Today's guest , Michael Pereira is the Chief Strategy and Technology Officer at one of the largest medical device developers in the US, Ximedica. Michael has over 25 years of product development and manufacturing experience and has been at Ximedica for over 20 years taking the company from 20 to over 200 employees. Michael focuses on supporting clients on how to best manage the right mix of business, technology and portfolio needs while understanding budgetary and time constraints of device development. On this episode, we discuss the opportunities for Med Tech startups and established companies to partner with independent product developers to best utilize their R&D budgets for higher returns on investment during the research phase of development. We also say goodbye to our co-host Tom Chiginski who we will miss dearly!