The Med-Tech Talent Lab

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, Mitch Robbins sits down with Dr. Jose Bohorquez, founder and president of CyberMed, to explore why cybersecurity became the thing that stops medical devices at the FDA, and what it takes to build teams who can clear it. Jose learned to solder in high school at a tiny engineering firm run out of the founder's apartment, interned at Lockheed Martin and GE...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, Mitch Robbins sits down with Craig Green, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Keytronic, to explore what three decades in contract manufacturing have taught him about winning business and building the teams that deliver it. Craig spent the first twelve years of his career in the electric utility industry. Then the owner of a contract manufac...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, Mitch Robbins sits down with Jim Miller, Global Leader of Talent Acquisition at Rochester Electronics, to explore what three decades in recruiting have taught him about hiring people instead of resumes. Jim answered a blind ad in the Sunday Boston Globe and made his first placement, a technical writer at Digital Equipment Corporation, before building a c...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, Mitch Robbins sits down with Joe Semanoff, Vice President of Business Development at Switchback Medical, to explore how the mindset he developed playing Division I football has shaped the way he approaches sales, business development, and leadership in Medtech. Joe grew up in a small town in northern Pennsylvania and walked on at BYU, where he played run...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, Mitch Robbins sits down with Joel Greengrass, Chief People Officer at Precision Neuroscience, to explore what it looks like when the mission you work for is also the one you live with. Precision is building a minimally invasive brain computer interface designed to restore communication and movement for people with severe neurological conditions. Joel los...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, Mitch Robbins sits down with John Pietrantoni, Vice President of Corporate Accounts at Terumo, to explore how corporate accounts became one of the most important and least understood roles in medical device. With more than 30 years in sales and commercial leadership, including two decades at Getinge, John traces a path that began at Coca-Cola and ran thr...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, Mitch Robbins sits down with Tom Ross, founder of The Device Doctor and fractional COO at OUI Medical, to explore what separates medical device startups that reach the market from the ones that stall. With nearly four decades in medical technology, Tom has raised capital, built sales organizations, launched products, and guided companies through acquisit...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, Mitch Robbins sits down with Sarah Neal, Vice President of Human Resources at UFP Technologies, to explore what it takes to build and protect culture inside a fast-growing medical device CDMO. With more than two decades of HR and talent leadership across healthcare, software, and technology, Sarah shares how people leaders can move beyond process ownersh...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , Mitch Robbins sits down with Paul Arrandell , Chief Quality and Regulatory Officer at Jabil, to explore what it takes to build a quality organization that goes far beyond compliance. With more than 30 years of leadership experience across medical devices, diagnostics, aerospace, and automotive, Paul shares how quality leaders can become true strategic b...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , Mitch Robbins sits down with Spencer Bailey , Vice President of Market Access and Reimbursement at SetPoint Medical , to discuss one of the most critical yet often overlooked aspects of MedTech commercialization: market access. Spencer has built his career at the intersection of healthcare finance, reimbursement, and MedTech innovation. After beginning...

Manufacturing excellence isn't just about processes and metrics. It's about leadership, culture, and building teams that can perform under pressure. In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , Mitch Robbins sits down with George Murray , Chief Operating Officer of Minnesota Wire, to discuss what separates great manufacturing organizations from average ones, how leaders successfully navigate opera...

Building a Career in Market Access: Kimberly Konopa Market access has evolved into one of the most strategic functions in MedTech—and the most successful companies are bringing it into the commercialization process earlier than ever before. In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , Mitch Robbins sits down with market access executive Kimberly Konopa to discuss how the function has changed over...

In this episode of The MedTech Talent Lab , Mitch sits down with Karrington Chaney, who leads talent acquisition for RxSight, the company behind the Light Adjustable Lens, the first and only lens that can be customized after cataract surgery. Karrington shares his career journey from working at Best Buy, to the agency recruiting world, to building an internal talent acquisition function inside a g...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , host Mitch Robbins sits down with Alina Lisanke , Director of Talent Acquisition at Lexington Medical, for an honest conversation about leadership, career transitions, and navigating a challenging hiring market. Alina shares her journey from agency recruiting to leading talent acquisition functions in MedTech, along with the pivotal moments that shaped...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , host Mitch Robbins sits down with Jahnavi Lokre , Chief Operating Officer at Diality , a Series B medical device company focused on transforming kidney care. Jahnavi shares her 25+ year journey from growing up in India in a science-driven household to building a career across software engineering, regulated industries, and executive leadership in MedTec...

In this episode, Mitch sits down with Travis Christman , a respected operations, regulatory, and quality leader in the orthopedic manufacturing world. Travis has spent his career across Zimmer, Medartis, Nextremity, and now Priority Medical , an end-to-end engineering services organization operating from the orthopedic capital of the world — Warsaw, Indiana . Travis shares details on a major indus...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , host Mitch Robbins sits down with Jim Belmonte , Senior Talent Acquisition Manager at Cirtec Medical , who brings more than 25 years of experience in recruiting and TA leadership. Jim shares his journey from agency recruiter to leading internal talent acquisition teams at organizations like Cardiovascular Systems (later acquired by Abbott) and now in th...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , I sat down with Caleb Polley , founder & CEO of Cubby Beds , to talk about how he's bringing empathy and engineering together to create safer, smarter sleep solutions for kids with special needs. We covered: The personal journey that sparked the Cubby Beds mission How to build products that truly serve underrepresented populations Balancing speed, s...

In this episode we sit down with Adam Foresman, co-founder and CEO of Ryden.ai , a groundbreaking startup that’s redefining how MedTech companies approach compliance. After nearly two decades in quality and regulatory leadership—including roles at Dentsply, Midmark, and Vidya Health—Adam saw firsthand how overwhelming it had become to stay audit-ready across constantly shifting global regulations....

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab , we sit down with Eric Steuben , Senior Vice President of Operations at Calyxo , a fast-growing company disrupting the treatment of kidney stones with its proprietary C-VAC system. Eric brings over 30 years of experience in MedTech, having held leadership roles at Varian, Align Technology, Procept BioRobotics, and more. He shares his journey from early c...

In this episode, we sit down with Gary Thomas , Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Product Development at Onkos Surgical , a company delivering breakthrough innovations for musculoskeletal oncology. With over 30 years of experience in MedTech—much of it in the ortho-spine space—Gary shares his remarkable leadership journey, beginning in aerospace and culminating in the fight against cancer...

In this episode, host Mitch Robbins welcomes Terry Van Epps , Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Sirtex Medical , a commercial-stage medtech company focused on minimally invasive cancer therapies. With over 20 years of experience leading talent acquisition efforts at global organizations—including Xerox, Bausch & Lomb, Panasonic, and growth-stage biotech firms—Terry brings a grounded, system...

In this episode of The MedTech Talent Lab , Mitch Robbins sits down with Elena Mack, Chief Quality Officer at Sanisure, to discuss her career journey and insights into the world of quality and regulatory leadership in the medical device industry. With over 25 years of experience, Elena has held key executive roles at companies like Olympus, BD, and Teva Pharmaceuticals. Now, as part of Sanisher, s...

In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab podcast, host Mitch Robbins interviews Mary McNamara-Cullinane, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at ClearPoint Neuro, about her 25+ year journey in the medical device regulatory space. Key Highlights: Mary shares her background as the youngest of eight children and how her early work ethic shaped her career path Learn how Mary transitioned from resear...

In this episode of The MedTech Talent Lab, host Mitch Robbins sits down with Carolyn Twomey, Global VP of Medical Affairs and Research at Iramax Corporation. Carolyn’s career path is nothing short of remarkable—from starting as an OR nurse and cardiac cath lab director to leading global clinical services and now shaping medical affairs strategy in the medical device industry. She shares her person...