Shannon Lantzy

Dr. Josh Makower's career reads like a masterclass in turning clinical frustration into durable, scalable healthcare technology. A physician and mechanical engineer by training, NYU Med, MIT, Columbia MBA, he spent decades not just building companies but building the infrastructure that helps others build companies. As co-founder and director of the Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign, he created what's now known as the Biodesign Process: a methodology that has fundamentally changed how...

Dr. Bob Gabbay on what's actually standing between people with diabetes and better health — and why the last mile is the hardest mile In 1993, it was not yet proven that better blood glucose control prevented the complications of diabetes. There were researchers on both sides. Some believed complications were inevitable regardless of glucose management. Others believed tighter control made a difference, but the clinical trial data hadn't confirmed it. When the results of the Diabetes Control...

Michael Edenzon built Fianu to replace weeks of manual compliance work with continuous, objective evidence collection baked into how software gets built In a regulated industry like MedTech, every software release carries an auditable promise. Did the code get tested? Were vulnerability assessments completed? Were residual software risks evaluated? These aren't optional steps — they're commitments embedded in a quality system, and a manufacturer is responsible for proving every one of them...