Best Medical Device Engineering Podcasts (2026)

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S7E1 A Joyful Approach to Product Development | Lisa Ho & Andrew Muyanja (Menlo Innovations) 48:04

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Send us a text This episode is a rerun. Andrew and Lisa are Menlonians (team members at Menlo Innovations). They do things different there. And even though they develop software products, the processes they use are supremely applicable to developing hard goods products, as well. Join us as we discuss “the Menlo way” and paired work, kindergarten sk…

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How Do You Choose The Right Sterilization Method For Your Device? with Manuel Grandy 43:22

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If you are building or scaling a medical device, sterilization problems will catch up with you. Usually later in the process than you want. In this episode, I speak with Manuel Grandy, Consultant and Managing Partner at SteriComp GmbH, about what sterilization actually means in practice and why so many teams underestimate it until regulators start …

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The Founder’s Playbook for Med Device Engineering | Tim Looney 34:49

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Have the engineering plan but need the market plan? Hire a Fractional CMO to de-risk launch and accelerate adoption. Book a strategy call. https://meshagency.com/fcmo-fractional-cmo-fractional-marketing/ President/CEO Tim Looney (Northeast Biomedical) breaks down the engineering plan founders actually need (DHF, phased reviews, and right-sized docu…

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The IPO Playbook: Evidence, Agility, and Investor Trust | David Iannetta 16:12

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Not seeing investor-grade pipeline from your science? Bill is the Fractional CMO for complex medtech & life-sci GTM. Book a 20-min diagnostic. https://meshagency.com/fcmo-fractional-cmo-fractional-marketing/ • Connect with Dave Iannetta on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-iannetta/ • Subscribe to Bill Schick’s Newsletter on LinkedIn https…

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S6E52 Rob Donley | Kaizen, Communication, & the Design Squiggle 51:06

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Send us a text This episode is a rerun. Rob Donley has a deep understanding of how engineering works. Kicking off his engineering career from a young age building RC cars and model rockets, he has provided design and leadership capabilities for many companies over the years, and brings to the table not just the ability to design something, but to u…

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Is Sustainability Actually Strategic? with Casper Venbjerg Hansen 43:30

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Many companies say sustainability matters, but only a few treat it as part of their strategy. One of them is Ambu, a global MedTech company and the market leader in single-use endoscopy. In this episode, Casper Venbjerg Hansen, Senior Director, Sustainability, Public Affairs, Risk and Compliance at Ambu A/S, explains how sustainability guides their…

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S6E51 Eric Richins | What It's Like Being A Packaging Engineer 20:10

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Send us a text Join us on-site at Stryker as we explore the world of packaging engineering with Eric Richins, a packaging engineer with 10 years of experience in the industry. In this insightful interview, Eric discusses the various aspects of packaging from primary to tertiary, highlighting the importance of packaging in maintaining product steril…

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How to Launch a Successful Healthcare App | Peter Attia 34:00

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Ready to launch faster? A fractional CMO can help. Talk to MESH. https://meshagency.com/fcmo-fractional-cmo-fractional-marketing/ Founder Peter Attia built Family Vitals, an iOS app that helps families securely organize, collaborate on, and understand their medical records—without reinventing a risky data stack. We cover validation before code, sco…

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Reimagining Healthcare through Synthetic Data advancements 29:43

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Can healthcare innovate without risking patient privacy? Synthetic data makes it possible. In this episode, Gaurav Shrimal, AVP – Quality & Validation at CitiusTech, and Garth Rose, CEO of GenRocket, share how synthetic data helps organizations comply with HIPAA and GDPR while accelerating AI model training, clinical research, and application testi…

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Understanding LCAs: The Hidden Factors That Shape Environmental Impact with Thomas Kägi 46:51

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Many organizations rely on LCAs (Life Cycle Assessments) to guide sustainability decisions, but the method is only as reliable as the data and assumptions used to build it. In this episode, Thomas Kägi, Member of the Board at Carbotech AG, explains how to structure an LCA so that the results reflect real environmental impact and not just guesses or…

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Pharma launch mastery: Turning unmet needs into market success 16:36

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Over $200 billion in pharmaceutical revenue is at risk from loss of exclusivity by 2030, and more than 80% of launches set their long-term trajectory within the first six months—making early performance critical. In this episode of Shaping Healthcare, Yuliana, Senior Director at Citius Healthcare Consulting, shares proven strategies for achieving l…

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S6E50 Brad & Aaron | The Case for Better Professional Communication 55:06

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Send us a text In this special format-breaking episode of the Being An Engineer podcast, Aaron and Brad sit down together—no guest, no script—to talk through an issue almost every engineer has bumped into at some point: the slow erosion of professional communication. The conversation starts with a LinkedIn post Brad wrote after experiencing repeate…

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Why Hospitals Say No: The Harsh Truth About MedTech Commercialization with Jim Surek 46:36

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Hospitals review new devices through a process that is far more complex than most teams expect. In this episode, commercialization specialist Jim Surek explains how he evaluates medical technologies and the three-part funnel he uses to predict whether a product will find traction. Jim describes how clinical performance, economic outcomes, and strat…

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3-D Chess: AI's Race for Market Share and IP Supremacy 45:03

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Send us a text Allison Gaul, senior counsel at BCG-X, an invention development and commercialization company, discusses the evolving AI landscape, where intellectual awareness meets real-world strategy. As both a former patent examiner and litigator with a Harvard graduate degree in business analytics, she offers insider perspectives on how compani…

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S6E49 Pipeline Media Lab (PML) Announcement 52:33

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Send us a text In this special episode, Aaron and Brad introduce Pipeline Media Lab (PML) — a new initiative built for engineers, by engineers. We talk about why we’re creating PML: engineers don’t need more ads, they need education, practical insights, and real stories from people solving hard problems. PML brings all of that into one ecosystem—po…

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AI-Powered Design and IP Laws 17:16

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Grant Steyer from the IP Law Firm Renner Otto Weighs In on AI-Powered Generative DesignBy Kenneth Wong

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What If Engineers Could Innovate Instead of Wasting Time on Documentation with Karl J. Larsson (Aligned) 44:44

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Every MedTech company wants to innovate faster, but most are slowed down by one thing they barely realize is consuming half their development time: technical documentation. In this episode, Karl J. Larsson, co-founder of Aligned, explains how Word- and Excel-based documentation structures create massive inefficiencies, audit delays, and innovation …

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S6E48 Brent Lavin | Bridging Engineering & Commercialization 45:31

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Send us a text Few people enter the MedTech world because of a personal experience with the technology itself—but for Brent Lavin, that’s exactly where it began. At just 23 years old, a CT scan that revealed an urgent medical issue also sparked a lifelong passion for medical technology and its power to save lives. That moment became the foundation …

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Is the Packaging of Implants the Next Big Sustainability Challenge in MedTech? with Marcel Kunz (Straumann Group) 41:51

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Marcel Kunz, Head of Packaging at Straumann Group, has spent his career making dental implant packaging safe, sterile, and sustainable. In this episode, he joins Lucas Pianegonda to share Straumann’s six “Golden Rules” for designing medical packaging that balances compliance with circularity — plus the story behind his toothbrush project that turne…

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The Cybersecurity blind spot in Healthcare: Unprotected medical and connected devices 35:46

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Healthcare organizations face growing cybersecurity threats from unmonitored, network-connected medical and IoT devices. With 87% of these devices unmonitored and over half containing critical vulnerabilities, the risk extends beyond data breaches to patient safety and hospital operations. In this episode, Vipin Varma, SVP and Head of Cybersecurity…

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S6E47 Brogan Miller | Being a Doula for Hardware Startups, Manufacturing in Asia, and How to Start Networking 44:24

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Send us a text Brogan Miller, PE is a startup veteran, product engineer, and the founder of Doula Studios, a consultancy dedicated to helping early-stage hardware companies bring their ideas into reality. Calling himself a “doula for startups,” Brogan supports entrepreneurs as they navigate the often-chaotic birth of new products, offering hard-won…

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Man of 1000 Faces: The Renaissance Journey of Eric Bear 42:43

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Send us a text When creativity meets intellectual property, innovation has no boundaries. Eric Bear has licensed intellectual property to all major U.S. studios and Fortune 500 companies while maintaining a successful acting career. With over 100 patents covering software and video technology, Eric's seamless expansion invention was popularized by …

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Building the First Bio-Based Breathing Circuit with Thomas Willemsen (GaleMed Group) 43:28

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When Thomas Willemsen became CEO of GaleMed Group, he saw an opportunity to redefine medical consumables for a sustainable future. In partnership with Gradical, his team created the BioVent-Circuit — the world’s first anesthesia and ventilation circuit made from sugarcane-based bioplastic. In this conversation, Thomas and Lucas Pianegonda discuss: …

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S6E46 Rick James | ANSYS & Engineering Simulation 50:14

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Send us a text Rick James is the Chief Executive Officer at SimuTech Group, North America’s largest ANSYS Elite Channel Partner. With a 25+ year career at the intersection of mechanical and electrical engineering, he has spearheaded multi-million dollar projects, FEA analyses, drop testing, and reliability-driven design efforts in industries from s…

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Redesigning a Single-Use Medical Device to SLASH Waste and Cost (Case Study) with Pablo Yániz González 39:55

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Industrial design engineer Pablo Yániz González set out to make a single-use inflator more sustainable and ended up designing a hybrid device that can be reused up to 1,000 times. In this episode, Pablo joins Lucas Pianegonda to discuss how hospitals can reduce waste without adding burden for clinicians, what “hybrid-use” design really means, and h…

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Engineering the Healthcare Dataverse: From data chaos to clear insights 24:02

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Healthcare data is exploding, from clinical records to wearables, and with it comes both opportunity and chaos. In this episode, experts Abhishek Wagle and Anand Rao explore the Healthcare Dataverse, a digital ecosystem where data engineering, AI, and cloud technologies converge to improve care, reduce costs, and drive health equity. Key Highlights…

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S6E45 Jeremy Jarrett | Legal Advice & Strategy for Starting An Engineering Business 51:37

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Send us a text Our guest today is Jeremy Jarrett, an attorney at Sacks Tierney in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he focuses on corporate, securities, and finance law. Jeremy brings more than 10 years of experience advising businesses on complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, recapitalizations, commercial lending, and equit…

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Copyright Piracy Costs America up to $71 Billion: Hollywood Producer Ruth Vitale Speaks Out 40:07

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Send us a text Ruth Vitale, Oscar-winning producer and CEO of Creative Future, reveals the devastating impact of copyright piracy on America's entertainment workforce. Piracy costs the economy up to $71 billion annually and threatens 560,000 jobs across film and television. Ruth explains how small business IP protection matters for the 122,000 comp…

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How “Hybrid-Use” Medical Devices Can Cut Waste AND Save Hospitals Millions with Dr. Axel Boese 47:38

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Dr. Axel Boese has spent years studying how hospitals can innovate sustainably — and one of his biggest insights challenges the status quo of “single-use.” In most hospitals, medical tools are used once and then thrown away. For something like a cheap plastic syringe, that makes sense. But with a €600 stapler or a €1,300 catheter, the practice beco…

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S6 E44 Ryan Stevenson | Working on Apple’s Vision Pro & Launching a Freelance Engineering Business 52:48

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Send us a text Ryan Stevenson is a versatile mechanical engineer whose career spans high-profile tech companies, outdoor gear innovators, and entrepreneurial ventures. After earning his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boise State University, Ryan launched into product development roles that combined advanced CAD, manufacturing engine…

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Care pathway adherence: The key to better outcomes, not just better processes 23:55

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In this episode of The Shaping Healthcare Podcast, Dr. Priyanka Lakhani and Kaushik Raha discuss the challenges of care pathway adherence and how AI is stepping up to solve them. Key insights you’ll hear: Why care pathway adherence is difficult to achieve in real-world clinical practice How AI helps personalize care, monitor adherence, and manage d…

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S6 E43 Greg Mark | Founding Markforged & Backflip.ai 54:49

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Send us a text This episode is a rerun. In this fascinating episode of Being an Engineer, our host Aaron Moncur sits down with Greg Mark, a visionary entrepreneur who revolutionized 3D printing with Markforged and is now transforming design workflows with his AI company, Backflip. Greg shares insights into his entrepreneurial journey, technological…

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AI Adoption Moves At The Speed of Trust 47:00

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Send us a text Award-winning educator and IP advocate Daryl Lim joins Bruce Berman to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and intellectual property education. Broadcasting from Singapore, Daryl shares his global perspective on how AI is reshaping IP frameworks, from the $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement to the emergence of new data …

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Arne Jaksch - Toxicological Risk Assessment 41:17

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Arne Jaksch is an expert in toxicology and managing director of his own company Jaksch Life Science Consulting. He supports medical technology, pharmaceutical and chemical companies in the biological and toxicological evaluation of their products. In our discussion we dive deep on how a toxicological risk assessment is performed and what difficulti…

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DE Editors' Chat: AU, Ansys Simulation World, Market-Changing Acquisitions, Preview of the DE Summit, and More 20:22

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DE editors Kenneth Wong and Brian Albright discuss what they saw at the recent conferences, the impact of recent acquisitions by Synopsys and Siemens, and the upcoming DE Design and Simulation SummitBy Kenneth Wong

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JPR: AI Processor Market Heats Up 18:57

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Analyst Jon Peddie discusses NVIDIA's investment in Intel, challengers to NVIDIA and AMD, natural language in design and simulation software, and moreBy Kenneth Wong

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S6E42 Ramzi Marjaba | From Idea to Approval: Persuasion for Engineers 55:03

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Send us a text Ramzi Marjaba is a seasoned Solution Engineer and consultant currently with Veeam Software, working remotely from Ottawa since March 2025. Prior to this, he spent nearly four years as a Senior Solution Specialist at Keysight Technologies, managing Eastern Canada accounts and mentoring both SEs and account executives. Earlier in his c…

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Final call to join us at PDX 2025! 1:59

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Send us a text This is your final call to join us at PDX 2025 – The Product Development Expo, happening October 21–22 in Phoenix, Arizona. PDX is not your typical conference—it’s a hands-on training experience built specifically for engineers who design and develop physical products. Learn directly from industry experts in areas like GD&T, DFM, aut…

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Maximilian Hofmann - Challenges in MedTech Sustainability 44:50

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Maximilian Hofmann is Sustainability Manager at Raumedic a leading component supplier, CDMO and medical device manufacturer for some of its products. In the 4 years at Raumedic he established sustainability management systems, ISCC-PLUS certifications for two sites and introduced eco-design into Raumedics development process. Despite all the effort…

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S6E41 James Davis | Living in Ukraine for $12/Day to Become An Engineer 1:01:50

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Send us a text James Davis, widely recognized as FluxBench, has built a following by making electronics approachable, fun, and practical. With a mission to “keep the magic smoke inside the components where it belongs,” James is passionate about teaching engineers, makers, and hobbyists how to move beyond simple projects and start creating productio…

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AI COEs: Possibilities and pitfalls for scaling AI impact 29:52

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In this episode of Shaping Healthcare, host Laurel Rockall welcomes Sridhar Turaga, SVP of Data, Analytics, & AI at CitiusTech, to explore a timely and critical question: How can organizations structure themselves to unlock the full potential of AI at scale? Sridhar shares his perspective on the evolving role of AI Centers of Excellence (COEs), emp…

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Patents Don't Block Innovation, Ignorance Does 42:01

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Send us a text Join host Bruce Berman for an illuminating conversation with Henry Hadad, Head of Intellectual Property Rights at Bristol-Myers Squibb. This episode explores how intellectual property education and strong patent protection drive medical breakthroughs while addressing common misconceptions about IP rights. Hadad shares his unique jour…

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S6E40 Matt Puchalski | Vision Inspection, Autonomous Vehicles, & Graduating Y Combinator 48:21

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Send us a text Matt Puchalski is a roboticist and entrepreneur shaping the future of automation in manufacturing. As the founder and CEO of Bucket Robotics—part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch—Matt is building next-generation 3D vision systems designed to supercharge flexible manufacturing environments. His company combines high-quality monocul…

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Disrupting healthcare software testing with Synthetic Quality Engineer 11:35

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In this episode of the Shaping Healthcare Podcast, Gaurav Shrimal, AVP – Quality & Validation at CitiusTech, joins host Laurel to discuss how the Synthetic Quality Engineer (SQE) is making Gen AI adoption in software testing more consistent and scalable. Join them as they: Uncover how Gen AI can reduce testing effort by up to 50% Explore SQE’s role…

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S6E39 Sam Holland | Informal Engineering Collective, the Hardware Handbook, & Donut Hole-Der 53:56

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Send us a text Sam Holland is a mechanical and product design engineer whose journey threads through influential design labs and breakthrough products—from MakerBot’s pioneering 3D printers to livestream hardware at Vimeo, and now forging his own path through Informal.cc. At MakerBot, he served as Technical Lead on the Method 3D printer and spearhe…

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Isobel Filipova - Holistic MedTech Design 51:06

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Isobel Filipova is an expert in sustainable design in medical technology and the founder of her own consultancy, where she helps medtech companies redesign medical device for sustainability. With a background in industrial design and medical devices, she has developed a unique approach that balances usability, compliance, and environmental impact. …

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The 3 Branding Mistakes That Stop Product Growth | Jim Macleod 47:12

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Find out how a Fractional CMO can get the right questions answered from the right audience. https://meshagency.com/fcmo-fractional-cmo-fractional-marketing/ - Connect with Bill https://www.linkedin.com/in/founderandcdo/ Jim MacLeod Designer-turned-marketer, brand systems builder, and author of The Visual Marketer—a field guide that translates desig…

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S6E38 Wally Waldron | How to Successfully Exit A Manufacturing or Industrial Services Business 51:25

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Send us a text Jason “Wally” Waldron is the founder and CEO of Exitology, a company dedicated to helping custom manufacturers, industrial services, and supply chain firms scale their businesses rapidly and exit with maximum value—on their own terms. With nearly two decades of experience advising business owners and engineering-driven teams, Wally s…

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Why Products Stall (use VOC to Fix It) | Dave Kern 47:51

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Find out how a Fractional CMO can get the right questions answered from the right audience. https://meshagency.com/fcmo-fractional-cmo-fractional-marketing/ Connect with Bill https://www.linkedin.com/in/founderandcdo/ Connect with Dave Kern https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-kern-dkny/ Product stalls aren’t engineering problems—they’re listening pro…

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S6E37 Duann Scott | Computational Design & The Best File Format for 3D Printing 39:55

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Send us a text Duann Scott is a globally recognized leader in computational design, additive manufacturing, and the emerging intersection of software and fabrication. With a background in industrial design and a PhD research foundation from the University of South Australia, Duann launched BITS to ATOMS in 2009 to explore how digital tools would re…