Doug North is the Director of Volar Consulting. Doug is engaged by several companies in the Medical Device sector as a Consultant, Director and/or Board Member, and is an investor in a number of Medical Device start-ups.Doug established Surgical Specialties in 2005 and was the major shareholder and Director of the company until its acquisition by Paragon Care Group in February 2018. Doug remains engaged with Surgical Specialties as a Consultant. With over 35 years experience in the Medical Device industry, Doug has held a number of management roles in Stryker (formerly Howmedica) from 1984-1999 and was the exclusive distributor for Smith & Nephew NSW/ACT from 2000-2005.Doug's most recent consulting projects include Personalised Surgery and Jointli. Both businesses are part of the Landmark Orthopaedics group located in a state-of-the-art facility in St Leonards, NSW (www.landmarkorthopaedics.com.au). Doug is also a Director of Opologic, an innovative company specialising in medical device software solutions (www.opologic.com).Contact: doug@volar.com.au