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Dave Sheppard

Mr. Sheppard has been a leader in the Medical Device Industry for more than 30 years. His experience includes positions such as GM and VP, as well as high impact sales and marketing leadership roles at Major 500 Corporations (Covidien, Bard, Cooper and Ciba). His achievements also involve work at start-up organizations (including working pre-IPO on a successful IPO company).

He has become an expert in delivering Organic Growth for companies of all sizes in global environments. He has also successfully obtained EBIT growth thru successful M&A activities.

His worldwide results included completing distribution and licensing deals with international businesses, comprising of Major Fortune 500 companies (i.e. GE, Philips, Siemens, etc.) as well as smaller entities. These experiences have led to a global network of contacts with channel partners, large and small. Dave has been involved in “go-to-market” strategies on every major developed continent (Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America).

Now, at MedWorld Advisors, Dave works with clients focused on growth, international channel development and getting companies on the market. He collaborates as he leads the strategic development of client organizations and creates tactical execution plans that help exceed organizational objectives for short and long term growth.

As Principal at MedWorld Advisors, Dave is focused on inorganic (thru M&A business development), strategic alliances, organic growth and EXIT Strategies for the Med Device, Biotech, and OEM Medtech companies.

For M&A, the goal is to help small and medium companies maximize their VALUE with their EXIT Strategy and/or achieve SUCCESS with their acquisition Strategy.

For Growth companies, the goal is to collaborate and lead the strategic development of client organizations. The aim is to create a strategic plan that delivers tactical actions which lead to exceeding organizational objectives for short and long term growth.

Dave is dedicated to the success of the MedTech, BioTech, Life Science and Healthcare Industries and the Companies involved within it! He sincerely believes that each of our successes contributes to all of our success!

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Nic Anderson

Nic is a medical technology consultant in health economics, payer perspective, reimbursement and market access. After finishing school in Boston, he began his career as a Payer determining which medical technologies were paid for by Intermountain Healthcare and was a member of Intermountain’s New Device and Technology Committee (Value Analysis). He left this role after seven years to start and eventually take public a biotech company in the tissue regeneration space where he served as the Director of Market Access. He is presently in health economics and market access at a major medical device manufacturer. He is a consultant to Venture Capitalists and start-ups who are working on new life science products, helping them identify what health insurance companies and hospitals want in a technology and for what they’re willing to pay. He is a Strategic Advisor to medical technology companies and is a guest lecturer at UCSF School of Medicine, University of Utah and at conferences and symposiums around the world where he speaks on clinical trials, HEOR, commercialization and reimbursement. In February 2017 Nic was the Expert in Residence at the Dubai 100, a digital health accelerator located in Dubai.

Nic’s experience in life sciences spans devices, diagnostics, biotech and digital health. Companies turn to him to understand what trials and health economics will be necessary to obtain market access and reimbursement.

On the personal front, he lives in Utah with his wife and kids and is a cyclist, skier and a forever student of the Austrian School of Economics.

Education:
BA, Behavioral Neuroscience. Purdue University
MA, Biomedical Imaging. Boston University School of Medicine
MBA, Business Administration. University of Utah

10x

Joe Hage

Many of you know conference host Joe Hage from the Medical Devices Group, the world’s largest medical device community. Under Joe’s leadership, the group now exceeds 350,000 members and, with the launch of MDG Premium in October 2019, the Medical Devices Group is now a virtual workspace for the medical device industry, where you have direct access to Joe and his innermost circle of experts in every discipline you need to run a successful medical device business.

Joe is a Wharton MBA and classically trained senior marketing professional who runs medical device marketing company Medical Marcom. He specializes in marketing communications and strategy, lead generation, and social media for medical device and related companies. Joe selectively accepts new clients and is open to international speaking engagements.

You?

Hey, it’s Joe Hage. If you’re on this page, you’re thinking about:
– speaking at a 10x Medical Device event; or,
– recommending a speaker.

Thanks! And, for full transparency, let me tell you how we select speakers.

We look for 10x Medical Device speakers who:

  • Are highly engaging (not boring, monotone, hard to follow, or hard to understand due to language).
  • Don’t cover obvious or superficial things guests could have learned by reading a short blog post.
  • Avoid self- and company promotion, unless they/their product or service is instrumental to the presentation.
  • Could be interesting and relevant to at least 50-75% of the audience.
  • Will stay with us for at least a day (not arrive, speak, and leave; because guests want to meet you!).

A slight preference is given to those who meet the above criteria, and who:
– Are well-known to industry; such as a CEO from a major medical device manufacturer.
– Are sponsoring the event in some manner.

Will I, as a speaker, have to pay anything?

We selectively waive registration for speakers from industry, specifically medical device manufacturing employees.

We do not waive registration for speakers who serve the medical device industry since our audience is their customer base. We believe your chance to shine before your target market is a pretty great thing. Your registration also helps us defray the costs of the event.

Note: It is exceptionally rare for us to pay an honorarium or cover your travel expenses. Still, these can be considered on a case-by-case basis.

In any case, if you got this far, you see the potential in the event and I hope you’ll join us as speaker, sponsor, or guest.

Thank you! 😀