Thomas Ross

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30 years Leadership in Med Device Startups | $400+ million Fundraising & Acquisition experience | 8x Grandpa | Build Product Mgt & Sales | Your 1st Consultation is free right now (sign up below) ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป @ theDeviceDr
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About Thomas Ross

Hello, Iโ€™m Tom! And excited to speak about 3 topics: My Journey โฆฟ My Impact โฆฟ My Goals ๐— ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†: โžก๏ธ 30+ years in medical device management: I began at giants: โžช Such as Eli Lilly & American Hospital Supply โžช Coming up through the ranks of Product Management and Marketing Management Then worked inside of startups: โžชlaunching clinical technologies, building salesforces, โžชand growing sales/acquisitions/fundraising Today, I help young startup medical device companies! ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜: โžก๏ธ Helped 20+ medical device companiesโ€ฆ 10 companies got acquired/fundraised for a total of $400+ million! Built sales & marketing teams with sales growth... โžช $0 to $10mln! โžช and from $7mln to $30mln! โžช and from $4.5 to $45million! Major product/technology launches in orthopedics, neurovascular catheters, critical care and orthodontic materials. ๐— ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐——๐—ฟ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ: โžก๏ธ I help medical device startups withโ€ฆ โžผ Business Planning โžผ Fundraising & Investor Communications โžผ Product Management (both Upstream & Downstream) โžผ Sales Planning & Success ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผโ€ฆ ๐Ÿค Create relationships with exciting new people ๐Ÿ“ˆ Exchange ideas with the medical device and consulting communities ๐Ÿ” Modernize and grow my business (theDeviceDr.com) ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐——๐—ฟ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—œ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†: โžผ A good hike: In the Santa Cruz mountains, the Sierras or Zion National Park โžผ Visiting with my 8 grandchildren โžผ Playing backgammonโ€ฆ for $$$ โžผ Jogging for cardio health โžผ Traveling the world Talk soon! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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30 years Leadership in Med Device Startups | $400+ million Fundraising & Acquisition experience | 8x Grandpa | Build Product Mgt & Sales | Your 1st Consultation is free right now (sign up below) ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
Thomas Ross Work Experience Details
  • Thedevicedr
    Founder & Marketer-In-Chief
    Thedevicedr Jul 2022 - Present
    Los Gatos, California, United States
    โžช Worked with ๐Ÿด+ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด efforts toward successful launches, clinical studies, construction of clinical advisory teams and promotional materials. โžช ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: Nfocus Neuromedical, Medical University of Texas, OptiScan, PONTiS Orthopaedics, Endophys, SpineSelect, BioCardia, Bay Materials, and othersโ€ฆProfessional consulting impact:โžช ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ $๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด for orthopedic surgery product developer. โžช ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€โžช Successful product launches with promotional & marketing material support.โžช ๐—ข๐—ป-๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, including national and international travel, for critical care monitoring developer.
  • Umassm2D2
    Mentor (Medical Device Startups)
    Umassm2D2 Feb 2024 - Present
    I collaborate with founders worldwide, helping them build their startup, by utilizing my 30+ years of experience in the medical device space.
  • Bay Materials, Llc
    Chief Operating Officer
    Bay Materials, Llc Jan 2018 - Jul 2022
    Fremont, Ca
    โžช Led funding efforts, resulting in successful acquisition by Straumann Group (Q4 2019). โžช Drove 10x growth in Bay Materials revenue. โžช Bay Materials/ZenduraDental remains a lead material developer for orthodontics.
  • Pontis Orthopaedics
    Chief Operating Officer
    Pontis Orthopaedics Jul 2015 - Mar 2018
    San Francisco Bay Area
    โžช Developed fundraising materials and led critical round providing resources to expand the full-time team of this orthopaedic/tendon repair surgery products company. โžช Provided leadership for R&D, sales, marketing, quality management and regulatory functions.
  • Thedevicedr
    Founder & Marketer-In-Chief
    Thedevicedr Jul 2011 - Jul 2015
    San Carlos, Ca
    โžช Worked with ๐Ÿด+ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด efforts toward successful launches, clinical studies, construction of clinical advisory teams and promotional materials. โžช ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: Nfocus Neuromedical, Medical University of Texas, OptiScan, PONTiS Orthopaedics, Endophys, SpineSelect, BioCardia, Bay Materials, and othersโ€ฆProfessional consulting impact:โžช ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ $๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด for orthopedic surgery product developer. โžช Successful product launches with promotional & marketing material support.โžช ๐—ข๐—ป-๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, including national and international travel, for critical care monitoring developer.
  • Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)
    Executive Vice-President Of Nfocus Neuromedical (Now: Covidien)
    Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group) Jan 2004 - Jun 2010
    Palo Alto, Ca
    โžช One of two co-founders/principals successful in raising $16 million in new capital from two top venture funds.โžช Principal company representative to worldwide physician/investigator community, including setting up 10 investigator sites in Germany for small-vessel stent-graft clinical study.โžช Initiated study centers in Denmark, Latvia, Slovenia, Holland, for intra-aneurysmal device study.
  • Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)
    President, Ceo And Founder Of Acta Vascular (Merged Into Nfocus Neuromedical)
    Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group) Jan 2004 - Mar 2007
    โžช I founded Acta Vascular to acquire and market the Goldvalve Balloon and other neurovascular products from MinVasys Inc. of Paris.โžช Raised $1 million in funding; completed product acquisition and tech-transfer; maintained sales base of $2 million/yr through WW network of distributors. โžช Acta was merged into Nfocus in early 2007 at an increased valuation of $3.5 million.
  • Smith+Nephew
    Vice-President, Sales & Marketing Of Parallax Medical (Now: Smith+Nephew)
    Smith+Nephew Jul 2002 - Jan 2004
    โžช Directed all sales, customer service and marketing activities through a hybrid direct/distributor organization. Developed international distribution network.โžช Built a team to develop innovative tools to aid marketing of physician practices. โžช Continued sales growth to $9 million. Parallax was acquired by ArthroCare (now Smith&Nephew) in late 2003.
  • Smith+Nephew
    Vice-President, Marketing Of Oratec Interventions (Now: Smith + Nephew)
    Smith+Nephew Jan 2001 - Jun 2002
    โžช Directed a 15-member department including Marketing Communications, Product Management & Customer Serviceโžช Grew sales & share to $50millionโžช Initiated international distribution and drove Oratecโ€™s first device acquisition.โžช Oratec was acquired by the Smith & Nephew in 2002.
  • R&D Tool Specialist
    President/Ceo
    R&D Tool Specialist 1998 - 2001
    โžช Acquired this manufacturing shop to pivot to new medical device customers and new production machinery.โžช Increased business volume by 5xโžช Sold the business to return to the medical device market
  • Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)
    Vice-President, Sales & Marketing Of Medtronic Microinterventional Systems (Now: Covidien)
    Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group) Aug 1994 - Jun 1998
    โžช Grew revenue from $0 to $10 millionโžช Built domestic salesforce of 12 and recruited, trained and managed a network of international distributors covering 20 countries. โžช Acquired by Medtronic in 1995. โžช Developed effective product management and customer service functions.
  • Lifecore Biomedical
    Vice-President, Sales & Marketing Of Landec Corp (Now: Lifecore Biomedical)
    Lifecore Biomedical Sep 1992 - Aug 1994
    โžช Recruited and trained 25 domestic distributors for orthopedic product launch.โžช Instrumental in series D private equity funding of $13 millionโžช Successful launch of first commercial product.
  • Orthofix
    Vice-President, Sales & Marketing Of American Medical Electronics (Now: Orthofix)
    Orthofix 1988 - 1992
    โžช Created direct salesforce from 0 to a team of over 50 reps, including territory definition, compensation plans & performance goals.โžช Launched new spinal fusion treatment systemโžช Grew sales from $7million to over $32millionโžช Officer-level duties included key investor presentations for successful $20 million secondary stock offering
  • Baxter Edwards Critical Care Division (Now Edwards Lifesciences)
    Marketing Manager
    Baxter Edwards Critical Care Division (Now Edwards Lifesciences) 1986 - 1988
  • Imed
    Product Manager
    Imed 1984 - 1985
  • Eli Lilly And Company
    International Product Manager
    Eli Lilly And Company 1982 - 1984
  • Eli Lilly And Company
    International Financial Analyst
    Eli Lilly And Company 1979 - 1982

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Thomas Ross's current role is 30 years Leadership in Med Device Startups | $400+ million Fundraising & Acquisition experience | 8x Grandpa | Build Product Mgt & Sales | Your 1st Consultation is free right now (sign up below) ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป.

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Thomas Ross attended University Of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School Of Management, Ucla Medical Center, Ucla Fielding School Of Public Health, Ucla.

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