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April 13, 2022

028 - "How Much Does Poor Quality Cost?" with H. James Harrington

This is Part 2 of the episode with H. James Harrington PhD of Harrington Management Systems. On this part of the episode Dr. Harrington and I discuss: His Book - Poor Quality Costs(PQC) Why Cost of Quality has a bad connotati...

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April 6, 2022

027 - "Become a Historian of the Problem" with Duane Mancini

On this episode, I was joined by Duane Mancini, CEO and Managing Partner of Project Medtech and host of the Project Medtech Podcast. Duane and I discuss: Why he enjoys working with Startups Reimbursement considerations for...

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March 30, 2022

026 - "Quality" with H. James Harrington

This is Part 1 of the episode with H. James Harrington PhD of Harrington Management Systems. On this part of the episode Dr. Harrington and I discuss: His first experience in Quality at 6 years old The evolution of Quality ov...

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March 23, 2022

025 - “The Frying Pan to the Fire” with Edwin Bills

On this episode of the podcast we had Edwin Bills, a Risk Management Expert that was on the committees for ISO14971:2019, ISO TR24971:2020 and AAMI TIR 105:2020. Ed and I discuss Combination Products Risk Management including...

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March 16, 2022

024 - "Operating Under Constraints "with Naveen Agarwal

On this episode of the podcast, Naveen Agarwal PhD from Creative Analytics Solutions. Naveen and I discuss: Running almost 1500 miles and the importance of constraints Risk Management Vigilance vs. Surveillance Customer Exper...

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March 9, 2022

023 - "The Best is Yet to Come" with David Albert

On this episode of the podcast we had Dr. David Albert of AliveCor, a medical doctor, scientist and entrepreneur who has founded several successful companies and ventures in MedTech like AliveCor and others that have been acq...

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March 2, 2022

022 - "What Chapter are you in?" with Susan Neadle

On this episode, we were joined by Susan Neadle. If you work on Combination Products, Susan is someone you need to know. Her and I discuss: Her career starting in consumer health and pivoting into Medical Devices then Pharma...

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Feb. 23, 2022

021 - "Options" with Karandeep Singh Badwal

On this episode of the podcast we had Karandeep Singh Badwal. Karandeep and I discuss: Why QA/RA is the place to be (if you're so inclined) Intended Use, Indications and Use cases Where software startups struggle Eudamed Cybe...

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Feb. 16, 2022

020- "The Right Words" with Kathy Walsh

On this episode we had Kathy Walsh, Director and Principal at Quality Systems. Kathy and I discuss: Her Book: "Eliminating the Gobbledygook: secrets to writing plain language procedures" Her background starting as a PhD Micr...

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Feb. 9, 2022

019 - "Carrying The Bag" with Omar M Khateeb

On this episode of the podcast we had Omar M Khateeb, the host of the State of MedTech, and Founder of Khateeb&Co where he Helps MedTech Companies Grow Sales & Drive Product Adoption Using Social Media. Omar and I talk about ...

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Feb. 2, 2022

018 - "The Optimist Plans for Forever" - with Sarfaraz Niazi

On this episode of the podcast, we had Professor Sarfaraz Niazi, a "Renaissance Man" if I ever met one. We discuss what biosimilars are and how they differ from generics, how he predicted biologics and biosimilars would be th...

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Jan. 26, 2022

017 - "Feet First" with Ahmed Zobi

On the podcast this week, we had Ahmed Zobi, CEO of Syntr Technologies. Ahmed and I talk about jumping into Syntr Technologies feet first, what bootstrapping in medtech looks like, the grant submission process for funding, be...

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Jan. 19, 2022

016 - "Be More Specific" with Joe Hage

This episode of the Combinate Podcast is with Joe Hage. Joe and I talk all things medical device marketing. We discuss how storytelling is even more important for medical devices than other industries, how he helps clients cl...

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Jan. 19, 2022

015 - "Would You Use it on a Family Member?" with Monir El Azzouzi

On this episode of the podcast we had Monir El Azzouzi of Easy Medical Device. Monir and I focus on EU MDR and discuss the difference between EU MDR and US regulations, the history of the MDD being updated to MDR in 2017, Not...

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Jan. 5, 2022

014A - "The First P: Product" with Larry Mager

This Episode is with Larry Mager of Mgmt-Ctrl. In this episode Larry and I continue where we left off in 002 - "Seeing David in the Stone". In that episode he walked the audience through the importance of having Predictive Qu...

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Jan. 5, 2022

014B - "The Second P: Process" with Larry Mager

In Part 2 of this episode, Larry and I discuss the Second P: Process. I start the episode by asking Larry to explain the difference between a Quality System and a Quality Management System(QMS) to set the foundation. Larry th...

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Jan. 5, 2022

014C - "The Final P: People" with Larry Mager

In this final segment of the episode with Larry, we discuss the Final P: People. In this episode we discuss skillsets, training and competency, communication for teamwork, establishing a culture of trust and accountability an...

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Dec. 29, 2021

013 - “Big Rocks and Little Rocks” with Jumha Abu-Razeq

This episode of the podcast was with Jumha Abu-Razeq of Stoopid Fit. I wanted to bring Jumha on in preparation for 2022. Jumha was the first coach I hired and I did so after losing 100 lbs and finding that despite my success ...

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Dec. 22, 2021

012 - "Asking then Seeing" with Sara Waxberg Mcnew

Happy Holidays everyone! On this episode of the Combinate Podcast, we had Sara Waxberg McNew, Chief Scientific Officer at Design Science. Sara and I talk about her interest in Human Factors and her career, we discuss who is a...

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Dec. 15, 2021

011 - “Long Story Short” with Margot Leitman

Have you ever wondered what goes into a good story? Enter Margot Leitman. Margot and I talk about why people fear story telling, what people can do if they feel they have no good stories, the anatomy of a good story, and the ...

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Dec. 8, 2021

010 - "Don't Make Assumptions" with David Simoens

On this episode of the Combinate Podcast, we had David Simoens, COO at cGMP Consulting Group. David and I discuss his career, and dive deep into commissioning, qualification, and validation. David outlines the activities in i...

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Dec. 1, 2021

009 - “Cutting Through the Noise” with Charles Ventura

On this episode, we had Charles “Chuck” Ventura. Chuck is a the CEO of Hemotek Medical and President of Ventura Solutions. He has extensive product development, commercialization, and business management experience in the Med...

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Nov. 24, 2021

008 - "Follow the Opportunity" with Marta New

On this episode, I had Marta New PhD MBA. Marta and I talk about how business school changed her perspective, depth vs. the value of information when it comes to decision making, mentors in her career and their influence on h...

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Nov. 17, 2021

007 - "Beyond The Obvious" with Miiri Kotche

On this episode we had one of my most impactful engineering professors, Miiri Kotche PhD. In this episode we discuss: Starting as a Validation Engineer and making the decision to go back into academia Teaching engineering stu...

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