The MedTech Experience
Hosted by Giovanni Lauricella, CEO of Lifeblood, this podcast explores the medical device or MedTech industry and what it takes to go from idea to company to acquisition through interviews with Entrepreneurs, Investors, Solution Providers, and other stakeholders that share their stories and experiences.
Episodes
43 episodes
#43 - Steve Fortino: Revolutionizing Sales Through Automation
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Steve Fortino, Business Development Manager for Zapyrus. Steve shares his story transitioning from academia to MedTech sales. Giovanni and Steve explore corpor...
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Episode 43
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2:46:43
#42 - John Brumfield: Redefining Care Through Bold Launch
www.lifeblood.com Hosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview John Brumfield, CEO of Berlin Heals. John shares his story of leading multiple medical device companies. Giovanni and John discuss launching a medi...
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Episode 42
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3:14:37
#41 - Filippo Piatti: From Academia to Action
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Filippo Piatti, CEO and Co-Founder of ARTINESS. Filippo shares his story of transitioning from academia to entrepreneurship. Giovanni and Filippo discuss the P...
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Episode 41
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2:44:34
#40 - Sophie Cunningham: Wired for Customer Success
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Sophie Cunningham, Customer Success Manager for Zapyrus. Sophie shares her story of global travel and customer success. Giovanni and Sophie explore cultural nu...
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Episode 40
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2:28:39
#39 - Teresa Prego: Integration Drives the Outcome
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Teresa Prego, CEO of EpiWatch. Teresa shares her story of building early stage companies. Giovanni and Teresa discuss the acquisitions and integration challeng...
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Episode 39
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2:43:53
#38 - Nicole Latimer: Effective Leadership Creates Measurable Outcomes
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Nicole Latimer, Former CEO of Medrio. Nicole shares her insights as a leader in the MedTech industry. Giovanni and Nicole explore employee retention through re...
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Episode 38
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2:39:50
#37 - Werner Vorster: Persistence is Vitl
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Werner Vorster, Founder and CEO of Vitls. Werner shares the story of his South African roots and starting a US medical device company. Giovanni and Werner disc...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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2:58:01
#36 - Steve Arless: MedTech Success is an Addiction
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Steve Arless, Co-Founder of Vitaa Medical. Steve shares his story of serial entrepreneurship, exiting 5 companies and now working on his 6th. Giovanni and Stev...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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2:28:21
#35 - Janet Stephanie Kube: Built For MedTech Leadership
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Janet Stephanie Kube, CEO of 1Med SA. Janet shares her story of becoming a CEO without an MBA. Giovanni and Janet explore optimism and social media's influence...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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3:11:57
#34 - Vineet Erasala: Entrepreneurship Takes Endurance
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Vineet Erasala, Co-Founder and COO of Genetesis. Vineet shares his philosophy around entrepreneurship, balance, and longevity. Giovanni and Vineet discuss the ...
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Episode 34
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2:39:10
#33 - Amanda Clark: Built From the Bedside
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Amanda Clark, Founder and CEO of PulManage. Amanda shares her story of transitioning from being a clinician to becoming a serial entrepreneur. Giovanni and Ama...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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2:19:06
#32 - Christian Espinosa: The Race for Cybersecurity
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Christian Espiniosa, Founder and CEO of Blue Goat Cyber. Christian shares his story of transitioning from the Air Force to industry. Giovanni and Christian exp...
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Episode 32
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2:28:11
#31 - Toufic Azar: Climbing the MedTech Summit
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Toufic Azar, Co-Founder and CEO of MEACOR. Toufic shares his journey from Lebanon to Montreal to Academia to Entrepreneurship. Giovanni and Toufic discuss the ...
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Episode 31
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2:45:10
#30 - Joe Masci: Design Begins with Human Factors
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Joe Masci, Business Development Manager at Gilero. Joe shares his story of road biking, engineering, and business development. Giovanni and Joe explore his jou...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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2:53:36
#29 - Tony Mango - Engineering Health with Purpose
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Tony Mango, Manger of Product Development and Commercialization at Orlando Health Strategic Innovations. Tony shares his story of how his lifelong fight with d...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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2:54:27
#28 - Elias Sayias: Speaking Greek: MedTech Business Development
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Elias Sayias, Founder and CEO of ILIKOS Consulting Group. Elias shares his story of Greek life, mindset, and business development. Giovanni and Elias explore e...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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2:51:06
#27 - Somer Baburek: The Entrepreneurship Rodeo
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Somer Baburek, Co-Founder and CEO of Hera Biotech. Somer shares her journey from Texas Rodeo to Venture Capital to Entrepreneurship. Giovanni and Somer discuss...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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3:14:01
#26 - Casey Dougan: Build to Profitability
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Casey Dougan, Partner at Ajax Health. Casey shares his story of transitioning from industry consultant to MedTech entrepreneur. Giovanni and Casey discuss bala...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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2:20:38
#25 - Matt Wetzel: FDA Isn't the Finish
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Matt Wetzel, Partner at Goodwin. Matt shares his industry expertise of legal and compliance issues as a legal representative of MedTech companies. Giovanni and...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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3:22:38
#24 - Tom Looby: Build Commercialize Scale Repeat
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Tom Looby, CEO of Conavi Medical. Tom shares his secrets of longevity both from a personal health standpoint and as a MedTech entrepreneur. Giovanni and Tom di...
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Episode 24
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2:35:46
#23 - James Carpenter: Academia to Neonatal Breakthrough
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview James Carpenter, CEO of SurePulse Medical. James shares his story of how his journey through academia lead to building and leading a MedTech company. Giovanni ...
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Episode 23
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3:13:37
#22 - Kavita Bouknight - The Atomic Accelerator
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Kavita Bouknight, CEO of Match Health. Kavita shares her journey of transitioning from a consultant to starting her own MedTech marketing firm. Giovanni and Ka...
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Episode 22
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3:03:42
#21 - Oriol Iborra: From Patient to Pioneer
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Oriol Iborra, Co-Founder and CEO of Nimble Diagnostics. Oriol shares his story of how an early diagnosis lead him to enter the field of cardiovascular medicine...
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Episode 21
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3:31:37
#20 - Tom Burke: Hunting Innovation, Building Legacy
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Tom Burke, CEO and Founder of Vail Scientific. Tom shares his story of transitioning from BioPharma to MedTech and growing companies. Giovanni and Tom discuss ...
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Episode 20
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3:14:47
#19 - Jose Bohorquez: Purpose Driven Entrepreneurship
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Jose Bohorquez, President of CyberMed. Jose shares his story of navigating academia and his successful entrepreneurial path in MedTech. Giovanni and Jose explo...
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Episode 19
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3:24:41
