Nate Gooch, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

o Led EU REACH material remediation efforts across 65 finished goods impacting all 3 business units with a combined revenue of $1.2Bo Led and coordinated resolution of historical gaps in test methods and test method validationso Directed 4 design CAPAs impacting product performance, customer satisfaction, and production scrapo Managed direct reports: complete performance reviews, develop skills for promotion, and assign project responsibilities

Greater Salt Lake City Area

o Led and managed project teams to successful completion of 8 NPI projects – primarily hemodialysis catheterso Led and participated in multiple BioDesign groups focused on identifying and vetting new big ideas in the treatment of ESRD yielding many patents including 6 of my own and supporting colleagues in the generation of many otherso Created and managed project timelines and budgets maintaining on-time delivery of all associated product launcheso Designed and developed a tool and… Show more o Led and managed project teams to successful completion of 8 NPI projects – primarily hemodialysis catheterso Led and participated in multiple BioDesign groups focused on identifying and vetting new big ideas in the treatment of ESRD yielding many patents including 6 of my own and supporting colleagues in the generation of many otherso Created and managed project timelines and budgets maintaining on-time delivery of all associated product launcheso Designed and developed a tool and test method that automatically cyclic clamps tubing allowing for ~3,000 cycles per hour x 10 samples – an improvement over previous method of ~600 cycles per hour x 1 sample. Testing that used to take days now takes hours Show less

o Led several dialysis franchise projects as the project manager and primary technical engineero Successfully developed 3 direct reports through their desired career development goalso Coordinated design controls including functional and design requirements, performing verification, and validation activities

o In coordination with research derived from my graduate studies, I lead the development of 2 novel medical devices  Capsule drug ring (CDR) – an anti-VEGF drug delivery device – through the completion of animal studies  Endo-contact lens – a device to be used to protect the fragile endothelium during cataract surgeryo Led and completed the biocompatibility studies of two other early stage degradable drug delivery deviceso Held additional cross-functional responsibilities in… Show more o In coordination with research derived from my graduate studies, I lead the development of 2 novel medical devices  Capsule drug ring (CDR) – an anti-VEGF drug delivery device – through the completion of animal studies  Endo-contact lens – a device to be used to protect the fragile endothelium during cataract surgeryo Led and completed the biocompatibility studies of two other early stage degradable drug delivery deviceso Held additional cross-functional responsibilities in regulatory, quality, and marketing to support the agile development culture of the business Show less

I divided my graduate work between two labs. These two labs were overseen by Dr. Vladimir Hlady and Dr. Balamurali Ambati.Dr. Hlady's research is focused on the complex biomaterial surface interactions with human blood and proteins. Protein adsorption to a biomaterial is related to platelet adhesion and activation and has a large impact on the biocompatibility of a biomaterial. Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEG) has been shown to reduce protein adsorption to surfaces when grafted to biomaterial… Show more I divided my graduate work between two labs. These two labs were overseen by Dr. Vladimir Hlady and Dr. Balamurali Ambati.Dr. Hlady's research is focused on the complex biomaterial surface interactions with human blood and proteins. Protein adsorption to a biomaterial is related to platelet adhesion and activation and has a large impact on the biocompatibility of a biomaterial. Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEG) has been shown to reduce protein adsorption to surfaces when grafted to biomaterial surfaces. My research in this lab involves the generation of PEG surface density gradients to study and quantify the effects of PEG on protein adsorption and biomaterial hemocompatibility.Dr. Ambati's research focuses on understanding the fundamentals of ocular angiogenesis. Wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an ocular disease which is caused by uncontrolled neovascularization within the retina. My research involves the use of an anti-VEGF therapeutic agent delivered to the retina using a novel continuous-release delivery device. My focus is in studying and optimizing the biocompatibility of the device. I also manage and implement the device design and manufacture.My research made use of water contact angle measurements, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) as techniques for characterizing the surfaces and protein adsorption to the surfaces. Show less