

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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Aug 30, 2023 • 30min
Start With The People
Gurus Julien Vidal Co-Founder & CEO of AZMed is our guest today. Julien discusses the story of being named a Forbes Magazine 30 under 30. He discusses how launching Azmed during a difficult time was a challenge, however as an entrepreneur you need to turn these challenges into advantages. Guru's Julien is truly inspirational. You will enjoy his insights in this episode.

Aug 23, 2023 • 50min
Medicine & A.I.
Ravi Komatiredddy, MD, Co-founder & CEO of Daytona Health bring us amazing insight in this episode. He covers everything from selecting the right investment partner to A.I.s impact on medicine. Ravi is such an interesting guest. He goes the extra mile in bringing value in this episode!

Aug 16, 2023 • 30min
Partnerships Are Important
Kaushik Gune Head of Healthcare for Huma US is with us in this episode. Kaushik gets into the "3 rights" of a go to market strategy and why your company must have all 3. He gets into why your company needs partnerships and how they can help. Kaushik really delivers in this episode!

Aug 9, 2023 • 43min
The Spirit of Selling
Rhonda Pettit Founder of 3 X 5 selling is our Guru today. In bringing new technology to clinicians there is nothing more important than the sales process. It can make or break your company. The correct approach and sales process is key. Rhoda brings us some amazing insights like "The Artist's Approach" and why it is important to put your client in the center of the picture. You will love Rhoda's insights and coaching in this episode!

Aug 2, 2023 • 26min
Immersion into Clinical Practice (Part 2)
In part 1 you might recall we had Dr. Derek Sakata Vice- Chair at the University of Utah Medical System & Co-Founder of Anecare In this episode we now bring in Mr. Mike Slatter, CEO of Anecare. Mike gets into why you have to be able to tell your story with passion, however you have to deliver that story in under 3 minutes! He also helps us with why target development is so important for a CEO when they are raising funds. You will enjoy the insights Mike brings us in this 2nd part of a two part episode!

Jul 26, 2023 • 32min
Immersion into Clinical Practice
Gurus this is part one of a two-part series regarding product development and launch. In part 1 we have Dr. Derek Sakata Vice- Chair at the University of Utah Medical System & Co-Founder of Anecare. Dr. Sakata gets into the importance of immersion into how clinicians are practicing and how that understanding contributes to innovation. Dr. Sakata gets into the challenges of bringing new products to market and why persistence is so important. You will love the insights Dr. Sakata brings us in part one!

Jul 19, 2023 • 40min
The Start Up Playbook
Grayson Zulauf Co-Founder & CEO of Resonant Link is our guest in this episode. Grayson gets into how a random meeting at a conference lead to his starting Resonant Link. Grayson gets into his start-up playbook Along with that he discusses his best practices of collaborations that lead to win-win opportunities. Grayson brings some terrific insights in this episode !

Jul 12, 2023 • 44min
CEO = A Decision Machine
Scott Nelson CEO of Big Sky Biomedical is with us today. Scott is a serial entreprenuer and fellow podcaster. Scott walks us through some of the best practices he has developed launching and scaling several companies. You enjoy his discussion and his take on why the CEO is a decision machine !

Jul 5, 2023 • 50min
The Golden Goose of Entrepreneurship
Eirini Schlosser Founder and CEO of Dyania Health takes us through how her team has looked at data and Natural Language Processing and built that into her company Dyania Health. In her second start up Eirini discusses why the best way to raise money is to first boot strap it until you get to profitability, then start talking to investors. She also gets into her theory of swimming with the wave and what that can mean to your start up. Gurus you will enjoy what Eirini brings in this episode!

Jun 28, 2023 • 40min
Was That Another Alarm?
Gurus speak to any Critical care clinician, and they will tell you "Alarm fatigue" is a real phenomena. With all the equipment in a modern-day ICU alarms are going off ALL of the time. In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we have Mr. Ophir Ronen CEO of Calmwave. Ophir brings us amazing insights as a serial entreprenuer who has started six companies. Ophir gets into why data is so important and why it is hard to bootstrap obtaining it. Along with that he takes us on a journey of how data and AI can help reduce alarm fatigue. This is an interesting episode about the capabilities of AI and how it can help workflow in the healthcare environment.


