Med Tech Gurus

Dan Asch , Vice President of Oncology at Boehringer Ingelheim is our Guru today. This is a wide-ranging episode. Dan & I get into everything from the differences in international markets vs the US.

Dan and I get into a fascinating conversation about how a team can be extremely effective at intrapreneurship in a large organization and what ingredients are required to create a culture of intrapreneurship.

Dan also brings amazing insights into the world of oncology and the mission he and his team have to try to serve patients with rare diseases.

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Paul Watt PH.D Executive Chair Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer at Avicena Systems is our Guru today. Paul and I have a wide-ranging fun conversation. We cover everything from surfing in Australia to what happens when an expert in telecommunications meets and expert in molecular biology!

You guessed it, a disruptive company was born! Paul and I discuss the challenges he has solved and best practices his team has developed along the way.

Gurus you will love the insights that Paul brings us in this episode!

Arnie Podgorsky CEO of USGI Medical is our Guru in this episode.

Arnie brings an insightful discussion about legal, compliance and regulatory and how embracing these aspects of your product development can help smooth the pathway.

Arnie doesn’t stop there. He gets into the best practices of accelerating product development & commercialization and how meeting with regulators in advance is so useful.

You will enjoy this episode and the insights Arnie brings!

You are going to love this episode. We have Anna Barnacka, PH.D CEO of MindMics as our guest.

 Anna discusses how she made the transition from Astrophysics to Med Tech. She tells us one of the keys to innovation is simply asking “What are we missing?”.

Anna brings so many terrific ideas and best practices. You will love this information packed episode!

We have an outstanding Guru in this episode. Mr. Ron Richard, author, innovator consultant & musician is with us. Ron is the founder of BLD Medical Consulting.

We get into a wide-ranging conversation discussing how music and math is so closely related and how music can spark innovation. We get into how he and his teams developed 40+ new devices that have generated over $1 Billion is revenue and helped countless clinicians and patients.

We touch on why you the Med Tech innovator need to think differently about how you reach KOLs, communicate, educate and sell!

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In this episode we have Mr. Paul Hickey.  No relation to me best we know!

Paul is President & CEO of Reshape Lifesciences.

Paul brings interesting insights regarding developing and commercializing Class III Medical Devices. We also get into how important innovating in this space is. Obesity is continuing to be an issue in the global healthcare delivery system.

Paul gets into the solutions offered by Reshape Life Sciences and how their innovations are making a difference.

If you have any interest in surgical products or solutions to the obesity challenges in h...

In this episode we have Mr. Shaun Kemp, Head of Strategic Partnerships at PolarSeal with us.

Shaun brings amazing thoughts and insights into how a team like his can really assist in speed to market. It isn’t just speed however, it is all of the subtleties in design, materials and engineering that help to scale more efficiently and help with better product performance. This enhanced performance leads to better outcomes and product reliability.

If you are a seasoned entrepreneur or getting ready to start the journey into MedTech, Shaun will provide interesting insights for yo...

Matthew MacEwan PH.D., Chief Science Officer at Acera Surgical is our Guru in this episode .

Matthew brings unique insights as he discusses his journey working with microfibers starting as a freshman in college. This interest continued as he worked on electro spun fiber technologies in his PH.D endeavors at Washington University in St. Louis.

Matthew discusses how he never thought he would be an entrepreneur. However, his curiosity and desire to help patients , clinicians and to challenge existing belief, led him to his current role as Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer.

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Get ready for a terrific episode. We have Mr. Bob Roda, CEO & President of Hemosonics as our Guru.

Bob brings amazing value as he discusses how a team starting with a couple of smart people, sat down to solve a problem. This problem solving evolved into what is now Hemosonics. It is a very interesting journey.

 Bob doesn’t stop there he discusses the privilege that working in the medtech industry brings. We also get into the need for always having a patient bias and how that always brings useful innovation.

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Gurus, what an honor it is to have the Honorable Mark Dybul, MD CEO of Renovaro Biosciences, on this episode. Dr. Dybul has had such an amazing career working at some of the highest levels of government agencies. He has led teams solving arguably the biggest health challenges ranging from HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

We have such a wide-ranging and informative discussion covering how as a CEO you can be more efficient managing deliverables in parallel and why Africa will become the largest global medical market.

Get out your notepads as Dr. Dybul brings amazing...