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STEM job growth has been hot but the pandemic and return to work has brought about an exodus that threatens the strong progress that was being made over the past couple of decades to increase gender, racial and ethnic diversity in life sciences and med tech. Today we have special guest Pamela Gardner on our podcast to discuss why this is important for med tech industry leaders to recognize and explore ways to turn the tides on this exodus to prevent the loss of critical coaches, leaders and mentors in the efforts toward increased diversity that leads to thriving businesses in our med tech community. Pam shares her own personal experience in becoming a networking powerhouse and building her business as empowerment coach for life sciences. Pamela Gardner is an Entrepreneur and Connector, Founder and CEO of Biotech Vendor Services, Inc. and an Empowerment Coach who supports Women to Thrive in STEM. Also - Pam is the Winner of the San Diego Business Journal Business Women of the Year Award in the small business category! Our host today is Advantu Director Marketing Kathleen Glass, Supporter of Women in Tech, Women in Sales, and Women in Privacy.

STEM job growth has been hot but the pandemic and return to work has brought about an exodus that threatens the strong progress that was being made over the past couple of decades to increase gender, racial and ethnic diversity in life sciences and med tech. Today we have special guest Pamela Gardner on our podcast to discuss why this is important for med tech industry leaders to recognize and explore ways to turn the tides on this exodus to prevent the loss of critical coaches, leaders and mentors in the efforts toward increased diversity that leads to thriving businesses in our med tech community. Pamela Gardner is an Entrepreneur and Connector, Founder and CEO of Biotech Vendor Services, Inc. and an Empowerment Coach who supports Women to Thrive in STEM. Our host today is Advantu Director Marketing Kathleen Glass, Supporter of Women in Tech, Women in Sales, and Women in Privacy.

Podcast Interview with Charlie Gragg, Quality Process Expert - where we discuss Medical Device Quality Management System Process Improvement - and how Gap Assessments are the proven approach to the entire Process. Using this approach, we show Medical Device Leaders (both Quality/Regulatory & Engineering) how to Shrink Time to Market, increase Velocity and dramatically Improve Quality in order to Increase Customer Satisfaction with their Products. We also have a Bonus: for every Leader who stays until the end, we have a great Giveaway which will directly contribute to solving the Challenges they're facing today! "Wow what a great Podcast Interview with Charlie Gragg - a Process Improvement Legend in the Medical Device Industry. Because you are listening - here's our Free Gift for you! If you are a Regulatory, Quality or Engineering Leader - we will schedule a Free Consultation with Charlie, where you can share your biggest Time to Market, Submittal or Product Quality Challenge. Reach out to me at kkelly@advantu.com and we will make it happen for the First 5 People who contact me. Then you can talk to Charlie about the biggest challenges you're facing, and his recommendations for resolving them correctly.

Welcome to Episode 9 of Software Tech Talks – How the Pro’s Build Reliable Products. Today’s featured guest is Jacques Stroud, the Founder of Docfully Healthcare – which is a healthcare startup that uses a software system to deliver telemedicine services to the elderly and disabled in their home. Jacques has a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree from Chicago State University, and he’s also a certified Nursing Assistant & a personal trainer – so he’s widely experienced & passionate about helping people improve their overall health. Jacques started Docfully because he saw a great need going unfulfilled – and he decided to do something about it. I met Jacques at CyberTECH, a high tech incubator in downtown San Diego, where I served as a Mentor to Entrepreneurs in Residence. Jacques and his team requested our support with Risk Management for the design and implementation of their software system, so Advantu’s Director of Operations & Software Engineering, Ron Kutsch, and I worked with them for several quarters, and it’s been an amazing experience for everyone. Ron is still helping Jacques & his team with occasional technology questions and we couldn’t be prouder of the work they’re doing. Jacques is highly motivated, h e doesn’t let business or technology roadblocks get in his way – and his tenacity is one of the biggest reasons why I believe he will be highly successful. We asked Jacques to describe his experiences as a caretaker, as well as his #1 recommended book and the best way to contact him. Book: The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank His business website: www.docfully.net Contact: stroudjacques@gmail.com Favorite quote: “What we do in life – echoes I eternity…” ** Remember – send us an email request for Jacques List: “The Top 5 Ways to see if your Blood Sugar is Safe” – send (subject) Jacques to support@advantu.com - and we’ll send it to you for free! **

Welcome to Episode 8 of Software Tech Talks – How the Pro’s Build Reliable Products! Today’s Featured Guest is Ella Cozmi, a Master of Human Factors Engineering whose passion & expertise make her the ‘Go To’ Expert when you’re designing a Medical Device for use in the US or around the Globe. Ella has over 15 years HFE experience, and her specialties include Regulatory, Medical & Clinical development, Clinical Trials & Clinical Evaluations, Usability Studies, Product Usability and User Interface Design. Ella is a Consultant, and her agency, Human Factoring Rx, brings decades of experience to any Biotech project – and as a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of bedside nursing experience – Ella knows first hand what a successful product design looks like. So she can help you avoid product release failures – because she knows what users want!

Welcome to Episde 7 of Software Tech Talks - How the Pro's Build Reliable Products! Today’s featured guest is Charlie Gragg, a Quality Process Expert and Technology Leader, with over 30 years’ experience leading Software Development – Process Improvement Projects. He can tell you first hand – if you want to Prevent FDA Recalls, shrink time to market and improve customer satisfaction with your products – it’s all about your process. Are critical defects escaping to production? Are projects continually sliding to the right? Are development costs skyrocketing? Are you spending all your profits on tech support? There are GAPs in your process that are killing you – and that’s why Charlie is in such high demand.

Hello and welcome to Episode 6 of Software Tech Talks - How the Pros build Reliable Products. Today's featured guess is Jan Dziewior, a highly experienced regulatory executive with over 25 year's experience developing and expanding processes for product monitoring and complaint handling for medical device manufacturers. Her priorities include managing the complaint handling process in order to identify critical issues that impacted medical devices, and ensure they're mitigated quickly and systematically. With Jan's answers to highly important FDA and Regulatory Compliance Questions - we believe you should be able to establish a much stronger QMS Process and enjoy more reliable product releases!

Eric is an expert at automation of configuration management, including ways to make the R&D team more effective by creating a better road for them to build high quality cars on. We spoke with Eric about various approaches towards improving the work life for software development organizations, including the testing teams they work with, in order to help companies more effectively design, build and release world class products their customers demand. If you are leading teams who are building mission critical applications and systems, and you have concerns regarding SDLC weaknesses (and you want to know how to measurably increase throughput) this Podcast Episode is perfect for you!”

Welcome to Episode 4 of Software Tech Talks - How the Pro's Build Reliable Products. “Tom Vaccaro is a 40 year Software Engineering Executive, with 25 of those years spent improving the safety and reliability of Medical Devices.  He specialized in Wi-Fi and his expertise lies in ensuring embedded products can share data across wireless networks securely, without fear of being hacked. Cybersecurity risks are huge in the medical device realm, and ensuring the protection of patient health information is a top concern. Tom has spent decades honing his leadership skills, and leading teams of people developing bleeding edge technology necessary to deliver world class hospital systems which save lives, here and in Europe. He spent time in the defense contractor world, leading projects for Lockheed Martin, and he’ll tell you that his greatest fulfillment comes from building medical devices and improving the quality of life for people he’s never even met. Tom is an expert at wireless technology, and his focus is on building systems (including the vast networks that support data communications) that operate securely around the clock.   We spoke with Tom about Cybersecurity in the Med Tech world, and he gave us key pointers about the correct technology to use, the tools necessary for proper configuration and the skill sets necessary to understand and implement wireless networks for maximum Cybersecurity effectiveness.   If you are leading teams building medical devices, and you have concerns regarding Cybersecurity weaknesses and you want to make sure your sites aren’t successfully hacked – this is the Podcast Episode for you!” Bonus: Tom provided a list of the Top 10 ways to prevent Cybersecurity Hacks - send an email to 'support@advantu.com' with the subject Top 10 and we'll get it to you ASAP!

Hello and welcome to our podcast series "Conversations with Technology Leaders" – today’s episode is designed for software engineering managers, especially if you’re rising in your career and you’ve been provided the opportunity to lead your own team. I sat down with Patrick Ward, an industry leader with 25 years of software engineering management experience, and I asked him about the challenges new managers will face – and what you can do to overcome them successfully. Patrick understands the daunting challenges faced by a new manager, so we discussed numerous areas of importance, including ‘level setting’ expectations, performance and building a unified team in order to deliver solid, reliable products in a competitive market, on a reliable schedule. Patrick Ward has been a software developer, manager, director and vice president over the years, leading teams at companies such as Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), Cardiff Software, Verify (now HP), Sopheon and Carefusion (now BD), and he shares his thoughts regarding leadership and building world class teams. Patrick is the Consulting CTO at Advantu, here is his contact info: patrick.ward@advantu.com www.advantu.com 858.433.1588

I discuss solutions to software project bottlenecks with Patrick Ward, an Industry Executive & Technology Leader - challenges which cause projects to go sideways, miss time 2 market deadlines - or worse, they release products that are un-sellable because they don't solve customer problems, or, they're not designed from the user's perspective. Patrick Ward has been a software developer, manager, director and vice president over the years, leading teams at companies such as Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), Cardiff Software, Verify, (now HP), Sopheon and Carefusion (now BD), and he discuss how to identify the causes for these challenges - and more importantly - world class solutions.

Technology Leader Patrick Ward talks about the importance of investing in your team - especially the developers who build those amazing apps - they're vitally important and need to feel the love. And as Patrick explains - it's so easy to do it right....