client communications, resource planning, project accounting, and results tracking. LinkedIn

Jessica Kenyon has 18 years of experience with the development of advanced medical technology, with special expertise in the federal research and acquisition. LinkedIn

Jim is responsible for leading Baxter's Global Science & Technology Assessment team and technology landscape process. He is the inventor on 23 patents, and he co-authored a publication in Circulation. LinkedIn

Jim McGough is a Co-Founder and has 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and as an intrapreneur including executive roles at Citibank, Audi of America, and Motorola. Most recently Jim has served as President/CEO, Board Member, or Advisor for several LinkedIn

Jim is an engineer turned entrepreneur. With a master’s in both Biomedical Engineering Product Development and Entrepreneurship, he blends the business with the technical. LinkedIn

I have over six years in healthcare innovations, corporate finance and business strategy with one of the largest healthcare providers in AsiaI have worked at Apollo Hospitals, India leading the business diligence team at Apollo Research and Innovations LinkedIn

Jo Carol Hiatt, MD served as Vice President, Health Economics and Patient Value (HEPV), at the Medical Device Innovation Consortium from October 2020 through October 2022 where she collaborated closely with CMS and FDA. LinkedIn

"With ~20 years of experience in healthcare, across Biotech, Pharma and MedTech, I'm an enthusiast for innovation and technology transformation and how these can positively contribute to people’s health. My international experience from living & working in Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia Pacific has given me a perfect platform to gain insights into innovative business models, disruptive go-to-market approaches and how to lead high performance multi-cultural teams. My current role at Smith+Nephew as Senior Vice President and General Manager Sports Medicine International has me leading a sizeable multi-cultural commercial organisation with full P&L responsibility across Asia and Europe. Prior to that I was the Managing Director for our India and ASEAN business. Smith+Nephew is a global medical technology company that designs, manufactures and supplies products for orthopaedic reconstruction, sports medicine, wound management and other surgical specialties. LinkedIn

Medical device industry executive who has successfully developed and executed clinical / regulatory strategy for mission critical business development objectives for 20+ years. LinkedIn

John Kim is the Principal at Aphelion Capital and has a history of working as a medical consultant in biogenetics. He graduated from Harvard with a Bachelors in Biochemistry, and has since earned an M.D. and an MBA from Duke University. LinkedIn

John is currently the Director of New Ventures, Cook Medical, a position he has held since early 2017. Prior to taking on this leadership role John served as Director for Research and Development at Cook Medicals facility in Limerick Ireland. LinkedIn

John founded Springhood Ventures to address the funding gap in child health innovation. Springhood provides critical early investment and support to companies developing important healthcare solutions for children. LinkedIn

John Shimmick is a registered patent attorney in the Palo Alto office of WSGR, where his practice focuses on patent prosecution and counseling designed to help his clients protect their intellectual property rights both domestically and internationally. LinkedIn

John Weiser serves as president, U.S. distribution for Sony Pictures Television (SPT). He oversees all domestic sales operations for SPT. He also manages the personnel and operations of four regional offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Atlanta. LinkedIn

Experienced business leader and healthcare professional with strong commercial acumen and proven history of delivering high-profile new market entry and international business expansion projects across multiple health care industry domain including hospital services and infrastructure development, managed medical equipment and technology services, private investment and bi/multi-lateral development financing, government tenders and large scale population health management programs, and international health care accreditation and quality improvement consulting services business across Asia Pacific, Central Asia and the Middle East regions. LinkedIn

Jon works in Amgen's Digital Health & Innovation Business Development Group. LinkedIn

Jonathan Hakim has more than twenty years of experience in Greater China with a focus on Healthcare, Venture Capital and IT. Jonathan is currently a Partner for RunYoung TTO, Vice President of ECM Medical, and Founder of Healthcare Drinks. LinkedIn

Jonathan holds a BS in chemical engineering with a double major in economics from Northwestern University. He also holds an MBA from Northwest LinkedIn

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Jordan Milford work in the Business Development group for Olympus evaluating opportunities for both the Surgical and GI businesses. He previously held roles within product development and marketing in the areas of orthopedics, surgical, and GI endoscopy. LinkedIn

In his role as VP of Strategic Investments, he is responsible for evaluating early stage investment and partnership opportunities to build a portfolio of innovative therapies that can support BTG’s long term growth ambitions. LinkedIn

Joseph Hale is a medical device innovator | educator | leader with more than 25 years' experience in academia and industry. His industry experience includes various roles with several start-up and early stage medical device companies. LinkedIn

Joseph obtained his B.S in Microbiology, and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from UCLA. While completing his Ph.D. he was actively involved with UCLA’s Business of Science Center, where he led projects that evaluated early-stage technology commercialization. LinkedIn

Joseph is the Managing Partner of Verge HealthTech Fund focusing on early stage healthcare technology companies relevant to emerging markets. LinkedIn

Joshua is currently a Technical Innovator at W.L. Gore & Associates. Prior to joining W.L. Gore & Associates, he was a Director at First Data Corporation. LinkedIn

Joshua leads the Office of Strategic Partnership Development (OSPD) at SGH, which is set up to establish, foster and develop strategic partnerships with innovation industry partners that are aligned to SGH’s strategic objectives. As the front door of SGH, OSPD partners with relevant stakeholders to realise strategic partnerships in a proactive, planned, consistent, and seamless way. Joshua has almost a decade of working closely with start-up founders to structure their business for growth, facilitating access to capital and connections. Prior to SGH, Joshua has extensive experience in fostering strategic partnerships, executing early-stage innovation programmes, new product development, strategy planning and investment in healthcare innovations Joshua is a biomedical engineer by training, and holds an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, as well as Master of Engineering from the National University of Singapore. LinkedIn

Joshua is responsible for leveraging the technical expertise and market leadership of Fujikura in semiconductor manufacturing, miniaturization, fiber optics and CMOS for a diverse number of applications within the medical device and diagnostic fields. LinkedIn

D+I is a globally leading product design and development consultancy, with a team of 80+ specialist designers and engineers between our Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle studios. For 37 years, we have been the leaders in product innovation, winning over 260+ local and international awards for design and engineering excellence. This is an acknowledgement of our ability to deliver best-in-class solutions for diverse international markets. D+I is a trusted and proven complete product development partner, from initial concepts through to overseeing production. We create agile development teams with diverse skills and specialised knowledge to ensure the best outcome for every project. No project is too big or too small. We can design any product, for any market, any user, any production process, and any production quantity. LinkedIn

JR sources new opportunities, monitors the current portfolio, and works on successful exits for both the entrepreneur and investors for Green Park & Golf Ventures. LinkedIn

Juan-Pablo is a Partner at Action Potential Venture Capital with a passion in the future of mobile health technology and a background in healthcare investment. He holds a MS in electrical engineering and an MBA from Stanford University. LinkedIn

Julia is a pediatric anesthesiologist and vice chief for Pain Medicine and Research in the Division of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine. Dr. Finkel has extensive experience designing and conducting clinical trials relating to analgesics in children. LinkedIn

Passionate about innovations. I have experience in setting up new businesses across Asia and would like to be able to help start ups in their journey. I have experiences across all countries in Asia and in various roles in sales, marketing and general m LinkedIn

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Kadir, PhD, has 10+ years of experience in research, product development, and business development. Prior to J&J, he led transactions to access novel medical device technologies. LinkedIn

Karen McGoldrick is a highly motivated, results focused, people leader with over 20 years experience in the FMCG sector in both the UK and Australia. LinkedIn

With over two decades of healthcare experience, Karen founded KopianManagement over ten years ago and focuses on Care Coordination and Transitions of Care, Revenue Cycle improvement, Performance Measurement/Management and overall process improvement. LinkedIn

Kathryn Zavala is COO and Managing DIrector for BioTools Innovator. She earned her PhD in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology from UCLA. LinkedIn

Kathryne Cooper, MBA is a native Angeleno passionate about growing and funding early stage companies and creating an ecosystem to support entrepreneurs. LinkedIn

Kathy is responsible for developing and implementing mid to long term critical strategic initiatives to support sustainable growth of Baxter Asia Pacific. LinkedIn

Katie Ellias is Managing Director of JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy fund focused on solutions to treat, prevent type 1 diabetes. Previously Senior Investment Director for Endeavor Vision and Principal at Sofinnova focused on medical devices LinkedIn

In Katie's 20+ years in the medical device and IVD industry, she has built global teams, and partnered with hundreds of companies to help move valuable products to market via hands on and strategic clinical and regulatory support. LinkedIn

Kazu works on business development for embedding die technology, marketing Fujikura products to the US market (especially in medical area), and involving corporate innovation programs to collaborate with startup companies. LinkedIn

Kazuhiro manages R&D strategy building and management, innovation management in gastrointestinal endoscopy, general surgery, urology, gynecology, respiratory and ENT as well as open innovation management and technology hunting. LinkedIn

Keely is a Market Access and Reimbursement professional with 25+ years of expertise in enabling strategic global capabilities to drive profit. Visit https://usadvocacy.net LinkedIn

Kellie is an experienced Business Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. She is skilled in Product Management, Medical Devices, Product Launch, and Business Strategy. LinkedIn

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Ken is currently Sr. Advisor of Lightstone Singapore PTE. LTD. Previously Ken was a senior partner and head of the European Life Sciences practice at L.E.K. LinkedIn

Kenny is a medical device professional rooted in engineering and specializing in Endovascular solutions. He has a breath of experience including manufacturing, design quality, R&D, and business development. LinkedIn

At Fogarty Institute Kerry has worked primarily in team building, product development, distribution strategy, platform creation and market positioning. He also has many years of senior executive experience in medical devices and in mentoring CIR teams. LinkedIn

Kevin Coker is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer at Proxima. He has 20+ years of experience in the healthcare industry. LinkedIn

Kevin is the Founder and Managing Partner of the McGeever family office, which focuses on achieving the financial and philanthropic goals of the family. McGeever’s investment portfolio places an emphasis on healthcare, technology, energy, and real estate. LinkedIn

Kevin Zhang is a Partner at Upfront Ventures, the largest and longest-serving venture capital firm in Los Angeles investing out of $400 million Fund VI, where he focuses on healthcare, robotics and interactive media. LinkedIn

Dr Chong Kian Tai is a urologist practising in Mount Elizabeth Elizabeth Hospital and Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore. LinkedIn

Kirt is a seasoned medical device executive with extensive experience in both large companies and small start-ups, and across a wide spectrum of functional disciplines and markets. LinkedIn

Kiyoshi Miyake is a senior expert of Olympus’ Technology Innovation office based in Tokyo. He is responsible for technology scouting and collaboration with startup/academia/company/etc. LinkedIn

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As Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Dr. Eskandanian leads the strategic and operational management of novel product development at Children’s National, with a focus on translating pediatric innovation to patients and families. LinkedIn

Kristi Schrode is Vice President of Law, Robotics & Digital at Johnson & Johnson. LinkedIn

Krysta is responsible for overseeing client communications programs and mentoring and training the company’s employees. She has 18 years of healthcare communications experience for medical device, biotech and pharmaceutical companies. LinkedIn

Dr. Gehlsen has 30+ years experience working in private and public companies, pharmaceutical product development, medical device development, basic research, clinical development, regulatory affairs, strategic planning, and business development. LinkedIn

Kwame Ulmer is a MedTech executive with nearly twenty years of experience in government and the private sector. He is currently an Angel Investor and regulatory strategy consultant with a focus on MedTech and Venture Capital firms. LinkedIn

Angel investor focused on healthcare technology. LinkedIn

Lauren Palestrini, Ph.D., is the Director of Research at MTEC, where she serves as the lead technology officer within the medical product development activities and oversees the development of technology solutions LinkedIn

Laurie Burlingame is a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP, in the firm's nationally recognized Life Sciences Practice Group. She represents private and public companies across the spectrum of the life sciences industry. LinkedIn

In addition to his academic appointments and research background, Lee serves Co-Director at the Center for Policy, Outcomes and Prevention, Co-Director at the Fellowship in Academic General Pediatrics and the Chief at the Division of General Pediatrics. LinkedIn

Leslie Wise, JD, is Principal of EvidenceMatters, a Global Market Access consultancy. Leslie advises several of the largest medical device companies in the world and mentors start ups as a key advisor at the TMCx in Houston. LinkedIn

Dr. Lilach Weisz is Head of Innovation and Tech Transfer at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. LinkedIn

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As Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Partnerships, Lisa leverages her global product commercialization experience to help forge long-term collaborations with a core focus on Veranex’s strategic partners and their portfolio management. LinkedIn

After graduating from DUke University, Lisa began at LabCorp where she began as a Technical Scientific Liaison in Scientific Affairs at LabCorp Clinical Trials. Now she is th Associate Vice President of Corporate Development and Licensing at LabCorp. LinkedIn

At Echo Health Ventures and Mosaic Health Solutions, Liz worked on all aspects of the investment process, from identifying and evaluating investment opportunities to closing transactions and working with portfolio companies to accelerate growth strategies LinkedIn

Lynn is a Manager in the Marketing and Business Development Department at medmarc and also has experience at the Kerxton Insurance Agency. She received a BS in Animal Science at Virginia Tech. LinkedIn

Mr. Chaput has over eighteen years of experience in investment banking and investment management, primarily in the emerging growth health care / medical device sector and is currently a Partner at Gravitas Healthcare. LinkedIn

Marcus has more than 15 years of experience in research, strategy and operations within the Biotech and Medtech space. Prior to joining Heritas Capital, Marcus was part of the senior management team at Lerna Biopharma, where he managed business and lab operations across three regions and was involved in fundraising and strategic partnerships. Marcus was also previously the Technical Lead at Advanced MedTech, where he was responsible for building up the company’s in vitro diagnostic manufacturing capabilities for the manufacture of Singapore’s first direct COVID-19 RT-PCR test kit, which was registered in Southeast Asia, Australia and Europe. Prior to Advanced MedTech, Marcus was a biomedical research scientist at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) working on potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy. Marcus graduated with a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University and obtained his BSc. in Biochemistry from the University LinkedIn

Maren Nelson is the Principal of M Nelson Consulting, a small consulting firm focused on medical device product development strategy and Quality Management processes. As well, Ms. Nelson is a medical industry mentor in the Washington Innovation Network. LinkedIn

Margot is a Senior Development Advisor in the High Potential Start Up Division of Enterprise Ireland and has been working with start-ups from the Irish Lifesciences sector since 2007. LinkedIn

Maria D'Azevedo reporst to the Chief Operating Officer and assists in business development efforts and account management. She assists with new client acquisition and facilitates meetings with active and prospective clients. LinkedIn

Maria Putilina, MD, MS, is a medical advisor and innovator, boasting over a decade of driving transformative change within the healthcare industry. Her expertise spans Business Administration, Medicine, and Science, which she honed in healthcare consulting, helping companies build and execute innovation strategies. LinkedIn

Mark is responsible for innovation in BD's medication delivery solutions business unit. He is a creative, driven leader with a proven track record of developing breakthrough products, services and marketing programs that increase revenue and margin. LinkedIn

Mark serves as a Managing Director and Partner at High Country Venture and conducted neuroscience research for 15 years at institutions worldwide, including the University of Colorado and the University of California at San Francisco. LinkedIn

Mark's specialties are healthcare startups, angel investing, medical sales consulting & management, spine, orthopedics, and biologics. LinkedIn

Mark Secrest is a Managing Director within BTIG Healthcare Investment Banking, focused on medical devices, life sciences tools and diagnostics companies. LinkedIn

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Mary Beth is a clinical and regulatory affairs executive with 20 years experience in US and worldwide medical device trials. She has primary experience with active implantable, cardiac device trials including mechanical circulatory assist and CRT trials. LinkedIn

Mary Kiang is an entrepreneur-spirited leader experienced in medtech with cross functional international experiences in commercial execution, product marketing, market access, project management, and supply chain. Mary has worked across numerous markets in Asia, North & South America and Europe.  Mary’s professional passion is to bring innovative products to end users with a keen understanding of strategic placement and expansion strategy. Currently, Mary leads business development efforts for Asia in Baxter.  LinkedIn

Mary has over twenty five years of experience in regulatory and clinical affairs, with varied expertise including the regulation of radiology, urology, physical medicine, orthopedic, neurological wound care, digital health, IVD's, dental medical devices. LinkedIn

Maryline is a customer-focused marketing strategist in the medical technology industry with over 20 years of experience in achieving superior brand equity, business expansions and team performance. LinkedIn

Masakazu Yagi has been a specially-appointed associate professor at the department of Biodesign for Healthcare Innovation, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University since 2017. LinkedIn

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Mr. Toshiaki Masuda serves as Managing Director at Nipro Corporation. Mr. Masuda has been Chief of General Research Office and Manager of Planning Development Technology Business Dept at Nipro Corporation since June 2015. LinkedIn

Matt is a medical device industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in the design, development and manufacturing of numerous medical devices. He is the holder of several medical device patents and has designed and commercialized devices for endosco LinkedIn

Matthew's research focuses on pediatric bioengineering, such as translating traumatic brain injury mechanism paradigms from adults to children, development of medical devices to enhance pediatric care, and design of biofidelic pediatric crash dummies. LinkedIn

Matthew Miessau's focus is on conducting due diligence on prospective fund investments as well as sourcing and analyzing opportunities for Epidarex’s strategic investors. LinkedIn

Physician Scientist turned business leader with over 20 years of experience across clinical medicine, academic research and commercial roles building global businesses in Asia, EU and the US across start-up, academic (NUS) and large organizations. LinkedIn

Physician Scientist turned business leader with over 20 years of experience across clinical medicine, academic research and commercial roles building global businesses in Asia, EU and the US across start-up, academic (NUS) and large organizations. LinkedIn

As Forge North Manager, Meg supports a coalition of entrepreneurs, investors, makers, collaborators, and allies from all industries working together to make Minnesota the best place in the world to start ventures, solve problems and scale impact. LinkedIn

Megan is a Senior Project Manager in the Strategy and Business Planning group at Texas Children’s Hospital. Her prior experience as a registered nurse in the ICU and surgery departments have given her invaluable first hand experience. LinkedIn

Megan joined SV in 2020 and works as an Associate for the Medtech Convergence Fund (MCF), primarily focusing on medtech and digital health investments. LinkedIn

Megha is currently a Business Development Officer at UCLA's TDG. She was previously a Senior Licensing Officer at UC Irvine after which she joined the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as an Attorney and Assistant General Counsel for Global Health. LinkedIn

Mike has consulted directly with, or overseen corporate development and business expansion consulting projects, for approximately 100 technology, industrial and service firms ranging from pre-revenue start-ups to established corporations. LinkedIn

Michael is a seasoned science manager, entrepreneur, and business professional who specializes in start-up biotech operations management, technology development and grant writing. LinkedIn

Mike serves as the liaison between our client companies and Veranex’s product development teams, in particular serving as a strategy consultant resource for our clients. LinkedIn

Major General Michael R. Regner retired from the United States Marine Corps in 2016. He was commissioned through The Citadel NROTC program in 1976. He also holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Webster University. LinkedIn

Michael Shalhoub is a proven trial lawyer who focuses his practice on product liability defense for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. LinkedIn

Driven by an insatiable appetite for current and emerging technologies, Michael has brought his combined Information Systems and Marketing background to the Medical Devices sector with great success. LinkedIn

Dr. Michal (Micki) Roll is an experienced healthcare and business development professional, dedicated to advancing translational research. Micki has vast experience in clinical trial infrastructure development. LinkedIn

Michele Fowler-Stewart is Director, New Business Development in Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Devices group. LinkedIn

Michelle McMurry-Heath leads the clinical, preclinical, and regulatory teams for the medical device companies of Johnson & Johnson. She is also the Global lead for Evidence Generation. LinkedIn

With 30+ angel investments in the past few years, Mike is a financial executive, investor, and company advisor. He is the Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Dextera Surgical, Inc. and sits on the Board of Directors for Band of Angels. LinkedIn

Mike co-founded Experien Group in 2003 with Darlene Crockett-Billig. His entire 40+ year professional career has been involved with regulatory affairs, quality systems, clinical research, and general management for medical device companies. LinkedIn

Mike is currently Vice President of Business Development and Licensing for Medtronic's Surgical Innovation and Surgical Robotics Operating Units. Previously this business unit was part of Covidien's Surgical Products Group. LinkedIn

Mr. Gillespie is an accomplished merger and acquisition professional with healthcare industry experience and knowledge. Mike has extensive experience in technology scouting, start-up investment, corporate venture capital and larger M&A transactions. LinkedIn

Mike Nelson is the VP of Healthcare and Transportation. With a deep understanding of the healthcare industry and information technology, Mike oversees strategy for the growing healthcare and automotive business at DigiCert. LinkedIn

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Miraj helps support early stage (Seed/Series A) entrepreneurs as they disrupt the healthcare industry. Prior to venture capital, he was a data scientist and helped manage data operations at firms ranging from 4 to 200 people for 7+ years. LinkedIn

Mirren is a Senior Director, New Ventures and Transactions, for Medical Devices based in the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Centre in London. LinkedIn

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Nathali Bloch MD MPA is the director of the Innovation Center at Sheba Medical Center and leader of the innovation track in a new MBA in Healthcare Innovation at the IDC, Herzelia. LinkedIn

Nathan has a background working in the FDA and currently advises health industry participants and providers on a range of topics within the fields of regulation, compliance and policy. LinkedIn

Neda Amidi serves as a Partner and Global Head of Health at Plug & Play. She leads investments in digital health and biotech startup companies. She is responsible for global partnerships with corporations including Johnson & Johnson and Cleveland Clinic. LinkedIn

At J&J Innovation, California, Nick focuses on medical device innovation in support of the general surgery, orthopedics, and cardiology businesses by identifying licensing, collaboration and investment opportunities. LinkedIn

Nicholas Yeo is lead the Advanced Technology, Centre of Excellence in Johnson & Johnson. He is part of the Enterprise Supply Chain team working on developing world class capabilities and provides technology services for J&J’s core business sectors; pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Nicholas leads a group of subject matter experts focusing on advanced robotics, 3D printing, sensing & IoT and Advanced material. LinkedIn

Nick Tippmann is the VP of Marketing at Greenlight Guru, the only quality management software platform designed specifically for medical device companies. LinkedIn

In 2007, Nicole started a medtech public relations consultancy, which became Health+Commerce. Health+Commerce provides public relations, branding and digital marketing/social media support to clients ranging from startups to established industry leaders. LinkedIn

Nilesh is responsible for establishing networks within local biotech ecosystems and forging collaborations with scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs for delivery of solutions covering Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Healthcare and Medical Device sectors. LinkedIn

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Ning is the Business Development Director of Asia Pacific at Baxter LinkedIn

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Norio works in new business development through the collaboration with startups, companies and universities in the US and other countries. LinkedIn

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Norm is experienced in starting, funding, growing and high-ROI exiting high-tech and medtech companies with worldwide sales. LinkedIn

Paolo Rovatti is a Baxter employee currently working as Technology Innovation and Scouting Team member in Renal GBU. LinkedIn

Pascal has been an Investment Associate at Kairos Ventures since 2017. Kairos Ventures invests in groundbreaking research originating from the top minds of academia and industry with the potential of creating world-changing companies. LinkedIn

Patrick is Associate Vice President for AdvaMed Accel, where he is responsible for representing the interests of small medical technology companies through policy development, advocacy initiatives, networking opportunities and educational offerings. LinkedIn

Dr. McGinnis is an accomplished physician, hospital and business executive, USAF flight surgeon and former NASA flight surgeon, who applies clinical knowledge and healthcare information technology experience to leadership, consulting, and innovation. LinkedIn

Patterson leads Regulatory and Quality practices within Life Sciences, and serves as regulatory and quality Subject Matter Expert to the firm, the life sciences industry, state and local agencies and the FDA. LinkedIn

Paul Grand founded and has managed MedTech Innovator since 2013. He spent eleven years as Managing Director for RCT Ventures, and he co-founded several life science and tech startups. LinkedIn

Mr. Kessler has broad experience in finance, actively sourcing and identifying investment opportunities, and negotiating, structuring and re-structuring investment transactions with emerging growth public companies. LinkedIn

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Peter leads Business Development in Asia Pacific for Johnson & Johnson Medical Device, focusing his time on seeking new opportunities and partnerships with innovative companies and institutions across the region. LinkedIn

At Nevro, Peter is responsible for developing and implementing an IP strategy to protect Nevro's core technology, as well as increase and drive value from the company’s IP assets. He works with and advises the company’s executive team on all IP matters. LinkedIn

Peter has over two decades of experience in sales, business development, and operations. He has been driven by his passion for finding and developing great clients and working on cutting-edge programs. LinkedIn

Philip oversees corporate strategy and corporate development as well as managing the company's incubation/ accelerator business, co-development with strategic partners, and IP development and licensing. LinkedIn

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Pierre is a dedicated professional with extensive experience in the life sciences industry serving in laboratory, technical service, sales support, and marketing roles. He holds an MBA and PhD in Molecular Biology from USC. LinkedIn

With a long history of serving as CEO for multiple medical companies, as well as serving as director and as chairman of the board for 35 different companies, Pini brings a wealth of expertise to his position as CEO of NanoxAI. LinkedIn

Poorya specializes in work related to BioMEMS, nanotech devices, bioengineering, and electronic packaging and cooling. His specialties include competitive analysis, micro-fabrication, and analytical programming. LinkedIn

Pornteera is part of the investment team at Heritas Capital. She has experience across the healthcare sector having worked in life sciences consulting and a medtech startup prior to Heritas Capital. LinkedIn

My experience in device launch spans from Market Research, R&D designing, prototyping, process manufacturing, regulatory and sales, working for and with a variety of large and small medical companies. LinkedIn

Pratap is a serial medtech entrepreneur who has founded 8 companies, three of which operate and generate revenue, one of which he grew and sold as CEO to a public company. LinkedIn

Dr. Prem Pillay is the Medical Director of a multidisciplinary spine and pain center in Singapore. LinkedIn

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Prem Tumkosit is an Investment Principal responsible for identifying and cultivating opportunities across digital health and health information technology. LinkedIn

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Randal is a Product Engineer at Medtronic of Canada. Randal received his B.Sc. for Electrical Engineering and B.A for Physiology from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario Canada. LinkedIn

Ranjini Srikantiah has over 20 years of experience in the MedTech industry, with expertise in development and global commercial launch of medical devices in orthopaedics, injection devices, infusion preparation and infusion delivery. LinkedIn

Raphael is the founder of Ridgeback Technologies which specializes in the design, development and manufacture of leading-edge catheter balloons. LinkedIn

Ray is responsible for The MedTech Conference, an event that is hosted annually by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed). Ray was also formerly the CEO & Managing Partner of the Life Sciences Conference Group. LinkedIn

Reuben is a sales and marketing specialist at Stryker, a leading global med-tech company, managing the medical surgery portfolio. He holds a bachelor in business administration from IE University, with a deep focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. LinkedIn

Richard is currently a Managing Partner at Hunniwell Lake Ventures. He was the former CEO at Reach Surgical, a surgical instruments company, where he spent 15 years growing the company into an industry-leading brand with presence on six continents. LinkedIn

Richard Morganstern was the former Managing Partner of a Beverly Hills based intellectual property and business litigation and counseling law firm. He was also the former Chairman of a NASD licensed investment-banking firm. LinkedIn