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
35 episodes
#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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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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Episode 19
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3:24:41
#18 - Albert Huang: Protect Our Corks
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Albert Huang, Co-Founder and CEO of Contrario Medical. Albert shares his journey of transitioning from physician to serial MedTech entrepreneur. Giovanni and A...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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3:10:19
#17 - Jeffrey Sorenson: Bold Innovation Fights Mediocrity
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Jeffrey Sorenson, Co-Founder and CEO of Yunu. Jeffrey opens up the podcast by sharing his take on the Oligopoly of Mediocrity in MedTech and how to fight it. G...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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3:23:54
#16 - Chris Rupp: Navigating Global MedTech Marketing
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Chris Rupp, VP of Global Marketing at NAMSA. Chris shares his story of navigating from Chemistry to Marketing for a CRO. Giovanni and Chris explore business de...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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3:03:36
#15 - Raghav Gupta: Investor Entrepreneur: MedTech Highs and Lows
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Raghav Gupta, CEO of Hilo. Raghav shares his story of transitioning from tech ventures to MedTech CEO. Giovanni and Raghav discuss living around the world, goi...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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2:54:10
#14 - Camile Farah: Leadership Through Vision
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Camile Farah, CEO and Managing Director of Optiscan Imaging. Camile shares his story from Physician to Researcher to Entrepreneur in the MedTech Industry. Giov...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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3:17:37
#13 - Dan Purvis: Startup Success Built on Faith
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Dan Purvis, Chairman and Co-Founder of Velentium Medical. Dan shares his story of how his faith helped him throughout his entrepreneurial journey. Giovanni and...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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3:01:26
#12 - Tristan Tieso: Slow Meditations Making Fast Waves
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Tristan Tieso, COO at FastWave Medcal. Tristan shares her experiences between MedTech companies and CDMOs and what it means to be an effective leader. Giovanni...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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2:25:23
#11 - Randy Moore: The Pulse of Innovation
www.lifeblood.comHosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Randy Moore, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of ViTAA Medical. Randy shares his story of how a patient's death lead to founding ViTAA Medical with the goa...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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2:56:12
