

Med Tech Gurus
Tom Hickey
Med Tech Gurus is a podcast dedicated to helping medical device executives stay on the leading edge of their industry. Whether you're looking to grow your sales team, commercialize new devices, set up national accounts, or improve your clinical performances, this podcast is designed to help. Each episode features an interview with a thought leader or practitioner, discussing topics like: sales force, innovation, patient outcomes, emerging technologies, supply chain, group purchasing organizations, device launches, value analysis, biotech, and more.
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Jan 24, 2024 • 33min
Always Think Of How You Can Help 1 Billion People
Mark Carbone CEO of PN Medical is our Guru in this episode. Mark brings valuable insight into how you and your team can develop a 10X mindset. He goes beyond that and also gets into the 3% rule and why every entreprenuer needs to know what this is AND plan for it. Mark really delivers in this episode!

Jan 17, 2024 • 40min
Do Not Skip Steps!
Chris Danek, PH.D CEO of Bessel brings such value in this episode. We get into why your team should have a daily stand up with all of the stakeholders. Chris provides insights into how this simple exercise can avoid a great deal of wasted time and bring innovation. Chris discusses, even thought it might be tempting you should never skip steps! Chris brings such amazing insights you will want to have your notepad ready.

Jan 10, 2024 • 32min
Dig Into Your Patient/Customer Pain Points
Amy West Head of US Digital Transformation for Novo Nordisk bring terrific value in this episode! She gets into developing academic partnerships for the innovative process. Amy doesn't stop there she brings some unique insights into Health Equity and why it is now more important than ever. You will enjoy Amy's insights in this episode!

Jan 3, 2024 • 32min
Solving Big Problems
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus we have John Roach President at Resultant. John brings us some fantastic insights around the human touch and digital impact on HHS. He also brings us insights into design thinking and breaking through patterns that inspire innovation. John really delivers in this episode!

Dec 20, 2023 • 30min
Keeping Optionality
Dr. Robert Hamilton Co-Founder and Chelf Executive Officer of NovaSignal brings some fascinating insights in this episode. We discussed NovaSignal's recent acquisition by NeuraSignal. We discuss their combination of robotics with AI and what the future holds for Artificial Intelligence with robotics and ultrasound. Robert doesn't stop there you will enjoy his best practices for entrepreneurs and how to launch new technologies. This is a terrific and information packed episode!

Dec 13, 2023 • 32min
Persistence Is The Key
Scott Wolf, MD Founder and CMO at Aerin Medical is our Guru in this episode. Dr. Wolf is a believer that big ideas can have small beginnings. Dr. Wolf tells the story of how this concept served him well over the last 20 years as a serial entrepreneur and investor. Dr. Wolf is fun and engaging and brings some fantastic insights in this episode.

Dec 6, 2023 • 38min
What Should The Future Look Like?
Gurus we have an action backed episode for you today. LR Fox CEO and Founder of Next Life Sciences is with us. Fox is a high energy seral entrepreneur who brings us incredible insights. We get into what the future should look like. Also, why you as a Med Tech Entrepreneur should embrace the regulatory environment, it can work towards your advantage. This is a fun and wide-ranging episode that will deliver value.

Nov 29, 2023 • 29min
Where Can You Provide The Most Impact?
In this episode we bring back Ananth Ravi, Ph.D CEO at Molli Surgical. Ananth and his team are a case study for rapid growth and impact that we can all learn from. Ananth discusses innovation and doing the best for the patient. We get into Molli Surgical's best practices for bringing these innovations to market and how to learn from them for future ideas. Ananth really delivers in this episode. As you listen to this episode you will understand why we brought him back. Get out your notepad, you will need it!

Nov 22, 2023 • 37min
Keep Your Head On A Swivel
Greg Bullington CEO & Co-Founder of Magnolia Medical Technologies brings tremendous value as our guru in this episode. Greg has over 100+ issued patents to his name and another 50+ pending. He brings us deep insights as a inventor, an investor and advisor and a savvy entreprenuer and CEO. Greg gets into being aware of the pace at which the market is moving and why you need to focus intently on all the data you can. You will love the insights Greg brings in this episode!

Nov 15, 2023 • 38min
Going From Contract Pricing To Execution
Kyle Forcier Senior Director of Life Science Marketing at Model N is our guest in this episode of Med Tech Gurus We all know how important communication with our customers is these days. Agreements have become more complex with tiered pricing, discounts rebates. Kyle brings us not only tremendous insights into all of this, he brings solutions. If you have ever struggled with getting up to date information of customers utilization to your sales team promptly this is a must listen episode!


