From stents to TAVR, Stanton Rowe has built a medtech legacy out of accomplishing the seemingly impossible. Here are three lessons from his career. Stanton Rowe has played a major role in two of the top medtech innovation success stories of recent decades: stents and transcatheter valve replacements. Listening to him speak at DeviceTalks West […]
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DeviceTalks West: Here are the speakers you’ll see
Hundreds of medical device industry insiders are expected to descend on Orange County, Calif., this month for DeviceTalks West – a premier boutique networking and learning event. From the VP in charge of Medtronic’s neurovascular business to the artificial pancreas pioneer Jeffrey Brewer, here are some of the speakers you’ll meet at DeviceTalks West, Dec. 11–12 […]
DeviceTalks Boston: Here’s what you need to know
DeviceTalks Boston on Oct 2. will give attendees the chance to see some of the best minds in medtech live. There will be learning and networking opportunities galore. Read on and meet some of the top medical device leaders and experts who will be speaking – and discover other highlights from the upcoming show. Next>> (See the […]
DeviceTalks Minnesota: Here’s what you missed
Some of the medical device industry’s top leaders and experts gathered in St. Paul, Minn., in June for DeviceTalks Minnesota. Check out the highlights – and don’t miss DeviceTalks Boston on October 2. [View the story “DeviceTalks Minnesota: Here’s what you missed” on Storify]
DeviceTalks: 3M’s Cindy Kent on leadership, growth and inclusion in medtech
Cindy Kent is no stranger to medtech – she’s spent 20 years in healthcare, moving up the ranks and finding her way to president & GM for 3M’s infection prevention division. She spoke with MassDevice.com Publisher Brian Johnson at the DeviceTalks event in Minnesota this week about her skills as a leader, how she ended […]
3 enduring leadership lessons to boost your medtech success
Brian Johnson, Publisher This one is for the caffeine-addled world-changers out there, who consume leadership memes on Linkedin for breakfast, searching for inspiration with the same passion as a bigfoot truther. For the past 6 years, I’ve interviewed the most successful men and women in the medical device industry at DeviceTalks, a conference I founded […]
DeviceTalks Q&A: Verb Surgical CEO Scott Huennekens
Few CEOs have been given the mandate Scott Huennekens was charged with as employee No. 1 at Verb Surgical, the robotics spinout backed by Google (NSDQ:GOOG) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ): Go forth and change the world. “Don’t worry about capital, don’t worry about funding,” Huennekens told MassDevice.com publisher Brian Johnson recently. “Just go out and change the world.” Many CEOs […]
What it’s like to be a woman in the corner office: A DeviceTalks podcast
There’s an old saying that Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except she did it backwards and in high heels. For Nancy Briefs, Deborah DiSanzo and Martha Shadan, that’s a reality they know all too well, having each made the journey from the entry-level ranks of the medtech industry to the corner office of […]
The evolution of OCTANe and Orange County’s technology ecosystem
OCTANe, the Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based industry council set up to nurture and grow the technology ecosystem in Orange County, is on the move. Last month, the technology council said that it would merge with the Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Orange County Technology Alliance, keeping the OCTANe name. That move, according to OCTANe CEO Bill Carpou, will […]
How NxStage is changing the game: A conversation with founder & CEO Jeff Burbank
NxStage Medical (NSDQ:NXTM) was founded in 1999 on the premise that patients with chronic kidney disease would benefit from bringing hemodialysis out of the clinic and into their homes. Seventeen years later, NxStage founder & CEO Jeff Burbank’s hypothesis has proven out. His Lawrence, Mass.-based company is topping more than $300 million in annual sales and, more […]
DeviceTalks Podcast: Talking culture with Smiths Medical CEO Jeffery McCaulley
Jeffery McCaulley came to Smiths Medical with the job of turning a flagging medical device franchise around after years of negative growth. Getting rid of the wood paneling was another story. McCaulley, a 25-year veteran of the medical device business, held executive level positions at Zimmer Holdings and Medtronic. However, there was nothing that taught […]