Judging Panel
Senior Manager, Teijin Pharma Ltd.
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
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
Executive Director, 13-1623888
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
Corp. Dir. Innovation and Life Sciences, Hackensack Meridian
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
General Manager, Oliver Healthcare
Dr. Aldin Velic is the General Manager, Southeast Asia for Oliver Healthcare Packaging – based in Singapore. Dr. Velic and his team look after customers in the APAC region within the Biologics, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device segments. LinkedIn
Manager, Kite Pharma
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
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
Portfolio Manager, Outcomes Fund
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
Vice President, Surgical Robotics and Advanced Surgical Systems, Cambridge Consultants
Experienced Medical Technology Sales and Business Development professional with a demonstrated history of working with novel technologies in the surgical robotics and manufacturing industry. Skilled in Oncologic and Soft Tissue Surgery, Brain, & Spine. LinkedIn
, Rex Health Ventures
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
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
Partner, Sofinnova Partners
Anne has been running the Sofinnova Partners in-house MedTech accelerator, MD Start, since she came on board as a partner in 2015. LinkedIn
Venture Capital Investor, UnityPoint Health Ventures
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
Resident Operating Partner, Revival Healthcare Capital
Ashley Wittorf brings nearly 20 years of industry experience rooted in commercialization strategy, business and product development, and leadership in building partnerships across industry, government, and the investment community. LinkedIn
Managing Director, RCT Ventures
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
member, HealthTech Capital
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
Vice-president, MEDEC
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
President, Angels Santé
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. Team member of L'Oréal CVC, he i 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
Head of R&D Global Myopia, Beauty Contact Lenses & APJ, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
Medtech R&D with 25+ years experience in leading R&D organizations, technology and innovation stApzc and Globalrategies with Ip management n strategic partnerships. Passiobatedriver of Digital health technologies and business model innovations.Leadersh LinkedIn
CEO, Berlin Heart
Bob KroslowitzPresident and CEO, Berlin Heart Inc.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, While managing the continued growth of the company LinkedIn
Strategy Manager Asia Pacific, Siemens Healthineers
In my career spanning 34 years, I have worked in sales, marketing, CRM, education and strategy; making me a Jack-Of-All-Trades and a master of ONE. After all these years, the one skill that I have mastered is to manage a business as one holistic entity an LinkedIn
Manager, Health Economics & Market Access, Johnson & Johnson
Brian Chen is passionate about bringing healthcare innovation into market by addressing evidence and reimbursement needs. He is a statistician by training with an entrepreneurial and enterprising personality. LinkedIn
Director, International Business Development, MedTecX
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
MedTech Analyst, ximedica
As Ximedica's Sr. MedTech Analyst, Brian leverages a unique bag of academic and professional engineering experience together. LinkedIn
R&D Fellow, Boston Scientific
Bryan Clark is a Fellow in Corporate Research at Boston Scientific. 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
Senior Advisor, Enterprise Ireland
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
Snr Business Development Manager, Jabil Healthcare
Based in Shanghai, China, a proven sales leader with over 15 years of experience in medical device, diagnostic market. With engineering background, coupled with strong industry and regulatory knowledge, providing winning solutions to global and asia-leadi LinkedIn
Urologist, Asia MD Pte Ltd
Dr Chong Kian Tai is a certified Urologist who manages both basic Urology and complex Urologic Oncology issues. 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
SVP / Head of, Maxim Ventures
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
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
Managing Director, Marula Health
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
, Baxter
Expertise in commercial and operational strategy including portfolio optimization, distribution management, business development and licensing. LinkedIn
, Innogest Capital
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
Director, Global Partnerships, Greenlight Guru
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
Senior Director of R&D, Jabil
Conor Mulcahy is the Sr. Director R&D at Jabil Healthcare. He joined in 2008 and is responsible for strategic development projects for the Pharmaceutical Delivery Systems sector, specifically around patient administered injection and inhalation drug deli LinkedIn
CEO, Three Bridges M&C
Cristiano is a co-founder of CrossBay Medical, Inc. 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 I LinkedIn
Managing Partner, Hunniwell Lake Ventures
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 and was most recently, the CFO of Reach Surg LinkedIn
President, CEO/Senior Advisor, DH3 & Associates/MTEC
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
VP R&D, Greater Asia, BD
David is a proven medical product development and innovation leader with over 31 years of experience in the biomedical device industry. He has broad experience gained from responsibility for a range of roles in addition to R&D, including general managemen 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
Executive Director, AdvaMed Accel, AdvaMed
DeChane Dorsey is currently Executive Director of AdvaMed Accel at AdvaMed. LinkedIn
Business and Venture Development, UnitedHealth Group R&D Ventures
Result-Driven Business Professional with over ten years of extensive experience evaluating complex business models, launching new products, and executing intricate transactions. LinkedIn
, Panakes Partners
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
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
Founder, BioConsult Pty Ltd
Elane has academic, executive management, director, and management consulting experience in life sciences and medical technologies. Her experience includes private sector (SME & multinational companies), universities, Cooperative Research Centres, and Fe LinkedIn
Director, Barons Medical Consulting Pty Ltd
Elpis Barons is a highly accomplished 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 over LinkedIn
Director, Metaphase Ltd
Enda is a product development executive with 30+ years of project and general management experience in the Medtech and pharma industries. LinkedIn
Venture Development, UnitedHealth Group R&D
Broad experience in multiple sectors of health care (provider, payer, supplier). Served as adviser to multiple start-ups. Skilled in strategic planning, financial modeling and market analysis. LinkedIn
President & CEO, Archimedic
I am the founder and CEO of Archimedic, a company that helps medical device and pharmaceutical companies design, develop, and manufacture products that align with market needs. My day to day focus is helping companies develop the right market strategies t LinkedIn
APAC Region Business Development Lead and Senior Manager, Regional Corporate Strategy, Asia Pacific, Olympus
Associate II, Alira Health
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
Business Development, Design & Industry
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 for global corpo LinkedIn
Founder / CEO, FLEDGE Innovation Labs
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.Gary has a broad and deep understanding of the techno LinkedIn
Assistant Vice President, Medmarc
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
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
, Align Technology
Develop education and training strategies to support company business development LinkedIn
Vice President, Activate Venture Partners
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
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 (Business Development), PENTAX Medical
Dr. Hrishikesh Deo received his B.Tech from IIT Bombay (2001) and PhD from M.I.T. (2006) in mechanical engineering. LinkedIn
CEO, Medical Technology Association of Australia
An experienced CEO and Director, skilled in growing businesses and not for profit organisations in challenging environments. Strong track record of conceiving, developing and implementing innovative strategic solutions in uniquely complex situations. 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
Senior Director, New Ventures & Transactions, Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Hamid has a broad range of experience including start-up and corporate fundraising, expertise across healthcare,digital, and bio-pharma M&A, licensing and deal experience spanning pre-revenue, growth stage andmature companies and opportunities. LinkedIn
Chairperson, Almeda Ventures
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 including entrepreneurship, successes in managin 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
MD Physician Attending Neonatologist, Good Samaritan Hospital
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, one of the top Children’s Hospital LinkedIn
Partner, Extera Partners
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
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
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
Senior Advisor, BioConnexUS
Experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry. Skilled in Medical Devices , Marketing, Cross-functionalTeams and leadership ,graduated from Shore school 1971 . 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
, BARDA DRIVe
Jangela creates programs that move revolutionary technologies to market. She currently serves as a Senior Consultant to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Division of Research Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe) 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
, 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
General Partner & Managing Director, CitareTx Investment Partners
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
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
Senior Vice President, Conafay Group
Jessica Kenyon has 18 years of experience with the development of advanced medical technology, with special expertise in the federal research and acquisition. LinkedIn
COO, Veranex
Jessica joined Experien Group in 2017 to expand the firm’s business development activities and to direct strategic growth initiatives. LinkedIn
APAC Commercial Strategy Lead, Cambridge Consultants
Jia is a medical device and drug innovator with four years of experience in the medical device companies' commercial/BD/Product management departments and seven years of experience in the Pharmaceutical company's early drug discovery and development depar 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
Co-Founder, Edge One Medical
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
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
Director of New Ventures, Cook Medical
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
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
Business Development Manager, Amgen
I work in Amgen's Digital Health & Innovation Business Development Group LinkedIn
Partner, RunYoung TTO
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, Founder of Healthcare Drinks, a and sits on the B LinkedIn
Senior Business Development Manager - Diabetes Care, Becton Dickinson
Jonathan joined BD in 2012 and is currently a Senior Business Development Manager in the Diabetes Care business. Jonathan holds a BS in chemical engineering with a double major in economics from Northwestern University. He also holds an MBA from Northwest 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
Bakken Medical Devices Center, University of Minnesota
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
Senior Program Manager, BIO Ventures for Global Health
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
Technical Innovator, W. L. Gore
I'm currently a Technical Innovator at W.L. Gore & Associates. Prior to joining W.L. Gore & Associates, I was a Director at First Data Corporation. 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
Business Development Manager, Design + Industry
I graduated from University of Technology Sydney with degrees in Engineering and Finance. I worked for many years in product development as a designer and project manager. For the last 2 years I have represented Design & Industry - Australia's premier ind 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
VP Business Development, Ximedica LLC
Juan F Roman PhD, MBA - Medical technology business developer with an international world-class technical and commercial background. 20+years career in MedTech always working in forefront technologies. Started in technology development with the last 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
, Baxter
Kathy is responsible for developing and implementing mid to long term critical strategic initiatives to support sustainable growth of Baxter Asia Pacific. 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
Technical Marketing Manager, Fujikura America, Inc.
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
Vice President, Olympus
Manage 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
, Ximedica
In her role as Director of Program Management and Site Operations, Kelly maintains responsibility for Ximedica’s San Francisco office and ensures program success by providing strategic guidance to clients, program managers and teams. LinkedIn
Senior Scientist Advisor, Tunnell Govt Services
Senior Scientist Advisor at Tunnell Govt Services in support of MTEC. 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
Partner, Upfront Ventures
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
Managing Director, Emergent Medical Partners
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. Upon graduation from Stanford GSB, joined Stryker Endoscopy (then in a house in Sun 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
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
Managing Partner, Praetura BioVentures
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
Director of Research, MTEC, USAMRMC
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
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
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
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
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
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
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
, Medmarc
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
, Independent
Former General Manager APAC at Advanced Sterilization Products, and former Regional Marketing Director APAC at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (both J&J divisions) 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
Principal, M Nelson Consulting
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
Development Advisor, Enterprise Ireland
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
VP Strategic Innovation, BD
Mark Jesser 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
, 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
Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, BTIG
Mark Secrest is a Managing Director within BTIG Healthcare Investment Banking, focused on medical devices, life sciences tools and diagnostics companies. LinkedIn
Sr. Director Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Studies, Berlin Heart
Successful in global consultative influence leading companies to establish strategic clinical and regulatory initiatives, develop effective communication with regulatory agencies and key opinion leaders to expedite the product to market approval. 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
, Nipro
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
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
Forge North Manager, Greater MSP
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
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
Business Development Officer, UCLA Technology Development Group
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
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, Veranex
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 - U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), Marine Corps League
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
Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP
Michael Shalhoub is a proven trial lawyer who focuses his practice on product liability defense for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. 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
Director, New Business Development, Johnson & Johnson
Michele Fowler-Stewart is Director, New Business Development in Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Devices group. 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
Director, Business Development, Johnson & Johnson
Mr. Gillespie is an accomplished merger and acquisition professional with comprehensive healthcare industry experience and knowledge. As a corporate healthcare M&A executive, Mike has extensive experience in technology scouting, start-up investment, corpo 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
Senior Director, Business Development, Medical Devices, J&J Medtech, Johnson & Johnson
Mirren is a Senior Director, New Ventures and Transactions, for Medical Devices based in the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Centre in London. 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
, 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
VP of Marketing, Greenlight Guru
Nick Tippmann is the VP of Marketing at Greenlight Guru, the only quality management software platform designed specifically for medical device companies. 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
Vice President, Johnson & Johnson
Noam Krantz leads Business Development at Ethicon Inc, Johnson & Johnson’s surgical division. 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
Investment Associate, Kairos Ventures
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
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
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
Senior Marketing Manager - Clinical Genomics - Oncology Testing, Illumina
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
, 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
Key Accounts Manager, NuSil Technology
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
VP, Product Development, InCube Labs
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
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Prem Tumkosit is an Investment Principal responsible for identifying and cultivating opportunities across digital health and health information technology. LinkedIn
VP, Asia Pacific R&D, Boston Scientific
Ralph has more than 25 years of medical device experience across many different therapies and areas including cardiac, urology and neuromodulation. He has held leadership and technical positions in implanted devices, medical equipment and Quality. LinkedIn
Business Development and Market Insights Leader, Medtronic
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
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
Managing Partner and Founder, Hunniwell Lake Ventures
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, international brand with presence on six con 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
COO, Modulated Imaging
Richard loves start-ups and Modulim is his third such venture in medical devices. After graduating from UCLA, Richard was commissioned as a naval officer and served nine years on guided missile cruisers in the Pacific. LinkedIn
Partner, Level 8 VC
With a track record of developing business and businesses in my industrial career, I have been mentoring science based start-ups for over 10 years. LinkedIn
Director of Commercialization, Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)
Rick Satcher is the Director of Commercialization for the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium. He provides outreach, education, mentoring, networking and investment support to MTEC members. He has 20 years of broad experience in strategic planning, LinkedIn
Associate, Frist Cressey Ventures
Frist Cressey Ventures is focused on accelerating the growth of high potential healthcare enterprises through value-added partnerships. LinkedIn
Director and Corporate Officer, JOHNAN Corporation
Rintaro serves as an Executive General Manager of JOHNAN Machinery & Healthcare Appliance Company, being responsible for design and manufacturing of factory-automation equipment, as well as ODM / OEM for medical equipment. 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
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