Mentors and Webinar Panelists
Member, HealthTech Capital
Adam, MD, MBA, is the Co-Founder of Consano Medical and a Mentor at Launchpad Digital Health, HealthTech Capital & Blueprint Health. He is highly motivated to improve healthcare delivery in the US through technology. LinkedIn
Founder & President, Westwood & Wilshire
We are an executive search partner to the world’s top companies providing talent on an interim, consulting, outsourcing and retained direct hire basis to the Life Sciences industries. LinkedIn
Director, Baxter International
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
Founder, S2N Health
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
Founder, HealthTech Capital
Anne DeGheest, founder of MedStars and HealthTech, pioneered the HealthTech/Digital Health space as a healthcare executive, entrepreneur, angel investor, corporate advisor, and mentor capitalist. LinkedIn
CEO, GreenLight Medical
As founder and CEO of the startup GreenLight Medical, Austin innovates daily. The service requires constant monitoring and creative input to function at the highest level possible, requiring a level of innovation unmatched by other professional areas. Aus LinkedIn
COO, Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium
William Howell is a 35 year DoD retiree who executed senior SES level research project management operations for medical product development in all categories of products including biologics, drugs, and devices. LinkedIn
VP, Business Development, Johnson & Johnson
He 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
Technology Attorney, Sheridan Ross
Brad Knepper is a shareholder and past president of Sheridan Ross, PC, the region’s oldest and largest intellectual property law firm. In his practice, Brad has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications for clients in a wide range of technol LinkedIn
Partner, Alira Health
Mr. Tritle is the Partner for Digital Health at Alira Health where he develops and executes digital health strategies, and works on capital raises, mergers and acquisitions. LinkedIn
Founder, Managing Member, Innovo Ventures
Brian Stewart is the Founder and Managing Member of Innovo Ventures where he focuses on healthcare investments. Prior to founding Innovo Ventures, Brian was the General Manager of Patient Safety Technologies at Stryker. LinkedIn
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Univ of NC, Office of Commercialization and Economic Development
Bryant has spent more than 30 years in research and development in the medical device industry. His background includes experience in clinical diagnostics, endoscopy and sports medicine, cardiology and ophthalmology. LinkedIn
Managing Director, Four Oaks Partners
Carin has spent the past 20 years in healthcare investment banking, advisory and consulting services, primarily focused on medical device companies. She is currently a Managing Director with Four Oaks Partners, a small, healthcare advisory firm. LinkedIn
Chair Screening Committee, HealthTech Capital
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
Venture Partner, Aphelion Capital
Chris, board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, has special research interests in brain injury and pulmonary disease. Since founding his first company over 9 years ago, he has also consulted for other start up medical device firms. LinkedIn
President, Chief Financial Officer, Research Corporation Technologies
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
Vice President, Business Development DepuySynthes, Johnson & Johnson
Christine Knoblauch is currently Vice President, Business Development DepuySynthes supporting the Joints, Spine, Trauma and Sports Orthopedics platforms of Johnson & Johnson. LinkedIn
VP, Global M&A and Business Development, Olympus
Leads Olympus Medical M&A and business development function. LinkedIn
Program Manager, Case for Quality, FDA
Francisco is an experienced Quality Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. He also has skill in mechanical engineering and engineering management. LinkedIn
Managing Partner, Intervalent
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
Partner, Alira Health
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
President and CEO, MedteQ
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
Partner, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
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
Partner Head of Business Consulting, Grant Thornton
Elaine has over 16 years’ experience in the provision of business consulting advisory services having previously worked for the business consulting units of two other leading Irish accounting firms. LinkedIn
General Manager, Nordson Medical
Eyal is the GM of Nordson Medical Israel, with a senior executive record in a long and respected list of health and technology companies. He holds an MBA in business marketing with a minor in medtech management from the University of Saint Thomas. LinkedIn
National Managing Principal, Health Care/Life Sciences, Grant Thorton
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
CEO, Advanced Resin Theraputics
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
Senior Director, Johnson & Johnson
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
Regulatory Affairs Consultant, Proxima CRO
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
Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer, Axogen
Over the course of my 30 years as a medical technology corporate executive (Johnson and Johnson, CR Bard, Cardinal health), I led the identification, assessment and strategy execution in many clinical specialties and product categories. LinkedIn
Principal, LeVaunt, LLC
Jack Moorman is the Principal at LeVaunt, LLC, a consulting firm providing advisory services to companies and organizations, particularly early stage ventures in the fields of healthcare and consumer products. He is also Chairman of the non-profit US-Jap LinkedIn
COO, 1971
Jacob is a medical device executive with 20+ years experience developing and bringing to market new medical technologies including: clinical development and commercial marketing abroad and management of product development. LinkedIn
Partner, Santé Ventures
James is a Partner at Santé Ventures focusing on early stage Med Tech investing. Previously, James served in the Air Force and was Vice-Chair of Emergency Medicine at Wilford Hall Medical Center, an academic level-one trauma center in San Antonio. LinkedIn
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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
President, CEO, Wing Tech, Inc.
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
Senior Account Director, Health+Commerce
Jana is a senior lead on client accounts, providing day-to-day strategic counsel, planning and account and team oversight. With 10 years of experience in healthcare communications, she has expertise in media relations, executive communications, etc. LinkedIn
COO, Proxima CRO
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
Senior Vice President, Venture Capital Relationships & Healthcare Banking, Square 1 Bank
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
President, TranS1
Jeff advises startups and innovators across the country in the patenting of their inventions, while leading the core Rocky Mountain Patent team. He also assists companies in their R&D processes as they refine their ideas. He honed his R&D skills, using to LinkedIn
, Health InnovatAR
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
Principal, Hatteras
Prior to joining Hatteras, Jeff worked for a large Medtronic distributer in sales and clinical support and in the operating room with different surgeons, selling and providing service on Medtronic spinal implants and image-guided surgical equipment. LinkedIn
Human Capital Consultant, TriNet
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
Vice President Business Development, Johnson & Johnson
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
Partner, Seroba Lifesciences
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
Vice President, ResMed
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
COO, Veranex
Jessica joined Experien Group in 2017 to expand the firm’s business development activities and to direct strategic growth initiatives. LinkedIn
Sr. Director, Tech Assessment & Scouting, Baxter International
Responsible for leading Baxter's Global Science & Technology Assessment team and technology landscape process. Inventor on 23 patents; co-authored a publication in Circulation. LinkedIn
Business Unit Director, Jabil Healthcare
Jim Warren joined Jabil in 1998 after graduating from the University of Florida with a Finance and Economics degree and continues his education with ASQ as a Black Belt. LinkedIn
President & Co-Founder, Telos Partners
Medical device industry executive who has successfully developed and executed clinical / regulatory strategy for mission critical business development objectives for 20+ years. LinkedIn
Principal, Aphelion Capital
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
Founder and Managing Director, Springhood Ventures
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
Associate, WSGR
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
President, Sony Pictures Television
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
Director, Business Development and Strategy, Olympus
Jordan is a Director of Business Development and Strategy at Olympus. LinkedIn
VP of Strategic Investments, BTG
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
Marketing Manager, Fujikura
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 medical diagnostic fields LinkedIn
Principal, Green Park & Golf Ventures
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
Partner, Action Potential Venture Capital (APVC)
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
Professor, Children's National
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
Vice President, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson
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
PresidentG, Kopian Management Consulting
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
Director of Interventional Radiology, Children's National
Karun Sharma, M.D., is Director of Interventional Radiology at Children's National. He is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. LinkedIn
Academic Partnerships & Business Development, iO Life Science
Dr Stephenson spent ten years in the medical device industry as a Senior Design Engineer and Project Manager. She has worked on over eighteen different devices, ranging from insulin pumps to annuloplasty rings. LinkedIn
Chief Business Officer at Diagnostic Photonics, Inc., iBIO Institute
Kathryn builds companies through strategic partnerships, capital formation, and team-building. While focusing on the health care industry, she has gained an understanding of the regulatory, reimbursement and adoption challenges that young companies face. LinkedIn
Investor, Katie Ellias
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
General Manager, IVD, NAMSA
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
Executive Vice President, Emerson Consultants
Kelli is an accomplished reimbursement thought leader with over 24 years of experience in the medical device industry in areas such as reimbursement, sales, and market development. LinkedIn
Business Development & Program Management, Asahi-Intecc
Med device professional rooted in engineering and specializing in Endovascular solutions. Breath of experience includes manufacturing, design quality, R&D, and business development. Currently serve as R&D program manager and Business Development for Asahi LinkedIn
Director, Band of CEOs
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
CEO, Proxima Clinical Research, Inc.
Kevin Coker is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer at Proxima. He has 20+ years of experience in the healthcare industry. LinkedIn
VC/PE Investor and Commercialization Partner, McGeever
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
Program Coordinator, The MedTech Conference
Kim is devoted to providing elite program support in areas of program content, materials and communications. She specializes in international relationships and co-promotional marketing partnerships for The MedTech Conference powered by AdvaMed. LinkedIn
Executive Director, Children's National Health System - Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation
Kolaleh Eskandanian is the executive director of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System. The Institute is an R&D incubator and accelerator, focused on developing pediatric surgical and medical pro LinkedIn
, F-Prime Capital Partners
Kristina Wang joined F-Prime Capital in 2015. Before that, she was an investment banking analyst in the Healthcare Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she focused on biotech M&A and capital markets transactions. LinkedIn
PR Practice Leader, Health+Commerce
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
CEO, Mira Life Science Ventures
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, business development, investor rela LinkedIn
Principal, Ulmer Ventures
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
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital
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
Managing Director, Healthcare, General Electric Ventures
Leslie, the Managing Director of Healthcare at GE Ventures, is a senior venture capital investment professional with 15 years of experience investing in early stage medical technology companies. LinkedIn
Principal, EvidenceMatters
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. Previously, Leslie was resp LinkedIn
Chief Technical Officer, Gore Innovation Center, W.L. Gore & Associates
Linda develops strategic partnerships with startups and corporations and academia. She is focused on jointly developing products, technologies and business models where Gore materials can uniquely add value. LinkedIn
Associate Vice President, Corporate Development and Licensing at LabCorp, LabCorp
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
MedTech / Life Sciences Executive, In Transition
I am a medtech and life sciences executive, with expertise across the medical device and pharmaceutical sector. I’ve held leadership roles in neuromodulation, bioelectronic and drug -device combination therapies for diseases of the CNS and PNS. I've been LinkedIn
Healthcare Professional, Echo Health
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
Managing Director, WRF Capital
Loretta focuses on Washington-based investment opportunities in the life sciences such as medical devices, health care IT, biotechnology tools and scientific instrumentation. LinkedIn
Partner, Gravitas Healthcare, LLC
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
, WINGS
Mark Kraus is the current Chairman of Life Sciences at Keiretsu Forum & Medtech Entrepreneur. Mark has held multiple senior level management positions with medical device and life science companies, most recently as CEO of a medical device startup. LinkedIn
, High Country Venture
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
, angelMD
Specialties: Healthcare Startups, Angel Investing, Medical Sales Consulting & Management, Spine, Orthopedics, Biologics LinkedIn
, Medtronic
I am a business leader with broad experience in research, product development, business development, and corporate strategy. Mark has expertise in sensing technology, algorithms, systems engineering, clinical science, and healthcare markets. LinkedIn
, FDA HHS
Mary is a scientist and engineer with great skills in project management and team leadership. She is fascinated by the human body's ability to form functional tissues and am dedicated to helping develop new technologies to improve human health. LinkedIn
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Alira Health
Mary McNamara-Cullinane is a regulatory expert bringing over 25 years of regulatory experience to Alira Health. Prior to joining Alira Health, Mary has had her own consulting firm since 2011 (MMC Regulatory Consulting). LinkedIn
CMO, Carolinas Healthcare System
Dr. Hanley is now with SSM Health. Since 2015, he has served as CMO for Atrium’s Metro Group, providing leadership, operational expertise, and strategic oversight. LinkedIn
Executive Director, Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium
My research focuses on pediatric bioengineering, on such topics as translating traumatic brain injury mechanism paradigms from adults to children, development of medical devices to enhance pediatric care, and design of biofidelic (human-like) pediatric cr LinkedIn
Analyst, Epidarex Capital
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
, Cedars-Sinai Accelerator
Maureen is the Program Director for the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator Powered by Techstars. Prior to Techstars, Maureen worked at a venture backed hardware startup handling business and legal operations. LinkedIn
Assistant Director of Regional Operations, Texas Children's Hospital
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
, Teva
Meital is focused on creating new partnerships through novel business models that bolster Teva's Global R&D pipeline. LinkedIn
Chief Operating Officer, Fogarty Institute for Innovation
Michael is a seasoned science manager, entrepreneur, and business professional who specializes in start-up biotech operations management, technology development and grant writing. LinkedIn
VP of Strategic Development, Ximedica
Mike serves as the liaison between our client companies and Ximedica’s product development teams, in particular serving as a strategy consultant resource for our clients. LinkedIn
Director, A-MEDICA
Strong professional with a demonstrated history in international medical device industry: Medical Devices, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Venture Capital with other Funding Solutions, Market Access. LinkedIn
Healthcare, Lifescience R&D and Technology Transfer Specialist, Tel- Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
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
WW Vice President Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Companies
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
Angel Investor, Life Science Angels & Band of Angels
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
, Experien Group
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
CEO, Enlumen
Mike invests in early-stage life science startups, with a special focus on life science tools and oncology, and helps those companies obtain seed and Series A financing. LinkedIn
VP of IoT Security, DigiCert
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
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
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
Managing Director, Aphelion Capital
Ned, founder of Aphelion Capital, LLC, has over 20 years of healthcare investing experience with a focus in emerging medical technology companies. LinkedIn
, Plug and Play
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
Senior Director New Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
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
Founder, Health+Commerce
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
VP of Technology, Surgical Theater
Nissim is a veteran of the lifes cience industry, with 15 years of experience covering medical technology development, corporate leadership and investment management. LinkedIn
Vice President, Johnson & Johnson
Noam Krantz leads Business Development at Ethicon Inc, Johnson & Johnson’s surgical division. LinkedIn
Associate, Illumina Ventures
Noel is the first associate at Illumina Ventures and brings experience in market research, due diligence, and strategy development for companies in the life science industry. LinkedIn
Device Screening Committee, Life Science Angels
Experienced in starting, funding, growing and high-ROI exiting high-tech and medtech companies with worldwide sales. LinkedIn
Medical Director, Humana
Accomplished physician, hospital and business executive, USAF flight surgeon and former NASA flight surgeon, who applies broad clinical knowledge and healthcare information technology experience to leadership, consulting, and innovation. LinkedIn
Associate Vice President, AdvaMed Accel, AdvaMed
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
Associate at Bristol Capital Advisors, Bristol Companies
Patrick works as an Associate at an investment fund based in Los Angeles where they're opportunistic investors that are industry-agnostic focused on deep value, as well as small cap companies and late-stage private companies on the path to becoming public LinkedIn
Managing Director, Grant Thornton
Patterson has supported R&D and supply chain clients in pharma, med device and biologics companies for many years. His expertise includes performance/product lifecycle measurement; quality, knowledge, and contract management; and biological reengineering. LinkedIn
CEO, MedTech Innovator
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
Principal, Portfolio Manager and Founder of Bristol Capital Advisors, Bristol Companies
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
VP Business Development, Edwards Lifesciences
Peter Boyd is an entrepreneurial, analytical, and action-oriented business professional with a diverse background and experience helping companies develop and execute the strategic plans necessary to generate rapid growth. LinkedIn
Senior Director, Intelectual Property, Nevro Corp.
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
Chief Business Officer, Senior Vice President, Health Data Analytics Institute
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
, Mor Research Applications
Pini serves as Mor’s CEO since 2003 and under his guidance the company has created over 60 medical startups and expended the Physician’s Research funds division from 70 funds to 700. LinkedIn
Startup Coach, Illumina Inc
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
VP, Technology Development & Introduction, PATH
Praveen's focus has been on medical leadership and innovation in digital health, medical technology, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. He has developed and led high performing teams within both innovative tech start-ups and global corporations. LinkedIn
Investor, Member, Life Science Angels, Palo Alto. California
Ramesh Trivedi, PhD, MBA, has 30+ years experience in life sciences as the CEO, member of Board of Directors & President of early stage private as well as Public companies. He is a full-time Investor in medical technology, digital health and genome. LinkedIn
Managing Producer, The MedTech Conference
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
Advisor, Digital Health
Rick has been in digital health for 12 years. He co-founded a clinical decision support software company and has worked as a venture capitalist. Rick currently does independent advisory work in digital health. LinkedIn
Principal, RM Ventures
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
Head of Partnerships, ScaleLA
Robert has spent his career commercializing technologies. Currently, Robert directs US market development for Blue Belt Technologies, with the responsibility for the US sales of the knee implant business. Blue Belt was recently acquired by Smith and Nephe LinkedIn
Member Director, Texas Halo Fund
Robert directs investments within the biotechnology, life sciences and energy sectors at the Texas Halo Fund. Among other credentials, he also serves on the Board of Directors at Adient Medical, and is a General Manager at Yardley Group. LinkedIn
Business Development Director, CTS
Throughout his career Romain Lortille Bruel worked for the creation and quality of employment in Quebec in different sectors, including financial, governmental and associative. LinkedIn
Executive Vice President Business Development, RAMOT at Tel Aviv University
Rona Samler is a veteran of creating and leading biomedical technological innovation and entrepreneurship to build businesses that capitalize on high growth opportunities. LinkedIn
Consultant / Advisor, Studio9
Dr. Ivanhoe joined Velomedix as a consultant in 2012 and as CMO in 2013. Prior to that, Dr. Ivanhoe was the CEO of Vida Systems, Inc. a medical education software company developing surgical training systems and interactive health educational software. LinkedIn
Senior Director of Research and Development, Medtronic
Diverse medical device director creating and leading teams to deliver innovative, complex, high quality systems through conceptualization to market launch. Successful R&D organizational leadership in company environments, domestic & expatriate assignments LinkedIn
Founder and CTO, Product Creation Studio
Scott leads electronics technology by bringing products to life. As an accomplished mechanical engineer, Scott has extensive R&D experience including mechanism design, enclosure design, system modeling, software, electronic circuits, and board layout. LinkedIn
, ResMed
Sean specializes in identifying technologies with commercial potential to emerging markets, creating business strategies and roadmaps, and directing the resulting product and business development efforts for medical and life sciences applications. LinkedIn
Director, Clinical Management, West Coast, Axiom Real-Time Metrics
Seth has 17+ years of life science industry experience focusing primarily on clinical research. He has worked for numerous sponsors, consulted for a “Big 4”, and has past experience in epidemiological research with the US Department of Defense. LinkedIn
Managing Director, Maxim Ventures
Shailendra Mahajan is co-founder and Managing Director of Maxim Ventures. He was featured in '15 Smart People in healthcare' ,a 2018 report by CB Insights. Over the past 25 years, he has acquired broad experience in system design, sales, strategic marketi LinkedIn
Innovation Marketing Leader, W. L. Gore & Associates
Stephen Ralph is a global visionary marketing executive within the medical device and healthcare industry with strong business and clinical accruement in innovation and commercialization spanning 20 plus years. LinkedIn
Vice President Business Development, Medical Devices, Johnson & Johnson
As Vice President of Business Development and a member of the Medical Devices Group Operating Committee, Susan has responsibility for licensing & acquisitions for the Medical Devices Group. LinkedIn
, MedWorld Advisors
Driven, collaborative R&D executive whose leadership is evidenced by industry leading ophthalmic devices, exploration and execution of winning single use product strategy, development of disruptive technology and a solid IP portfolio. LinkedIn
OT-GPS Principal, Public Sector Advisory, Grant Thornton
Tamara Reynolds has more than 15 years of diverse leadership and management consulting experience. LinkedIn
Director, Coverage Analysis Group, CMS
Tamara is Acting Director of the Coverage and Analysis Group at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Tamara became the Director of the Coverage and Analysis Group in the Centers for Clinical Standards and Quality at CMS in March 2014. LinkedIn
Co-Founder, MS2 - Miller Sisco Medical Solutions
Terry is the Co-Founder of MS2 (Miller Sisco Medical Solutions), a medical device distributor. MS2 is Zimmer Biomet Spine's exclusive distributor for Northern California, Northern Nevada, and Oregon. Prior to forming MS2, Terry held multiple sales and s LinkedIn
Venture Capital Investor, Qualcomm Life Fund, dRx Capital, and Providence Ventures
Thomas focuses on investing in digital health care companies. Thomas is also a General Partner at dRx Capital, a joint venture investment company launched by Novartis and Qualcomm. As part of these roles, Thomas strives to catalyze the success of digital LinkedIn
CEO, Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI)
Tiffany Wilson joined the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) in 2011 and was quickly promoted to Executive Director. Her strong background in medical devices and commitment to fostering innovation have propelled her into the national spotlight. LinkedIn
Media Strategist, Health+Commerce
Tim Hay is a media strategist for Health+Commerce and a former Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal reporter, where he covered life science business news, focusing on startups and venture capital firms. LinkedIn
President and CEO, Healthcare Supply Chain Association
Todd Ebert is a nationally recognized supply chain leader, a group purchasing industry expert, and a registered pharmacist with more than 30 years of healthcare experience. LinkedIn
Program Specialist, National Institute of Health
For the past 14 years, Todd has been managing the NIH (Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering) Small Business programs. He also helps lead the Institute's strategic partnership activities and serves as a liaison for health disparities research. LinkedIn
Professor Emeritus, UCLA, UCLA Health
Tom is a urologist and was formerly the CMO at UCLA. His accomplishments included substantial growth in the clinical program, achieving competitive NIH funding for clinical trials in transplantation to UCLA, and achieving significant researching funding. LinkedIn
Director of Business Development GCIC & GHIA, Cleveland Clinic
Tom helps bioscience and medical device companies achieve growth in Northeast Ohio. Prior to his time at Cleveland Clinic, he built his expertise working in the international bioscience industry. LinkedIn
CMO & EVP of Corporate Development, Ximedica
Tracy serves to identify, complete, and integrate the company’s acquisitions into a sustainable and profitable strategy, supporting its overall growth. Tracy brings over 20 years in building healthcare businesses both organically and through M&A. LinkedIn
Senior Vice President, GQR Global Markets
Trevor is the senior VP within Life Sciences in New York, specializing in biotech and pharma. He is experienced in placing talent into investment banking within the quantitative analytics space and pairing skilled individuals within the medical industry. LinkedIn
Associate, WSGR
Uri is an associate of WSGR, where he leverages his background/expertise as a trained physician and general surgeon to build strong, valuable patent portfolios for medical device, pharmaceutical, and life science companies at all stages of development. LinkedIn
Trainer and Facilitator, The Leadership Edge
Wally has an extensive background in human resources and works closely with executives and teams to increase performance and drive change. He facilitates teams through strategic discussions, organizational change and increasing their performance. LinkedIn
, TeamFund
With 20 years of experience identifying, investing-in and developing companies in the healthcare industry, Yousuf is recognized for his expertise in operations, finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and reimbursement. LinkedIn
Associate Vice President, Technology and Regulatory Affairs, AdvaMed
At AdvaMed, Zach advocates for medical device regulatory policies that are predictable and science-based. He also has a background in product development counseling in the digital health space while at Samsung Electronics. LinkedIn