Hector G. Cantua, Mba Email & Phone Number

United States

• As principal field clinical engineer at Saluda, I provide strategic leadership and mentorship to elevate the performance and efficiency of the Field Clinical Engineer (FCE) team, focusing on delivering advanced.
• Achieved significant cultural transformation and stability in a dynamic role by implementing the mentorship FCE huddle, designed to foster mentorship, enhance team cohesion, and support professional growth, resulting.
• Pioneered the Looped In Calls program, an ongoing, monthly series elevating the US fields overall clinical acumen, achieving 64% annual attendance in FY 2024 as an optional learning tool.
• Facilitated a monthly EU/US advanced programming call to ensure global programming cohesion and alignment between the geographies.
• Directed a global training initiative to reduce neurostimulator waste, achieving a global completion rate of 100% and significantly lowering scrapped units from ~20 annually to ~2 per year in the US.
• Served as a regional lead for Project Elevate, identifying and providing additional resources to elevate clinical acumen of local field teams.

Glen Allen, Virginia, United States

• As the FCE leader of clinical research studies, I led the Options, Vectors, and Vanta LE studies, overseeing the design, development, and execution of these research initiatives. My role included consulting on.
• Spearheaded team growth, expanding the FCE team from 1 to 12 members, fostering a high-integrity, high-touchpoint organization renowned for strategic site development and clinical research excellence.
• Pioneered the design and development of studies and commercial workflows, contributing to closed loop preclinical development and IDE clinical study design.
• Successfully pivoted a 600+ in-person launch into a virtual launch to the US and OUS geographies for Differential Target Multiplex (DTM) SCS therapy resulting in achievement of Medtronic Star of Excellence Finalist.

Glen Allen, Virginia, United States

• As principal field clinical engineer, I led the design, development, and execution of clinical studies, managing the entire process from site identification through to execution. This involved selecting appropriate.
• Successfully managed clinical research functions, including 67% of all patients and 80% of all sites, achieving exceptional outcomes by strategically identifying research sites within close geographic proximity.
• Led the global launch of the $111M DTM, a novel SCS waveform integrated from the newly acquired American firm Stimgenics.

Glen Allen, Virginia, United States

• As senior field clinical engineer, I executed robust clinical research across the US, adeptly navigating a large corporate matrix and leveraging cross-functional networks to achieve both research and business goals. I.
• Promoted from Neuromodulation - Pain Clinical Specialist to Senior Field Clinical Engineer in 2013.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General, 4.00 - Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Physiological Sciences, Minor In Chemistry

Activities and Societies: McNair Scholar, Minority Medical Education Program (MMEP), Triathlon Team, Cycling Team,