David Van Slingerland is the CEO of Sterling Industries, one of the world's leading contract manufacturers of medical devices. With over 35 years of experience across industries, he has long been a leader in fast-changing, high-tech fields, with focuses on corporate growth and operational innovation. Stemming from his passion for growing the American and Canadian MedTech sectors, David has spent the last 15 years transforming Sterling from a local component and IV pole manufacturer to a globally-recognized industry-leader with facilities in both the United States and Canada, making everything from hard goods to single-use, clean-room manufactured devices with electronic integration. Even in the midst of already-explosive growth for the company, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he led Sterling's charge, making nearly 30 million Class 1 Medical Device Face Shields in a few short months, followed by further millions of Rapid Antigen test kits.Directly helping companies of all forms, from some of the world's largest OEMs to "scale-ups", David works with MedTech device innovators to ensure the world's best on-time, on-spec, scalable device contract manufacturing. David is proud to have been recognized as part of the Order of Vaughan, the city's highest civic honour, in addition to being one of the Top 25 Health Tech leaders in the Toronto area.