Roy Morgan

Experience

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  Stryker

  Nov 1997 - Sept 2001

  Program Manager

  Principal Inventor of the SERFAS RF Electrosurgical System

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  Artemis Medical, Inc.

  Oct 2002 - Jul 2003

  Program Director

  RF Breast Biopsy Startup that successfully sold a tumor marking system off to J&J prior to wind-down.

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  Product Improvement Labs

  Jan 2003 - Dec 2023

  Principal

  PiL is a provider of advanced Engineering Design, Project Management, Six-Sigma and Experimental Planning and Assessment services. As a small business enterprise, based in Alameda, CA, PiL has been providing quality engineering services to the medical device community around the Bay Area since 2003. Whether you are currently undergoing device early-stage development to FIH, routine cost-improvements, or ramp-up to production, PiL can provide you with rapid, responsive engineering services without the burdensome overhead of the “Big-Box” infrastructure firms. Show less

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  TheraSense, Inc.

  Sept 2003 - Jan 2003

  Engineering Manager
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  Abbott Diabetes Care

  Dec 2003 - Jan 2007

  Engineering Manager

  Principal Manager of CGMS System Design and Implementation (known as Navigator)

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  Fulfillium, Inc.

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  M.E. - Team Leader
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  NIPRO Diabetes Systems, Inc.

  Feb 2007 - Dec 2008

  Director of R&D

  R&D Leader of Diabetes In-Vitro Therapeutics, diagnostics, and drug distribution company. *Responsible for R&D department turn-around from previous failing efforts *Responsible for development strategy and recovery plans to repair failing designs and improve transfer to manufacturing *Responsible for FDA technical data in 510k filing (approved in 2008) and direct contact via FDA response letter in 2007.

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  NuOrtho Surgical, Inc.

  Dec 2008 - Nov 2014

  Chief Development Officer

  Responsible for global R&D efforts to commercialize novel low-level RF energy applications in orthopedics. * Responsible for IP portfolio expansion and capture * Responsible for all engineering discipline activities * Responsible for technical recruitment, retention and advancement

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  Sanovas

  Dec 2014 - Oct 2016

  VP of R&D

  Responsible for R&D efforts to commercialize novel imaging, access and therapeutic technologies in pulmonology. * Responsible for engineering discipline activities * Grower of Teams, Technologies and People * Responsible for technical recruitment, retention and advancement

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  Meditrina Inc

  Dec 2016 - Apr 2018

  Chief Operations Officer

  Driver of all product development initiatives and disciplines (ME, EE, SW, Systems Integration). Completed first wireless iteration of a 720p office-based system for hysteroscopy with integrated fluid management. Led team through three additional iterations of both wired and wireless evolution to minimum viable product in 2018; the foundation of the current Aveta System.

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  Eagle Medical, Inc.

  May 2018 - now

  Installed by BoD, to drive improvements in NPI practices, expand sector business diversification, and on-board higher-volume customer base. Driver of new strategic development in sterilization technology and principal founder of the West Coast Device Alliance (WCDA). Leader of all company functions from HR to Engineering, targeting coordination of the various disciplines to achieve higher levels of customer quality and production capacity throughput. Primary objectives included: driving talent succession planning in Engineering, HR, and QA groups, Improvements in Work-flow structures for ISO13485 compliance efficiency of information flow, and creation of new packaging design group.

  • President & CEO

    Oct 2022 - now

  • General Manager

    May 2018 - Sept 2022