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Modular Photonics Design & Assembly: Accelerating Your Medical Device Time to Market
IN -PERSON EVENT – NO RECORDING AVAILABLE
Event Description
This event offers a comprehensive overview of how modular photonics can be a game-changer, allowing you to reduce time to market, lower costs, and enhance the functionality of your devices. Whether you’re looking to optimize your current projects or start a new one, this event will equip you with the knowledge and connections needed to advance your initiatives efficiently and effectively.
Unlock the potential of cutting-edge photonics technology and complex product integration expertise at this pivotal session, which is designed for innovators, engineers, and decision-makers in the medical device industry eager to streamline their development processes and bring their products to market faster.
You will hear from a panel of industry experts about how they navigate the complexities of designing and manufacturing medical devices. Ultimately, a partnership between medical device customers, Optikos, and Plexus allows them to troubleshoot design challenges and navigate through the design-to-assembly process, allowing the customer to realize a rapid time to market.
Time: 6:00 – 8:30pm
Location:
Optikos Corporation
107 Audubon Road, Bldg. 3
Wakefield, MA 01880 USA
What to Expect:
6:00 – 7:15 PM Networking, cocktails/finger foods, and facility tours:
- Group 1: starts at 6:00 PM
- Group 2: starts at 6:30 PM
7:15 – 8:30 PM Panel discussion
- 7:15 – 7:20 PM MDG Boston Welcome
- 7:20 – 8:10 PM Panel Discussion
- 20 minutes for Q&A
Panelists
Luke Palombo
Staff Life Sciences Technology Manager at Plexus Corporation
Luke spent the last 8 years helping Plexus’ product development clients bring their products to market. In his role, Luke is responsible for understanding life sciences customers’ complex needs and ensuring Plexus is providing an excellent solution. Luke studied Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University and has deep experience in microfluidics, life sciences, and IVD systems.
Dennis Fantone
VP and Director of Operations at Optikos Corporation
Dennis is responsible for Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations at Optikos. He joined Optikos in 2016 as a member of the Optical Engineering group. Dennis moved into Operations Management in the Spring of 2020, where he facilitated the Company’s transition to ISO 13485 certification; managed two building expansions to a current footprint of approximately 50,000 sf; and doubled the number of production staff to support the rapid growth of the Optikos design and manufacturing client base.
Steve Vickers
Director of Manufacturing Solutions for Plexus Corp.’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Sector
Steve is a subject matter expert assisting the Market Development and Operations teams to understand customers’ needs and develop successful manufacturing proposals that address those needs. Steve has over 40 years of industry experience including senior leadership positions in marketing, engineering development, manufacturing, and sales.
Nathan Wallace
Engineering Services (ES) Department at Optikos
In 2014, Nathan joined Optikos as part of the Engineering Services team with a focus on opto-mechanical engineering. He contributed to numerous successful engineering projects across a wide field of applications, including aerial imaging lenses, microscopy systems, fluorescence imaging systems, and custom optical metrology instrumentation. Nathan received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006 and a Master’s Degree in Optical Sciences in 2021 from the University of Arizona.