D&M West 2022 | Informa Markets | 12 April 2022 | Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802, USA

The most expansive annual design & manufacturing event in the US.

This event gathers great thinkers, designers, and engineers from across the design & manufacturing continuum, to take on universal challenges, and find solutions that will inspire and bring forth global change.

2022 Speakers

Lilian Agyemang-Yeboah
Applications Engineer - Life Science Entegris

Lishan Aklog, MD
Chairman & CEO, PAVmed Inc.

Tor Alden
Global Lead – Design, Development & Human Factors
HS-Design, a Steripack Company

Lucas Allen
Medical Applications Engineer,SEKISUI KYDEX

Jacqueline Anim
Senior Principal Materials Engineer, Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Kelly Ashfield
Chief Operating Officer, Materna Medical

Ali Ashter
President, Advanced Plastics Enterprise, LLC

Pat Baird
Senior Regulatory Specialist, Philips

Nandha Kumar Balasubramaniam
Head of Digitalomics Strategy, Oracle Health

Patrick Bangert
Vice President of AI Samsung, SDSA

Arye Barnehama
Co-Founder & CEO, Elementary Robotics

Christine Barnhart
VP of Product Strategy & GTM, Verusen

Bryan Barrera
Chief Operating Officer, Trademark Plastics

Joe Barron
Senior Director, Commercial Strategy MB

Matt Bawol
Director, Platform Architecture & Engineering Evotek

Rob Becker
Senior Director Quality, Edwards Life Sciences

Jennifer Benolken
MDM & Regulatory Specialist, Packaging Engineering, Tyvek®, Medical Packaging Dupont

Bill Betten
Director of Solutions - Medtech, S3 Connected Health

Donna Bibber
CEO, Isometric Micro Molding, Inc.

Allen Bickel
Key Account Manager, Noxilizer

Jim Biggins
CEO, Access Vascular

Thomas Billings
Senior Applications Development Engineer, Invibio Biomaterial Solutions

Saher Bishara
Senior Principal Human Factors & Usability Engineer, Medtronic Diabetes

Henk Blom
Vice President of Research & Technology, PAXXUS

Trey Bobo
Senior Director, HighLife

Thomas Bontempi
Head, Business Development - Medical, Husky Technologies

Peter Boyd
President & CEO, Sonnest

Jake Brookes
Chief Operating Officer, Lady Bug Farms, Inc.

Sheila Bruschi
Director of Regulatory Affairs, ResMed

Greg Buchert
Executive Partner, MEDA Angels

Mark Burchnall
Medical Practice Lead, Stress Engineering Services, Inc.

Thomas Burns
CEO, Resonetics

Robert Burroughs
Senior Vice President, Education AAMI

Diana Caldwell
Co-Founder, President &CEO, Amplified Sciences

Ivan Campos
Research Analyst, Omdia

Bill Cardozo
CEO, Creative Electron, Inc.

Peng Cau
Vice President, Life Sciences Emerging Markets & Symphoni, ATS Automation

Elvira Cawthon
Independent Consultant, EAS CONSULTING GROUP LLC

Sandy Ceron
Owner and CEO, Expert Coatings & Graphics

Etan Chatlynne
Attorney, Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C.

Michael Chu
CEO, Makani Science

Michael Cimorelli
Senior Engineer, Sonnest

Shannon Clark
CEO, UserWise, Inc.

Rosemary Coates
Executive Director, Reshorting Institute

Frances Cohen
President, Promenade Software

Julie Collins
Customer Experience Director, Expert Coatings & Graphics

Connie Conboy
Director, MedAccred, PRI

Elizabeth "Cannabeth" Corbett
Vice President of Sales, AE Global

Jay Cormier
CEO, Eyedaptic

Nikolaus Correll
CEO, Optio

John Crombie
President, Upstart Product Development

Mike Cromheecke
Founder & CEO, SteamChain.IO

Dannette Crooms
Vice President, Global Supplier Quality. Edwards Life Sciences

Donnie Curington
Principal, Stress Engineering Services

Len Czuba
President,Czuba Enterprises, Inc.

Valerie Day
Vice President, Product Development ProciseDx Inc.

Charles Deguire
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Kinova Robotics

Rommel DelSol
Director of Engineering NPI – Meier Tool & Engineering, Meier

Don DeMello
Principal Field Development Engineer, Celanse Corp.

Mark Denning
Medical Market Business Manager, SEKISUI KYDEX

Siddharth Desai
President, HealthCare Evolution

Joanna Develter
Vice President of Regulatory, Critical Care, Edwards Lifesciences

Mike Devereux
Partner, Wipfli LLP

Jim Devine
Cannabis Columnist & Author, LA Weekly

Trish Dine
Engineer, MED Institute, Inc

Jay Douglass
Chief Operating Officer, ARM Institute

Shiva Douse
Market Development Manager – Santoprene TPV, Celanese

Sarah Drilling
Director, Medical Device Solutions

Reuven Duer
President & CEO, Proactive Dx

Francis Duhay
CEO, Koa Accel

Avi Dukler
CEO, Kepler Diagnostics

Mark Durivage
Managing Principal Consultant, Quality Systems Compliance LLC

Sarah Eckersley
Vice President of R&D, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure
Dow

Scott Einsig
National Sales Manager - Strategic Accounts, Engineered Printing Solutions

Jeff Eisenstodt
Chief of Staff, Grove Bags

Jeremy Elwell
Senior Principal Engineer, Oliver Healthcare Packaging JE

James Emmett
Founder and CEO, James Emmett and Co.

Pam Epstein
Chief Regulatory and Licensing Officer, Eden Enterprises, Inc.

Mark Escobedo
Senior Sales Engineer, WESTPAK, Inc.

Brian Evergreen
Principal Program Manager, Autonomous AI Co-Innovation Microsoft

Myra Fabro
Managing Partner, Beacon Launch Partners

Patrick Farrey
CEO, SPE

Sean Fenske
Editor-in-Chief, MPO/ODT

Denise Forkey
Director, Human Factors, UserWise, Inc.

Stephanie Fossat-Dominguez
Vice President of Operations, CeloNova BioScience

Christopher Gates
Director of Product Security, Velentium

Justin Gaynor
Sr. Product Manager, TE Connectivity

Dave Giebenhain
Global Product Director, 3D Printing, Protolabs

Juergen Giesow
Director of Technology & After Sales Service, Arburg

Adam Gluck
Founder & CEO

Pradeep Goel
CEO, Solve.Care

Jenn Goff
Global Director, Product Strategy, Oliver Healthcare

Scott Goolsbey
Senior Program Manager, Stryker Global Quality & Operations

Allison Grealis
President, Women in Manufacturing Society

Andrew Green
Market Development Manager - Speciality Plastics, Healthcare, Eastman

Jeff Gross
Chief Technology Officer, Canary Medical

Jack Grover
CEO, Grove Bags

Satyandra Gupta, PhD
Smith International Professor and Director of Center for Advanced Manufacturing, University of Southern California

Jennifer Gygi
Expert Technical Consultant, Nelson Laboratories

Adam Gysin
Director of Special Projects, Wyld

Jake Hall
The Manufacturing Millennial

Victoria Hatchett
Lead Mechanical Engineer, Ecotek Lab

Alan Hauser
CEO, Arvetas Bio

Joe Heinmiller
Managing Principal, Graham Partners

Tim Heller
Commercial Leader H-Series Products (SAF Technology), Stratasys

Darren Henry
VP of Marketing, Copia Automation, Copia Automation

Eric Hill
Senior PM Consultant

Mara Hitner
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, MatterHackers

Randy Horton
VP of Solutions and Partnerships, Orthogonal

Shannon Hoste
President, Agilis Consulting Group

Elliot Howard, PhD
Director of Engineering, PHx | NXT Biomedical, LLC AH

Albert Huang
CEO, Allotrope Medical

Volker Huther
Vice President, Tech Coast Angels Orange County

Ashia Johnson
Sr. Product Manager, Social Responsibility (Private Brands), Amazon

Christian Johnson
Fellow, UCLA Health, UCLA Biodesign Hub

Mike Johnson
Director of Medical Product Development, Stress Engineering

Matt Jorgensen, PhD
Chemistry & Materials Scientist, Nelson Laboratories, LLC

Michelle Jump
Vice President of Security Services, Medsec

Ishan Kapoor
Chief Operating Officer, Cann Social Tonics

Matt Karesh
Technical Sales Engineer, Velo3D

Gordon Kass
Vice President of Engineering, Pear Therapeutics

John Kawola
CEO. BMF

Vanessa Kelchner
Vice President, Operations, Akadeum Life Sciences, Inc.

Jeff Kelly
VP & General Manager, Cadence Inc.

Macauley Kenney
COO, SurgiBox, Inc

Parisa Khosropour
Chair, Prescreening Committee, Tech Coast Angels LA

Andrew Kiezulas
Chemist, Coatings2Go

Rob Klein
Senior Materials Engineer, AtriCure, Inc.

Tony Knight
Sr. Director Global Supplier Quality, Medtronic

Jeremy Koehler
Director of Engineering, NXT Biomedical

Allison Komiyama
President, RQM+

Vijay Kudchadkar
Director of Advanced Engineering, Westfall-Technik, Inc.

Chris Kuntz
VP, GTM Strategy, Augmentir

Bob Lansdorp
CEO, Milo Sensors

Thomas Lee, MD
Chair - Medical and Life Sciences Committee, Tech Coast Angels - Orange County

Allison Lin
Global VP Packaging Sustainability, Mars

Austin Liu
Senior Packaging Engineer, Johnson & Johnson Vision & Surgical

Scott Lowen
Software Product Manager, ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions

Chris Luecke
Host, The Manufacturing Happy Hour

Amarjit Luniwal
Principal Toxicologist, NAMSA

Colin Lykke
Sr. Supplier Development Engineer, SpaceX

Christopher Lyons
Managing Scientist, Exponent

Emilio Machado
Managing Director, Private Networks, Boingo Wireless

Kelly Malone
Chief Customer Officer, Taqtile

Adhiraj Mamak
Senior Manager, Global Quality Compliance, Illumina

Carl Manthe
Director, Integrated Project Management Company

Pierluigi Mantovani
Co-Founder & CEO, Evolution Devices

Miranda Marcus
Senior Engineer, Polymer Joining, EWI

Scott Marko
Meetings and Events Manager, SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals

Howie Marotto
AM Busiiness Director, EWI

Roland Mayerhofer
Product Marketing Manager for Strategic Technologies, Coherent Inc.

Mandy McCain
Berry Global

Jennifer McCaney
Co-Executive Director, UCLA Biodesign

Eric Medonsa
Director of Sales & Marketing, Fluxergy

Genevieve Meehan
Director of Regulatory Compliance, Vicente Sederberg, LLP

Sue Milazzo Wojnicki
Director, Member Experience, SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals

Donald Miller
Strategic Account Manager, PTA Plastics

Eric Miller
Co-Owner & Principal, PADT, Inc.

Jordan Montgomery
Distinguished Packaging Engineer, Medtronic

Pierre Moulinie’
Global Technology Lead, Covestro

Ramin Mousavi
CEO, Cathworks

Jay Nayar
Regulatory Affairs, Google

Susan Neadle
Principal Consultant & President, Combination Products Consulting Services, LLC

Etienne Nichols
Medical Device Guru, Greenlight Guru

Ken Nicholson
R&D Director, ATS Life Sciences

Bryan Nolan
Founder & CEO, myBiometry

Andre Noronha
Western Region Business Development Manager, Foamtec International

Paul Nowatzki
Product Development, Covestro LLC

Gerry O'Dell
AAMI Fellow, Gerry O'Dell Consulting

Tim O'Malley
Industrial Account Manager, Cerakote Ceramic Coatings

Ajay Padsalgikar
Sr. Principal Scientist, Global Innovation, DSM Biomedical

Nicole Palluck
Senior Manager, Expert Advisory Services, Sotero Health, Sterigenics

DC Palter
Managing Director, CheMat Venture Partners

Rey Parel
Angel Investor / Director of Advanced Technology, mFluiDx

Pradnya Paruleka
Analyst, Wavemaker 360

Alpa Patel
Senior Scientist (Healthcare Reprocessing), Nelson Laboratories, LLC

Charles Paul
Vice President Technology, Henkel Adhesives

Yarmela Pavlovic
Vice President of Regulatory Strategy, Medtronic

Matt Pawluk
Senior Vice President Operations, Evolve Manufacturing

Maria Pepper
Honors BME Undergraduate, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Anthony Pereslete
Staff Engineer, Software Quality Assurance, Edwards Lifesciences

Oliver Perez
Senior Director for Process Engineering and Automation, Edwards Lifesciences

Isaac Platte
PCS-Application Development, Covestro LLC

Frank Pokrop
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Quidel

Brijesh Poojary
Senior Development Engineer, Global Implant Systems, Nuvasive

Colin Potter
Global Manufacturing Manager, Planet Innovation

Lori Raymond
Founder and CVO (Chief Visionary Officer), Tourmaline Enterprises

Damoder Reddy
Chairman of the Board, Chemical Angel Network

Susan Reilly
Vice President & Managing Partner, MEDIcept

Philip Remedios
Principal, CFO, Director of Design & Development, BlackHägen DEsign

Roberta Rincon
Associate Director of Research, Society of Women Engineers

Eve A Riskin
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Washington

Jennifer Riter
Senior Director, Business & Technical Operations, West Pharmaceutical Services

Lindsay Robinson
Executive Director, California Cannabis Industry Association

Guy Rocourt
President, Co-Founder, and Chief Product Officer, Papa & Barkley

Juan Rodriguez
Co-Founder & CTO, Evolution Devices

Eric Rohr
Industry Manager for Healthcare, Avient Corporation

Thor Rollins
Director: Toxicology and E&L, Nelson Labs

Alan Rothenbuecher
Partner, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Stanton Rowe
CEO, NXT Biomedical

Jorge Rubalcaba
Dow

Sam Ruben
Chief Sustainability Officer/Co-Founder, Mighty Buildings

O'Neil Rudolph
Founder & Owner, Cannachange

Matt Sand
President, 3DEO

Shaun Sanders
Managing Director, VentureCraft, Inc.

Alexander Santayana
Applications Engineer, NuSil Technology LLC

Joe Sapiente
Vice President, Clinical Science & Technology, Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC)

Tony Sarris
Executive Director, Tech Coast Angels – Orange County

Dave Saunders
Chief Technology Officer, Galen Robotics

Isabella Schmitt
Director of Regulatory Affairs, Proxima Clinical Research, Inc.

Jim Scutti
Senior Fellow, R&D, Boston Scientific

Julien Senac
Global Director - IVD Focus Team, TÜV SÜD

Dhruv Shah
Global Business Manager - Healthcare, Ascend Performance Materials

Boris Shcharansky
Chief Products Officer, West Coast Cure

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
Founder & CEO, Instrumental, Inc.

Jim Shore
Chief Quality Officer, Quality Lean Solutions

Dorota Shortell
CEO, Simplexity Product Development

Jason Sinchak
Principal, Level 9 Group

Gurvinder Singh
Global Product Director, Injection Molding, Protolabs

Mark Smith
Strategic Advisor, Laboratory and Consulting, NAMSA

Ryan Smith
Attorney, Duane Morris, LLP

Sarah Soliman
President & CEO, Soliman Productions

Rob Spiegel
Senior Editor, Design News

Kate Stephenson, PhD
Principal & Founder, Dyad Engineering

Mark Stevens
Partner, Manufacturing and Distribution, Wipfli

Danielle Swank
Founder & CEO, Fomoro

Rob Taft
Distinguished Engineer, NXT Biomedical

Bryce Telford
Expert Technical Consultant, Nelson Laboratories, LLC

Scott Thielman
CTO, Product Creation Studio

Ralf Thomsen
Senior Vice President Medical Device International, TUV USA Inc.

Kim Trautman
Managing Director and Vice President, MEDIcept

Gunnar Trommer
Managing Director & Partner, BCG Digital Ventures

Christopher Truong
CEO, Ocelot Aerospace

Charles Tschaggeny
Principle Engineer, Tschaggeny Design

Tom Ulrich, PhD
Chief Scientist, Tandem Diabetes Care

Kevin Urman
Fibers Technology Director, Ascend Performance Materials

Karolina Valente
CEO, VoxCell BioInnovation

Jessica Vargas
Senior Managing Scientis, Exponent

Gregorio Velez-Garcia
Sr. Materials Principal Scientist, Stryker

Eve Vitale
Chief Executive, SPE Foundation

Mark Vreeke
Founder, Chemical Angel Network

Kim Walker
Global Regulatory, Quality, and Clinical Consultant, Kim Walker Consulting

Chris Walsh
CEO, MJBiz

Nancy Warner
CEO, Founder, AssurPack

Paul Weiss
UC Presidential Chair, UCLA

Larry Wellikson, MD, MHM
Deal Lead, Tech Coast Angels OC

Michael West
Certified Lead Appraiser, CMMI

Stephen Wilcox
Chairman of the Board, Design Science

Ed Williams
Sr. Product Manager, SABIC

Mark Wolff
Advisory Industry Consultant & Chief Health Analytics Strategist, SAS Global IoT Division

Elizabeth Wu
Director, Early Innovation Partnering, Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Andy Wyen
Principal Toxicologist, Namsa

Gary Xu
Principal Engineer, Biosense Webster, Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson company)

Srihari Yamanoor
President, DesignAbly

Lu Yang
Software Engineer, Google

Sam Yang
CEO, Xandar Kardian

Keith Young
Founder and CEO

Jean-François Zeevaert
EO Project Manager, Sterigenics

Mike Zettel
Senior Material Scientist, PDI

Shujing (Anne) Zhang
Senior Software Engineer, Google

Qamar Zia
EU PBT Product Developer Engineered Materials
Celanese Services Germany GmbH

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