Med Tech Gurus

Gurus you will love the value that Jim Archetto brings. He has held leadership positions in several Innovative companies with some amazing technologies. Jim is passionate about bring innovation to clinicians so they can improve patient outcomes. He brings many insights into how to commercialize a product. You will love his discussion around making sure your product launch doesn't turn into an ooze. Jim tells us that if you have a product concept that has clinical value you must pursue it! Get ready Gurus here comes episode # 84 and Mr. Jim Archetto

Gurus, Phil Macnaab is a dynamic leader who has been placed into multiple corporate leadership roles via GTCR Private Equity. What is unique about this situation is their team at GTCR and Epselon Global are focusing their work to do good into the world. They focus on bringing high quality teams together to take companies that have a unique value and help them manage the complexities of scale. Listen in as Phil takes us through the best practices and lessons learned.

Do you know the 5 "I s" of Innovation? As you develop your innovation, do you look at it through the lens of an early adopter? Dr. Roxie covers all of this and more. Gurus you will love Dr. Roxie as she has a Doctorate in commercializing technology in healthcare and gets deep into the best practices of launching new technology.

This episode features an amazing Guru! Dr. Loew, she has some amazing experience integrating science, business and the clinician to deliver differentiated value to patients. Most recently, she was Vice President, Head R&D Strategy and Planning at BristolMyers Squibb where she led portfolio strategy and operations. This included shaping BMS's strategy and portfolio to deliver strong competitive positioning in immuno-oncology, immunoscience, fibrosis and cardiovascular, together with a new fit-for-purpose operating model. Dr. Loew provides deep insights into product development, bringing stakeholder value and recruiting the right type of investor for your organization! Dr. Loew doesn't stop there, you will love here discussion around her "fit for purpose" model for development of technologies! Gurus you will really enjoy Dr. Loew as she demonstrates that she truly is a Guru!

Gurus, why is the Value Analysis process a pressure test for your business model? What are the key aspects of National Accounts that you as a med tech entrepreneur need to know? What are the biggest challenges you as an entrepreneur are going to face moving forward? Darby covers all of this and more. Darby demonstrates to us why he is a Med Tech Guru! So get ready here comes episode # 80!

Gurus, this episode is jammed packed with value! Clive Smith is a self-described compulsive problem solver. Clive has been the CEO of Thinklabs Medical for 30 years. His story demonstrates that early on he called a bank CEO as a student an compelling him to give him a loan to come to the US from South Africa to study electrical engineering. Clive uses that story to discuss that nobody these days is really out of reach. Clive goes on to discuss how they became renown in acoustics and have developed some very dynamic improvements to the stethoscope. He then discusses why understanding your customers workflow is so important in new product development and understanding how your product will work in practice. Listen in as Clive brings us some amazing insights into the medical device world and how Covid changed everything. Gurus you are going to really appreciate the terrific insights Clive brings us in episode # 79!

Gurus, do you really understand the process that your organization uses in the sales process? How about your customers? Do you understand their supply chain process? If you knew this would it make your business life easier? In this Episode of Med Tech Gurus we have Ms. Jody Dobson Vice President of Business Development at McKesson Medical Surgical. Jody has amazing energy and insights. You will enjoy the answers to her questions above, however she doesn't stop there. Jody delivers some terrific insights to market extensions of your current product portfolios. She discusses how to plan your product life cycle and more! Gurus you are really appreciate the insights and energy that Jody brings to us Fasten your safety belts because here comes episode # 78!

Gurus, does your organization have a focused approach to gaining business at the Veterans Administration Medical Centers? Do you know the four key initiatives that will improve your chance of success within the V.A.? Are you aligned with the right partners to help you gain traction Gurus you are going to love listening to Leonard. He has deep background having worked government contracts for companies like Bayer, Terumo, Gettinge & GE. Leonard is an expert at government contracting sales, training, distribution and selling to the V.A. and other government entities.

Gurus, does your surgical instrumentation collect data and send it to the cloud? As a manufacture would you like to get performance information on your installed base? How about utilization information in real time? How would you like to be able to provide key metrics to your clinical stakeholders? In this episode of Med Tech Gurus we have Mr Brian Phillips Founder and CEO of Medshift. Brian brings us some very interesting insights regarding the future of surgical data collection. Gurus, You will love listening to Brian, he will help both your internal, external teams and your stakeholders become more efficient!

Gurus, technology as we know is moving at lightning speed. How do we harness this technology so it helps patient outcomes without interfering with clinical workflow. In this episode of Med Tech Gurus we have Dr. Rafael Grossmann. Dr. Grossmann has been a Ted Talk presenter and writes a well respected blog. He is a surgeon with a passion & focus on the convergence of technology & healthcare. You will love listening to Dr. Grossmann has he brings amazing insights into employing technology to enhance care, education and access to global health!