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The MD&M West Program has confirmed more than 100 speakers! Check back soon to see the full list.

Kyle Adriance Vice-President of Research and Development Salter Labs
Matt Anderson VP, Quality Operations  Merz Aesthetics Inc
Phil Anthony President Design Integrity, Inc.
Gary Aurin Technical Leader I Flow Division of Kimberly Clark Corporation
Michael Barile Founder and Managing Partner Barile & Associates, Inc
Janet Benson Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs Abbott Vascular
Ed Boarini Sr. VP and General Manager Teleflex Medical OEM
Mark Bonifacio President Bonifacio Consulting Services, LLC
Keith Boyle Principal Consultant

Quality & Productivity Resources

Ken Breeding Technical Platform Leader Eastman Chemical Company
Mary Buchanan Director, User-Centered Innovation Life Technologies
Isidor Buchmann CEO and Founder Cadex Electronics Inc.
Mike Buffington Executive, Supply Chain Quality GE Healthcare
Ratnakumar Bugga Ph.D. Principal Member Technical Staff Jet Propulsion Laboratory,  California Institute of Technology
Brian D. Callahan Executive VP Histogenics, Inc.
Jon Cammack, Ph.D. President & CEO The Science Cooperative, LLC
Lewie Casey Talent Manager Med Exec International
Stacy Chang Director of Healthcare Practice IDEO
Rosemarie Christopher President & CEO MEIRxRS
Peter Colburn Director, Business Development Evonik Cyro LLC
Alonza E. Cruse District Director FDA, Los Angeles District Office
John Czuba Director of Quality CEI
Len Czuba President Czuba Enterprises
Richard DeRisio Divisional Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
Siddharth Desai VP R&D I Flow Division of Kimberly Clark Corporation
Dhuanne Dodrill President Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc.
Daniel Durbin Manager, Energizer Application Support Energizer
Sara Dyson Assistant Vice President - Loss Control Medmarc
Alex Fashandi    
Christopher Fedele VP Product Development Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
Ann Ferriter Director, Division of Risk Management FDA
Christy L. Foreman Director, Office of Device Evaluation U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Matthew Gande Principal Technology Specialist II, Medical Device BASF
Evangeline E. Gonzalez Vice President, Global Market Development Life Technologies
Joe Gordon Director, Technical Innovation Ximedica
Gertrude Gutierrez Microbiologist Innova Dynamics
Margie Hanna Director of Business Development Czuba Enterprises, Inc.
Todd Hansell Director, Design Quality Assurance Covidien - Surgical Solutions Division
Chuck Hansford Vice President, Medical Morris Technologies
Kara Harrington Project Leader and Senior Human Factors Specialist IDEO
Niedre Heckman Regulatory Affairs, Manager Baxter
Karl Hemmerich Plant Manager / Gamma Irradiation Facility Steris Isomedix Services
Quinn Horn, Ph.D. Senior Managing Engineer Exponent, Inc.
Clark Houghtling Director, Business Development Synergy Health plc
Mark Hubbard VP, Strategic Communications McGuireWoods Consulting, LLC
Matt Inouye Sr. Project Leader IDEO
Edmond W. Israelski Program Manager - Human Factors Abbott
Gaurav Jain, Ph.D. Manager, Battery Research Medtronic, Inc.
Ron Johnson   former Regional Director, FDA's Pacific Region
Steve Johnson Vice-President of Operations/QA/RA Hycor Biomedical, Inc.
Sidney Kanazawa Partner McGuireWoods LLP
Stuart P. Kaplan President Makuta Technics, Inc.
Ken Kelly General Manager Performance Plastics Ltd.
Andrew Kimmel Partner Knobbe Martens
Lothar Kleiner Volwiler Associate Research Fellow, Bioabsorbable Vascular Solutions Abbott Cardiovascular
John Klostermyer Ph.D. VHP Applications Engineer Steris Corporation
Brian Kunst Director of Regulatory Affairs Abbott Vascular
Byron Lambert Sr Assoc. Research Fellow, Sterilization Science Abbott Vascular
David Maltz Director, Device Technology Novartis Pharma
Jill Martin Senior Research Scientist Dow Chemical Company
Brian Mason Medical Products Lead IDEO
Mark McElfresh Plant Manager, PDS Rockford The Tech Group
Elaine C. Messa, RAC Director Becker and Associates Consulting Inc
Richard Meyst President & CEO Fallbrook Engineering, Inc.
Keith Morel Sr. Project Manager DEKRA
Jonathan Morris, Ph.D. VP Quality - Endovascular Therapies Medtronic Cardiac and Vascular Group
Delores Morrison Sr. Director of Engineering, HVT Edwards Lifesciences
Michael Morton Senior Director Global Regulatory Affairs Medtronic, Inc.
Walt Murray Dir Quality & Compliance Services MasterControl
Steven Niedelman Lead Quality System and Compliance Consultant King & Spalding LLP
Robert North, PhD Chief Scientist Human Centered Strategies
H. Semih Oktay, Ph.D. President CardioMed Device Consultants, LLC
Sam Onukuri Fellow, Engineering Johnson & Johnson
Mike Parkes Chief Operating Officer Regulatory Compliance Associates Inc.
Mark Paulsen Director, Business Development Specialty Silicone Fabricators
Robert Reich President LexaMed, Ltd.
Brian Reilly Product Director, Healthcare Materials NuSil Technology
Frances J. Richmond, PhD Director, International Center for Regulatory Science USC School of Pharmacy
Carolyn Rice R&D Manager Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company
Jeffrey Rogers Partner McGuireWoods LLP
Gina Romero Business and Manufacturing Strategist IDEO
Joel

Roth

  Edwards Lifesciences
Harvey Rudolph Risk Management Consultant HRRM, LLC
W. Heath Rushing Principal Consultant Adsurgo LLC
Nitin Salunke, PhD Director of R&D Cordis Corporation, A Johnson and Johnson Company
Vinny Sastri, Ph.D. President Winovia LLC
Jodi K. Scott Principal Legal Counsel for FDA Regulatory Matters Hogan Lovells US LLP
Mike Silverman, CRE Founder and Managing Partner Ops a la Carte
Nancy Singer President Compliance-Alliance, LLC, Former FDA Prosecutor
Ken Skodacek Interdisciplinary Scientist FDA / CDRH (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
Dirk Smith CTO Minnetronix, Inc.
Andrew B. Snow President Momentum Solutions, LLC
Daniel Solis Director of Import Operations FDA Los Angeles District
Larry Spears Director Deloitte and Touche, LLP (Former Deputy Director Regulatory Affairs, CDRH)
Helene Spencer Regulatory and Quality Systems Consultant ClinReg Consulting Services, Inc.
Jan Swart Principal Exponent, Inc.
Xiaoqiu Tang Consumer Safety Officer, DSMICA FDA
Dr. Ibim B. Tariah Technical Director BSI Healthcare
Mary Thorsness

Project Manager II, Division CAPA

Baxter BioScience

Robin Sarah Tichy Ph.D. Marketing Manager, Medical Micro Power Electronics, Inc.
Melissa A. Torres Biomedical Engineer FDA
Mel Toub Application Development Manager Momentive Performance Materials
April Veoukas Director, Regulatory Affairs Abbott
Tony Walder Manager of Technology LifeScience Polymers / The Lubrizol Company
R. Daniel Webster CEO Process Challenge Devices
Bill Welch CTO Phillips-Medisize (formerly Phillips Plastics Corp.)
Martell Winters Senior Scientist Nelson Laboratories
Jose Wong Director of Product Engineering Farm
Zachery J. Woodson Sr. Regulatory Affairs Manager Medtronic Inc.
Scott Young, Ph.D. Senior Director, Daikyo Crystal Zenith® West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
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