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
Mr. Cullen is the Founder and President of Westwood & Wilshire and has more than 15 years of Executive Search experience. Mr. Cullen founded Westwood & Wilshire in 2003 and has molded the firm over the last decade into one of the premiere boutique search. LinkedIn
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
Group Leader - Integrated Mechanical Sytems, Cambridge Consultants
Alex Joseph leads the Integrated Mechanical Systems group in Cambridge Consultants' Medical Technology Division. He primarily works on complex multidisciplinary engineering projects as a system lead. LinkedIn
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
, Cambridge Consultants
The integrated global marketing strategies, content production and management that Andrea has led across medical and high technology sectors have resulted in increased revenue and strong brand presence in target markets. LinkedIn
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
Head of Business Development, Asia Pacific, MedTech, Johnson & Johnson
Medical device executive with over 15 years of broad industry experience rooted in commercialization strategy and product development; 8+ years focused on assisting C-level executives and their companies achieve commercial success, while shaping policy an 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. LinkedIn
VP, Business Development, Johnson & Johnson
Biren is responsible for Business Development for the Cardiovascular and Specialty Solutions Group, and is a Global Management Board member representing Business Development for the CSS group within J&J. LinkedIn
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. Passionate driver of Digital health technologies and business model innovations. LinkedIn
CEO, Berlin Heart
Bob Kroslowitz serves as the President and CEO of Berlin Heart Inc. and is responsible for the company’s business interests in the US, Canada, Mexico. LinkedIn
Strategy Manager Asia Pacific, Siemens Healthineers
In Boon Sun's career of 34 years, he has worked in sales, marketing, CRM, education and strategy. He has mastered managing a business as one holistic entity and his current passion is to share knowledge to support budding enterprises in Asia Pacific. LinkedIn
Senior Technical Director, Jabil
Brad is a Senior Technical Director and has been with Jabil since 2012. Brad is responsible for Design business development and the management of the Medical Device design opportunity pipeline for the St. Pete Florida, Shanghai China, Clinton Massachusett LinkedIn
Business Unit Director, Jabil
Brent Stellburg joined Jabil in 1998 as a Production Control Analyst and has progressed through functional operational leaderships roles in Master Planning, Production Control, Shipping and Receiving, Warehousing, Work Cell Management. LinkedIn
VP, Strategic Alliances, MedTech Innovator
Brian Benson is the VP of Strategic Alliances at MedTech Innovator. Prior to joining MedTech Innovator, Brian was the director of entrepreneurship and commercialization at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). LinkedIn
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
Senior Vice President, The Conafay Group
Dr. Brian Pfister has more than 20 years of experience in leading early-stage corporate strategy and non-dilutive funding efforts in various life science sectors. LinkedIn
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. His current focus is on identifying and developing new solutions that solve unmet clinical needs and fostering growth in white space areas. 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
Partner, Alira Health
Investment banker with a strong track record in M&A transactions and strategic partnership deals, in the U.S. and Europe, and a great passion for innovation in healthcare and the life sciences. LinkedIn
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
Senior Business Unit Director, Jabil
Cheryl Goodwin, PhD, is a global business leader in the technology services industry, serving exclusively in the healthcare market. LinkedIn
Vice President, OCV Partners
Chris Bostick is a Vice President at OCV. Prior to OCV Dr. Bostick obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University. LinkedIn
Partner, Pureland Global Venture
Chris' particular area of emphasis is around fostering public-private partnerships so as to bring safe, effective, and economically-viable medical innovations to those in need. LinkedIn
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
Director of Product Security, Velentium
Christopher Gates is the Director of Product Security at Velentium. He has over 30 years of experience developing and securing medical devices for numerous industry-leading device manufacturers. LinkedIn
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
, Health Roundtable
A dynamic and entrepreneurial leader with over 20 years of proven accomplishment in driving success in global healthcare organisations. 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. LinkedIn
CEO, Three Bridges M&C
Cristiano is a co-founder of CrossBay Medical and has over 15 years’ experience in the Healthcare environment. He began his career as a product specialist for Cremascoli Medical, a distribution company for important international medtech brands in Italy. LinkedIn
Principal, Vensana Capital
Cynthia Yee is a Principal at Vensana Capital. Cynthia brings over a decade of investing, operating, and public equities experience to Vensana. LinkedIn
Strategist, Siemens Healthineers
Liu works in AP Strategy & Business Development at Siemens Healthineers based in Singapore. 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. 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
Director, Value, Access, Reimbursement and Public Policy, Syneos Health LLC
David has 29 years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, device and diagnostic industry leadership experience in market access, reimbursement, government affairs, sales and marketing. 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
VP, Medtech, General Inception
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
Director, Touchdown Ventures
Deborah Zajac is a venture capital investor and corporate advisor, with experience in digital health, devices, and healthcare services. She has launched and run 3 corporate venture capital funds and been involved with more than a dozen. LinkedIn
Executive Director, AdvaMed Accel, AdvaMed
DeChane is Executive Director of AdvaMed Accel, the division that represents small and mid-sized companies. Prior to this role, she worked in AdvaMed's Payment and Healthcare Delivery Policy department. LinkedIn
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
Co-founder & General Partner, 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
Program Director, MedTech Innovator
Diane is the Program Director for MedTech Innovator. She has extensive experience designing and running innovation programs through her previous roles as the Innovation Manager at the University of Michigan’s Innovation Partnerships Startup Incubator. 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
Director Engineering & Technology, Jabil
Eddie currently leads business and technology development in Diagnostics, Life Sciences, and Instrumentation while also chairing Jabil’s Wireless Development Committee. 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, universities, Cooperative Research Centers, and government committees. LinkedIn
Regulatory Affairs Manager, Proxima CRO
Ellie Reynolds, MBE currently serves as a Regulatory and Quality Assurance Manager at Proxima Clinical Research. LinkedIn
Director, Barons Medical Consulting Pty Ltd
Elpis is a healthcare research executive and entrepreneur with proven leadership skills and extensive experience building, operating and leading large, complex clinical studies, supporting scientific strategy, and providing overall project management. LinkedIn
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
CTO & EVP, Sanara Ventures
Eran, in his role as CTO in Sanara Ventures, a JV of Teva Pharmaceuticals and Philips to invest in early stage medical device startups, both screens new technologies and provides mentoring to Sanara's portfolio companies. LinkedIn
Venture Development, UnitedHealth Group R&D
Eric has broad experience in multiple sectors of health care (provider, payer, supplier). He served as adviser to multiple start-ups, and is skilled in strategic planning, financial modeling and market analysis. LinkedIn
President & CEO, Archimedic
Eric is founder and CEO of Archimedic, a company that helps medical device and pharmaceutical companies design, develop, and manufacture products that align with market needs. LinkedIn
Director, Jabil
Erich Stein is Jabil Healthcare's Technical Business Development Director overseeing technical strategies and solutions for key Jabil Healthcare customers. LinkedIn
Senior Manager, Upstream Marketing, Asahi Intecc USA
Evgeny is a healthcare marketing leader with medical background and hands-on experience in the biopharmaceutical and medical technology industries. LinkedIn
APAC Region Business Development Lead and Senior Manager, Regional Corporate Strategy, Asia Pacific, Olympus
Felicia is Business Development Lead and Senior Manager for Strategic Market Development for Asia Pacific LinkedIn
Strategy manager, Siemens Healthineers
Felix is an M.D. with a passion for business, healthcare & technology. He utilizes his holistic view of the healthcare market, technology and the Asia-Pacific region to empower healthcare providers. LinkedIn
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
, MedTech Innovator
Fredrik Nyberg brings 30 years of healthcare industry experience, 25 of which were spent in Asia Pacific, including China and Japan. Most recently he was the founding CEO of Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), based in Singapore. LinkedIn
Director, Strategic Partnerships, Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association
Gabriel is a senior B2B strategic relationship builder and connector, with nearly three decades’ experience, who has been directly involved in scaling businesses, including startups, commercial companies and non-profit organisations. LinkedIn
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. 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. LinkedIn
Head of Acute Care, Cambridge Consultants
Gavin heads the Acute and Critical Care business at Cambridge Consultants, working with clients to identify and deliver breakthrough products and services for the acute care space. 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
Gigi develops education and training strategies to support company business development. LinkedIn
Technology Transfer Manager MedTech, Trinity College Dublin
Gordon is the Senior Patents and Licensing Manager and the Technology Transfer Case Manager for Health Sciences at Trinity College, The University of Dublin, where he is based since 2008. LinkedIn
President, Schatz Reimbursement Strategies
Gordon Schatz, JD, is the president of Schatz Reimbursement Strategies LLC. He is a nationally recognized expert in reimbursement for breakthrough medical innovations as well as evolving technologies. LinkedIn
Principal, ARCON Insurance Brokers
Graham Harvey is the principal and life sciences practice leader at Arcon Insurance Brokers. From early stage companies to middle market clients, Graham has helped clients identify and address risks related to operating in the medtech industry. LinkedIn
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
President & CEO, MedVenture Partners, Inc.
Hajime Oshita is a President & CEO of MedVenture Partners, Inc., a Japanese VC focused on medical device. Hajime has been in medical device industry since 1997, and half of his career is in VC and the remaining half is in medtec companies. LinkedIn
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
Founder and CEO, Ergami Endoscopy
Dr. Hrishikesh Deo is the founder and CEO of a medical device startup Ergami Endoscopy. Ergami Endoscopy aims to develop a low-cost flexible endoscopic robotic solution to reduce biomechanical loads during colonoscope insertion. LinkedIn
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
Strategic Partnerships, Olympus
Leading digital health strategic partnerships for Olympus' Digital Health Unit. 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. 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
Principal, IBHC Advisors LLC
Over the course of my 30 years as a medical technology corporate executive (Johnson and Johnson, CR Bard, Cardinal health, Axogen), I led the identification, assessment and strategy execution in many clinical specialties and product categories. LinkedIn
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. 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, a consulting firm providing advisory services to companies and organizations, particularly early stage ventures in the fields of healthcare and consumer products. 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, Cascade Partners
James Kelly spent 9 years training at Washington University/Barnes Hospital for a Surgical career. His early practice years were spent as Assistant/Associate Professor at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. LinkedIn
Senior Advisor, BioConnexUS
Jamie is an experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry. He is skilled in medical devices, marketing, cross-functional teams and leadership. LinkedIn
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 Advisor, BARDA DRIVe
Jangela has over twenty years of experience driving multi-faceted innovation and research & development programs in the public-private partnership space that identify, develop, and validate emerging technology across a range of scientific disciplines. LinkedIn
Director, Emerging Technology, Dexcom
Jason serves as the Director of Emerging Technology at Dexcom. He has a complex understanding of the the technical landscape of next generation diabetes care. LinkedIn
Sr. Director Business Development, Jabil
For the past 8 years Jason has been working to establish & grow the Life Science & Analytical Instruments business within Jabil. LinkedIn
BD Director, Align Technology
Jasper Cao leads Business Development in Asia Pacific for Align Tech, responsible for investment, innovation and partnership, with extensive experience across med-tech, life science and consumer sectors. 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
EVP, Veranex
Jessica is the Executive Vice President of Veranex’s Regulatory, Clinical & Quality Services (RCQS) where she directs client communications, resource planning, project accounting, and results tracking. LinkedIn
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
APAC Commercial Strategy Lead, Cambridge Consultants
Jia is a medical device and drug innovator with 4 years of experience in the medical device companies' commercial/BD/Product management departments and 7 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical company's early drug discovery and development department. LinkedIn
Sr. Director, Tech Assessment & Scouting, Baxter International
Jim is responsible for leading Baxter's Global Science & Technology Assessment team and technology landscape process. He is the inventor on 23 patents, and he co-authored a publication in Circulation. LinkedIn
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
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Jo Carol Hiatt, MD served as Vice President, Health Economics and Patient Value (HEPV), at the Medical Device Innovation Consortium from October 2020 through October 2022 where she collaborated closely with CMS and FDA. LinkedIn
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
Jon works 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, and Founder of Healthcare Drinks. LinkedIn
Sr. Director, Market Insights and Business Development, Omnicell
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 Milford work in the Business Development group for Olympus evaluating opportunities for both the Surgical and GI businesses. He previously held roles within product development and marketing in the areas of orthopedics, surgical, and GI endoscopy. LinkedIn
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
Managing Director, Verge Capital Management
Joseph is the Managing Partner of Verge HealthTech Fund focusing on early stage healthcare technology companies relevant to emerging markets. LinkedIn
Technical Innovator, W. L. Gore
Joshua is currently a Technical Innovator at W.L. Gore & Associates. Prior to joining W.L. Gore & Associates, he was a Director at First Data Corporation. LinkedIn
Marketing Manager, Fujikura
Joshua is responsible for leveraging the technical expertise and market leadership of Fujikura in semiconductor manufacturing, miniaturization, fiber optics and CMOS for a diverse number of applications within the medical device and diagnostic fields. LinkedIn
Business Development Manager, Design + Industry
JP graduated from University of Technology Sydney with degrees in Engineering and Finance. He worked for many years in product development as a designer and project manager, and for the last 2 years he has represented Design & Industry. 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 is a medical technology business developer with an international world-class technical and commercial background. He has a 20+years career in MedTech always working in forefront technologies. 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
Managing Director, Align Technology
Karen McGoldrick is a highly motivated, results focused, people leader with over 20 years experience in the FMCG sector in both the UK and Australia. LinkedIn
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
COO, MedTech Innovator
Kathryn Zavala is COO and Vice President and Business Development for MedTech Innovator. She earned her PhD in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology from UCLA. LinkedIn
, Consortium for Technology and Innovations
Kathryne Cooper, MBA is a native Angeleno passionate about growing and funding early stage companies and creating an ecosystem to support entrepreneurs. 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
Kazuhiro manages R&D strategy building and management, innovation management in gastrointestinal endoscopy, general surgery, urology, gynecology, respiratory and ENT as well as open innovation management and technology hunting. LinkedIn
, Siemens Healthineers
Kellie is an experienced Business Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. She is skilled in Product Management, Medical Devices, Product Launch, and Business Strategy. LinkedIn
Venture Partner, Lightstone Ventures Singapore
Ken is currently Sr. Advisor of Lightstone Singapore PTE. LTD. Previously Ken was a senior partner and head of the European Life Sciences practice at L.E.K. LinkedIn
Business Development & Program Management, Asahi-Intecc
Kenny is a medical device professional rooted in engineering and specializing in Endovascular solutions. He has a breath of experience including manufacturing, design quality, R&D, and business development. LinkedIn
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
Director, Asia MD Pte Ltd
Dr Chong Kian Tai is a urologist practising in Mount Elizabeth Elizabeth Hospital and Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore. LinkedIn
Managing Director, Emergent Medical Partners
Kirt is a seasoned medical device executive with extensive experience in both large companies and small start-ups, and across a wide spectrum of functional disciplines and markets. LinkedIn
Senior Expert, Technology Scouting and Collaboration, Olympus
Kiyoshi Miyake is a senior expert of Olympus’ Technology Innovation office based in Tokyo. He is responsible for technology scouting and collaboration with startup/academia/company/etc. LinkedIn
Executive Director, Children's National Health System - Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation
As Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Dr. Eskandanian leads the strategic and operational management of novel product development at Children’s National, with a focus on translating pediatric innovation to patients and families. LinkedIn
Vice President, Law Robotics & Digital Solutions, Johnson & Johnson
Kristi Schrode is Vice President of Law, Robotics & Digital at Johnson & Johnson. 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, and business development. LinkedIn
, 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. LinkedIn
Head of Innovation and TTO, Tel- Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Dr. Lilach Weisz is Head of Innovation and Tech Transfer at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. LinkedIn
Executive Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Veranex
As Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Partnerships, Lisa leverages her global product commercialization experience to help forge long-term collaborations with a core focus on Veranex’s strategic partners and their portfolio management. LinkedIn
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
, 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
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
Business Development Associate, Experien Group
Maria D'Azevedo reporst to the Chief Operating Officer and assists in business development efforts and account management. She assists with new client acquisition and facilitates meetings with active and prospective clients. LinkedIn
VP Strategic Innovation, BD
Mark is responsible for innovation in BD's medication delivery solutions business unit. He is a creative, driven leader with a proven track record of developing breakthrough products, services and marketing programs that increase revenue and margin. LinkedIn
Managing Partner, 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
Vice President of Sales, MedScout
Mark's specialties are healthcare startups, angel investing, medical sales consulting & management, spine, orthopedics, and 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
Mary Beth is a clinical and regulatory affairs executive with 20 years experience in US and worldwide medical device trials. She has primary experience with active implantable, cardiac device trials including mechanical circulatory assist and CRT trials. LinkedIn
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, ClearPoint Neuro
Mary has over twenty five years of experience in regulatory and clinical affairs, with varied expertise including the regulation of radiology, urology, physical medicine, orthopedic, neurological wound care, digital health, IVD's, dental medical devices. LinkedIn
Consultant, Business Development and Communications, Three Bridges M&C
Maryline is a customer-focused marketing strategist in the medical technology industry with over 20 years of experience in achieving superior brand equity, business expansions and team performance. LinkedIn
Program Director, Japan Biodesign
Masakazu Yagi has been a specially-appointed associate professor at the department of Biodesign for Healthcare Innovation, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University since 2017. LinkedIn
, 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
Co-founder & Chief Engineer, X-Biomedical
Matthew's research focuses on pediatric bioengineering, such as translating traumatic brain injury mechanism paradigms from adults to children, development of medical devices to enhance pediatric care, and design of biofidelic pediatric crash dummies. LinkedIn
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
Senior Associate, SV Health Investors
Megan joined SV in 2020 and works as an Associate for the Medtech Convergence Fund (MCF), primarily focusing on medtech and digital health investments. LinkedIn
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
Managing Director, Microtech Ventures
Mike has consulted directly with, or overseen corporate development and business expansion consulting projects, for approximately 100 technology, industrial and service firms ranging from pre-revenue start-ups to established corporations. LinkedIn
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Medikine
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
Corporate Communications Lead, APAC, Olympus
Driven by an insatiable appetite for current and emerging technologies, Michael has brought his combined Information Systems and Marketing background to the Medical Devices sector with great success. LinkedIn
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
Former President and CEO, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
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
Executive Vice President, Regulatory, Clinical and Quality, Veranex
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
Vice President, Business Development & Licensing, Medtronic
Mike is currently Vice President of Business Development and Licensing for Medtronic's Surgical Innovation and Surgical Robotics Operating Units. Previously this business unit was part of Covidien's Surgical Products Group. LinkedIn
Director, Business Development, Johnson & Johnson
Mr. Gillespie is an accomplished merger and acquisition professional with healthcare industry experience and knowledge. Mike has extensive experience in technology scouting, start-up investment, corporate venture capital and larger M&A transactions. LinkedIn
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
, DigiTx Partners
Miraj helps support early stage (Seed/Series A) entrepreneurs as they disrupt the healthcare industry. Prior to venture capital, he was a data scientist and helped manage data operations at firms ranging from 4 to 200 people for 7+ years. LinkedIn
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
Director of the Innovation Center, Sheba Medical Center
Nathali Bloch MD MPA is the director of the Innovation Center at Sheba Medical Center and leader of the innovation track in a new MBA in Healthcare Innovation at the IDC, Herzelia. LinkedIn
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
Director of New Ventures and Transactions, Johnson & Johnson
Nilesh is responsible for establishing networks within local biotech ecosystems and forging collaborations with scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs for delivery of solutions covering Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Healthcare and Medical Device sectors. LinkedIn
General Manager, Nissan Chemical America Corporation
Norio works in new business development through the collaboration with startups, companies and universities in the US and other countries. LinkedIn
Device Screening Committee, Life Science Angels
Norm is experienced in starting, funding, growing and high-ROI exiting high-tech and medtech companies with worldwide sales. LinkedIn
Sr Research Scientist, Baxter
Paolo Rovatti is a Baxter employee currently working as Technology Innovation and Scouting Team member in Renal GBU. 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
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
Medical Director, Humana
Dr. McGinnis is an accomplished physician, hospital and business executive, USAF flight surgeon and former NASA flight surgeon, who applies clinical knowledge and healthcare information technology experience to leadership, consulting, and innovation. LinkedIn
Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Patterson leads Regulatory and Quality practices within Life Sciences, and serves as regulatory and quality Subject Matter Expert to the firm, the life sciences industry, state and local agencies and the FDA. LinkedIn
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
Head of Business Development APAC, Johnson & Johnson
Peter leads Business Development in Asia Pacific for Johnson & Johnson Medical Device, focusing his time on seeking new opportunities and partnerships with innovative companies and institutions across the region. LinkedIn
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
Senior Vice President, Business Development, Triple Ring Technologies
Peter has over two decades of experience in sales, business development, and operations. He has been driven by his passion for finding and developing great clients and working on cutting-edge programs. LinkedIn
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
Pierre is a dedicated professional with extensive experience in the life sciences industry serving in laboratory, technical service, sales support, and marketing roles. He holds an MBA and PhD in Molecular Biology from USC. LinkedIn
CEO, Nanox AI
With a long history of serving as CEO for multiple medical companies, as well as serving as director and as chairman of the board for 35 different companies, Pini brings a wealth of expertise to his position as CEO of NanoxAI. LinkedIn
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
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Rachel is a corporate development and strategy leader with 15+ years of experience in the MedTech industry. She has led 20+ transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, venture investments, structured acquisitions, distribution, and licensing deals. LinkedIn
Vice President Surgical Innovation, Cambridge Consultants
Rahul’s passion is leading large multi-disciplinary teams to combine business strategy, clinical science, and advanced technology to address unmet needs of patients, surgical teams, and hospitals in global markets. 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
Director, Strategic Initiatives, BD
Ranjini Srikantiah has over 20 years of experience in the MedTech industry, with expertise in development and global commercial launch of medical devices in orthopaedics, injection devices, infusion preparation and infusion delivery. LinkedIn
, Nordson Medical
Raphael is the founder of Ridgeback Technologies which specializes in the design, development and manufacture of leading-edge catheter balloons. 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
Sales and Marketing Specialist, Stryker
Reuben is a sales and marketing specialist at Stryker, a leading global med-tech company, managing the medical surgery portfolio. He holds a bachelor in business administration from IE University, with a deep focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. LinkedIn
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 brand with presence on six continents. 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 businesses in his industrial career, Richard 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. LinkedIn
Associate, Frist Cressey Ventures
Frist Cressey Ventures is focused on accelerating the growth of high potential healthcare enterprises through value-added partnerships. LinkedIn
Head of Partnerships, ScaleHealth
Robert is a BD/Sales/Marketing/Strategy Executive that has spent his career commercializing healthcare technologies. He generates significant profit and consistently looks for ways to decrease costs. 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
Co-Chair Life Science Committee, Northern California Chapter, Keiretsu Forum
Dr. Roberta Lee is a general surgeon, entrepreneur and angel investor. She completed residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a surgical oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, NIH. LinkedIn
APIC New Venture Senior Manager, Johnson & Johnson
Roger has over 10 years experience in medical device R&D for single patient use surgical devices and orthopedics trauma implants and instruments, including trocar, linear stapler, endocutter, intramedullary nail, femoral neck fracture implant, etc. LinkedIn
Senior Innovation Advisor, Conseil de l'innovation du Québec
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
Program Manager, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rowan Cade is the Program Manager for BARDA Ventures, a public-private partnership between Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and Global Health Investment Corporation (GHIC). LinkedIn
Manager, Nipro
Ryota is a manager at Nipro Medical Corporation. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Osaka University, and has extensive research experience in bioreactor design, cell adherence, and cellular growth. LinkedIn
, Johnson & Johnson
As Head of JLABS @ Washington, DC, Sally sets the strategic direction and oversees all operational activities for JLABS in the greater Washington metro region, including Maryland and Virginia. LinkedIn
VP Life Sciences and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health
Sandra Powell Elliott is the Vice President for Life Sciences and Innovation at Hackensack Meridian Health. Her role is to develop not only to foster the internal development of an innovative culture, but to bring innovative and transformative solutions. LinkedIn
Member, Advisor, Consultant, Borderless MedDev, LLC
In his three decades of experience in the medical products field, he has developed some core philosophies which guide his daily endeavors to maximize opportunities. LinkedIn
Chief Technology Officer, Alio
Scott is a medical device director who creates and leads teams to deliver innovative, complex, high quality systems through conceptualization to market launch. 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
, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Seamus has 15 years+ experience working at the academic/business interface in a variety of roles including Industry Liaison, Technology Transfer, Post-doctoral Research and Entrepreneur. LinkedIn
Director, Strategy and Ventures, 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
, HealthX Capital
Seeman has cumulative work experience of 18 years in Business consulting, Strategy, & healthcare Innovation. He has gained his experience from across key industry sectors namely - Healthcare, Public Services, Telcom & IT. LinkedIn
Senior Director, Clinical Studies, Spineart
Seth Kaufman is an experienced Life Sciences Professional with a demonstrated history of working across industry to bring product to market by conducting concise, well run clinical research studies. LinkedIn
Managing Director, New Harbor Venture Partners
As an accomplished executive with a background in venture capital and corporate strategy, Shailendra has a proven track record in business development and leading teams to achieve growth-oriented objectives. LinkedIn
Sr. Business Unit Director, Jabil
As a Senior Business Unit Director at Jabil Shane provides Global Business Development solutions to the OEM partners. His role is to serve as his customers' single point of contact for any/all support needed from the Manufacturing Services Portfolio. LinkedIn
Managing Director, Ontogenix Pte Ltd
Shikharesh has over three decades of Med Tech sales and marketing experience with deep understanding of clinical workflows in and out of hospital. LinkedIn
General Manager Innovation Management & Digital, Siemens Healthineers
Shyamnath is an accomplished Innovation Leader specialized in fostering breakthrough innovations in healthcare worldwide. He is passionate about developing meaningful innovation through customer-centric approach to improve people’s lives. LinkedIn
Senior Director Venture Technology, Siemens Healthineers
Senior Director at Siemens Healthineers' Technology Accelerator with a history of 20 years in the medtech space - including responsibilities in venture technology, business develoment, strategy, product management, R&D, regulatory affairs and other roles. LinkedIn
Clinical Director, HealthTech Arkansas
Steffany serves as the Clinical Director and Accelerator Lead for HealthTech Arkansas. HealthTech Arkansas helps to drive innovation for the ten largest hospitals and health systems in Arkansas. LinkedIn
Managing Director, Fosun Group
Stephanie has 16-year experience in healthcare industry (Medical Device & Pharmaceutics & In Vitro Diagnostics) and management experience in first class MNC. LinkedIn
Defense S&T Advisor, NC Biotech
Dr. Steve Greenbaum currently serves as a Science Advisor supporting the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s Science and Technology Division (USASOC S&T). LinkedIn
Director of New Ventures and Transactions, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Stephen is Director of New Ventures and Transactions at Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Asia Pacific. He is responsible for the deployment of the APIC strategy in Greater China by identifying opportunities and building networks in the innovation ecosystem. 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
CCO, Fusion Biotec
Mr. Steve Maylish has been in the medical device industry for over 35 years. Prior to co-founding Fusion Biotec, he founded Maytrix Medical to provide business development for medical device contract engineering firms. LinkedIn
President/Founder, Karten Design
Stuart Karten is the President of the award-winning Los Angeles-based product design and innovation consultancy, Karten Design. LinkedIn
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Senior executive with thirty plus years of senior leadership roles in strategy, business development, commercial operations, finance and portfolio optimization in the MedTech, Pharmaceutical, and Consumer Health Care industries. LinkedIn
Principal, Moreira Advisors
Susan is a 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
Senior Manager, Business Development, MedTech, Johnson & Johnson
Susumu is experienced in analyzing own business and competitors from various aspects. He has completed many projects as leader using consulting firms, accounting&tax firms, HR consultants, M&A advisors etc LinkedIn
Head of Life Sciences, Cambridge Consultants
Dr Symon Cotton is head Life Sciences at Cambridge Consultants. He has run numerous complex medical developments from concept through design and regulatory compliance spanning diagnostics, and drug-delivery systems to connected devices. LinkedIn
Founder and CEO, JOMDD,Inc.
Board Certified physician in Internal medicine and Cardiology Founder and CEO of JOMDD, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), the Japanese first medical device incubator (2012- current) LinkedIn
Business Development Manager, Medtech, Cambridge Consultants
Takuya has worked for a major Japanese manufacturer in the R&D and design of various analytical instruments in the biotechnology and medical fields. LinkedIn
Director, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC, Inc.
Tamir is the Director, Venture Investments for Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc (JJDC), the corporate venture arm of Johnson & Johnson, tasked with supporting the investment process from top to bottom, in Israel, Europe and the US. LinkedIn
