Expert Profile
Andrew ***** is President of ***** ***** Medical LLC, a medical products business consulting firm he founded in 2007. ***** ***** focuses on C-level executive and advisory services, investor/M&A due diligence, and helping clients enter the medical products space through invention commercialization or strategic repositioning. Client services have included CEO roles at two early stage diagnostic companies, a general manager role focused on M&A in orthopedics, and multiple projects in executive coaching, capital formation, cost modeling, business development, and process improvement. Mr. ***** is also a Director on multiple boards.
He was previously Vice President and Site Manager for Roche Diagnostic's Applied Science business in North America, as well as an Officer of Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. The VP role at Roche was preceded by a progression of roles at Roche, Boehringer Mannheim, and Abbott Labs, ranging across engineering, global strategy, new international facility build and start-up, new product/process development, lifecycle management, and acquisition diligence/assessment/integration.
***** ***** Medical, LLC. President, 2007 - current. ***** ***** Medical is a medical products business consulting firm focused on C-level executive and advisory services, investor/M&A due diligence, and helping clients enter the medical products space through invention commercialization or strategic repositioning.
Roche Diagnostics (*****):
> Vice President, Operations & Site Manager, Roche Applied Science, *****
> Director, Process Improvement, Roche Diabetes Care, *****
> Project Leader, international Operations Projects, *****
> Strategy Principal, 2006
> Manufacturing Manager, *****
> Engineering Manager, *****
Abbott Laboratories, *****
> Project Manager, R&D, *****
> Section Manager, Device Process Development Lab, *****
Other prior employers include Exxon Chemical, General Motors, and Arthur Andersen Consulting.
• BS ME, summa cum laude, With Distinction. Thi Ohio State University.
• MSE, University of Michigan (National Science Foundation Fellow)
• Graduate Business Studies: Cranfield University, London Business School, University of Michigan, Butler University.
• Indianapolis Private Industry Council (Marion County Workforce Development Board), appointed by the Mayor’s Office to serve on the Board of Directors, served two terms, chaired the Industry Programs subcommittee.
• Indiana Health Industry Forum (IHIF), member of the BioFuture Initiative (created a 2-year biotechnology degree state-wide in Indiana), served on the Entrepreneurial Assistance Panel (reviewed/commented on local life/health-science related start-up business plans), served on the Innovention Planning Committee (annual conference/expo)
• Guest lecturer, Ivy Tech Community College (Root Cause Analysis, Ethics in Biotechnology)
• Additional various non-profit board positions
Consulting work experience overview:
Mid- to long-term engagement highlights include:
• SonarMed Inc., President (early-stage airway monitoring medical device company) [current]
• TriMas Inc., General Manager (diversified holding company focused on highly engineered products) [6 mo.]
• Client B LLC, CEO (early-stage human autoimmune chemistry company) [16 mo.]
• Client C Inc., COO CEO (early-stage research/in-vitro diagnostic system company) [14 mo.]
Short-term (0 – 4 month) engagement highlights include:
• Currently advising a novel breathing-mask company on capital formation and technology out-licensing
• Currently advising an early stage therapeutic company on formation and technical/business feasibility issues
• Advised a rapid prototyping/molding company on a broader medical device strategy (orthopedic focused)
• Assisted a medical device reprocessor in key contracts/collaborations to allow low capitalization start-up
• With Director Manufacturing & CFO of an in-vitro diagnostics company, created detailed costing models & projections, then guided Director Manufacturing on manufacturing process re-design for scale-up & cost reduction
Ongoing Board/Advisory Roles:
• Director on two Boards (early-stage medical device company, mid-stage health IT company)
• Advisory Board member for two early-stage medical device companies
• Supporting a venture capital firm and an intellectual property law firm on matters pertaining to life sciences