Company Overview:HidraMed Solutions Ltd. is dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients with chronic wounds. We specialize in innovative wound dressing systems designed for difficult retention areas, with a primary focus on Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS), a debilitating skin disease affecting 1-4% of the population.Key Responsibilities:-Strategic Planning & Execution: Develop and implement company-wide strategic plans aligning with business goals and patient needs.-R&D Program Management: Lead product development initiatives from concept to commercialization, ensuring cutting-edge solutions.-Market Access & Reimbursement: Facilitate market access strategies and reimbursement processes to maximize product reach.-Product Commercialization: Orchestrate product launch strategies, ensuring successful market entry and adoption.-Partnership Management: Identify and manage key partnerships, enhancing collaborative innovation.-S&OP Management: Oversee Sales and Operations Planning, optimizing inventory and supply chain processes.-Operations Leadership: Direct support functions, including HR, finance, and compliance, ensuring operational excellence.-HR & Data Protection Officer: Manage human resources and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

Role Overview:Business Development Consultant with extensive industrial experience, specializing in new product development, innovation management, and commercialization within the MedTech sector.Key Responsibilities:-Business Development: Cultivated new business opportunities, focusing on innovative solutions and client satisfaction.-Innovation Management: Led R&D initiatives, enhancing product pipelines and fostering a culture of open innovation.-Client & Stakeholder Management: Built strong relationships with clients, key opinion leaders, and industry professionals.-Leadership: Directed cross-functional teams, driving excellence through transformational change methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:-R&D Leadership: Managed the product development funnel from concept to market launch.-Strategic Planning: Contributed to the ANZ Leadership Team and Project Steering Committee.-Market Trend Analysis: Collaborated with sales and marketing to identify trends and drive new product development.-Competitor Strategy: Analyzed competitor strategies and developed countermeasures.-IP Management: Oversaw intellectual property strategy and design consulting agreements.-Operational Efficiency: Led projects reducing operating costs and improving efficiency through Lean Six Sigma and other methodologies.-Open Innovation: Fostered a culture of open innovation by collaborating with SMEs, startups, and entrepreneurs.-Partnership Development: Built strategic partnerships with external innovators to enhance product offerings.-Mentorship: Provided technical guidance to sales and marketing teams.Achievements:-Innovation Implementation: Founded the Regional Product Development and Patient Matched Technology departments.-Product Launch Success: Launched multiple products in the Asia Pacific region, including Visionaire patient-matched solutions.-Operational Excellence: Achieved over 50% cost reductions through efficiency projects, including relocating the Engineering Service Centre.-Collaborative Innovations: Co-developed new technologies with SMEs and entrepreneurs, accelerating time-to-market.-Lean Methodologies: Implemented Lean Six Sigma and 5S methodologies, significantly improving processes.-New Product Development: Introduced products such as Innovo Digital Operating Theatres Solutions, -DAA hip instrumentation, crossover knee instrumentation, and X-Wing ACL grafting technology.Strategic Partnerships: Managed alliances with SMEs, enhancing R&D capabilities and market reach.

Design Engineers, consultants and specialist contractors servicing the pharmaceutical industry. Specialising in greenfield site setup of human injectables production facilities in the ASPAC region• Project Feasibility Studies• Concept & Preliminary Design• Construction Specifications & Detailed Designs• Construction Supervision• Commissioning & Validation • Facility Engineering Audits• Equipment Compliance HAZOPs• Facility MaintenancePosition Responsibilities•Leadership of large cross functional team with varied specialties to execute project requirements as per stakeholder’s expectations •Coordination of calibration, software, electrical and mechanical subcontractors•Specification, FAT, SAT & commissioning of clarification, centrifugation, ultra filtration, and buffer preparation equipment used in embryonated egg viral production techniques•Commissioning and troubleshooting of all utilities, including hot and cold WFI, CIP, SIP, PS and Nitrogen•Implementation, testing and debugging of dedicated sequencing software using Scrum methodologies Achievements in the role•Introduction of Kitasato & Crucell product lines for production of common and H1N1 influenza vaccinations•On time delivery of dynamic project within a very tight schedule, satisfying all stakeholders•Successful project restructure mid delivery, which required early project handover due to changing external forces•Customer expectation management ranging from local site management to senior governmental officials within Taiwanese health and finance ministries

Specializing in Minimally Invasive delivery & access devices, Creganna Medical provides the full spectrum of services to design, develop and deliver finished medical devices to market. Creganna Medical are the catheter design & manufacturing partner of choice for the world’s leading medical device companies and are acknowledged by the industry as the top-ranking solution provider in a range of MI catheter market segments including PTCA, PTA, EP, Specialty & Niche catheters – Atherectomy, CTO, Vulnerable Plaque, Thrombectomy & GI catheters.Role Description:Setup of needle manufacturing facility, with application in biopsy devicesProject Planning and cadence management, utilising SCRUM methodologiesProcurement, installation, customisation and commissioning of needle processing equipmentProduct and process validation of needle production equipment and production lines:New Product Introduction of biopsy needle devicesDesign control,product specifications, BOMs, routers and test methodsManagement of corrective and preventative actionsRecruitment and selection of engineering and support staffCustomer account management of needle related projectsSupply chain managementImplementation of lean six sigma manufacturing processesAchievements in the Role:Creation of self-sufficient fully operational specialty needle manufacturing facilityTechnology transfer of cleaning and passivation lines, laser welding, laser marking and insert moulding from global manufacturing hubNew process introduction of electrochemical needle grinding, welding, soldering, metal forming and polymer coating technologiesIntroduction of product lines from prototype to volume productionDesign and manufacture of custom equipment and fixturesRecruitment & selection of initial team of four, growing to a fully resourced team of 30ISO13485:2003 accreditation certification and passed multiple customer audits

Role Responsibilities:Set up and management of Metallurgy Lab, with capability in SEM and EDS, metallographic preparation, microhardness testing, tensile testing and heat treatmentProject management of Next Generation Alloys projects – Research, development, IP management, patent application and commercial launch of PolevaultTM and JavelinTM materialsSupport of multiple projects as materials specialistProcurement, commissioning and customisation and validation of Industrial Heat Treatment processDevelopment of bonding process for welding Nitinol to dissimilar metalsDevelopment of lubricious / hydrophilic coating process for use in medical tubingImplementation of Lean, JIT and 5S manufacturing processesOrganisation of Cellular manufacturing processesAchievements in the roleUp to 30% improvement in kink resistance in Stainless Steel tubes for use in catheter applicationsIntroduction of Cobalt Chrome based tubes for use in catheter and needle applications giving up to 40% improvement in column strength over conventional Stainless Steel tubesUS Patent for development of advanced cobalt based alloys for use in medical tubingHighly capable in use of all equipment in materials labTest method development for catheter stiffness, kink resistance, pushability, trackability, legion clearance and membrane penetration