Bryant Grigsby

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Summary

Direct experience leading medical device product development

Successfully grown company revenues and client list by championing many emerging technology projects from sketch to mass production and opening up new markets along the way.

Successfully built cross-function teams of managers and engineers including Mechanical, Electrical, Software, and Industrial in a biotech contract product development environment

Effective leader who can make hard decisions with people and products

Award winning Product Design Leader including:

oEdison Reports Must See for ALM Products

oLFI International Innovation Category Award for ALM Products

oR&D 100 Award Finalists: TruBind 100 System

oCanon Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) Design Excellence Silver for the HTG Edge Sequencing System

Led insight and problem-solving through hands-on critical thinking and mentoring

Small to large team Project Management skills from disposable cartridges to multimillion dollar large scale projects in both start-ups and large organizations

Professional Experience

Lumenetix Inc. 5/2015-Current

Lumenetix's araya5 LED lights are disruptive Connected Home/Internet of Things (IoT) 5-channel OEM LED light engines with mobile app and the highest quality light output with the complexity of a cell phone in facilities and homes worldwide. Operations in Europe and North America with a worldwide supply chain. Market verticals include luxury homes, hospitals, hospitality, data centers, schools and offices. Venture backed start-up with 20 product development, 5 manufacturing, and 10 sales and other G&A staff. Partnered with several contract manufacturer organizations (CMOs).

Vice President of New Product Introduction (NPI) and of Operations

Recruited to lead NPI and operations. Repositioning the company by opening up new vertical solutions by successfully defining the vision and running product development and launch of the innovation category award winning ALM/CTM2/LTM2 Lights. It has grown our customer base by ~50%.

Value Proposition

NPI

oLead a team of subject matter experts in Electrical, Mechanical, Software and Firmware.

oDefine the products, set short and long term goals, and drive the team to achieve the goals

oP&L management, gross margin management, and customer experience for new products and continuing product innovation

oPut in place and enforce processes for achieving design success such as defining specifications, rigorous design review, and thorough testing

oManage all aspects of day-to-day design and project work

oLeverage existing technology into new market and product opportunities

oLed team to file several key patents and update patent portfolio to include blocking IP

oCollaborating with vendors and partners for strategic sourcing and Build Verses Buy (ROI) on industry trends and technology

oChampion design transfers into manufacturing (MFG) at the cost target

Operations: Lead the operations team from design transfer to high volume GMP production

oManage the production team and oversee budgets, forecast fulfillment, and supply chain

oNegotiate with vendors on costs, delivery and terms.

oMaintain communication and smooth delivery of products from the factory

Accel Biotech Inc., 5/2012-5/2015

Highly customer-focused product design, engineering, and consulting firm. Primary market is IVD biotech instrumentation (ISO 13485/FDA). Secondary markets include management consulting, underwater drones, wearables, and capital equipment.

Select Clients and Budgets – MBARI, HTG ($2.4m), Tecan, Biorad, Thermo-Fisher, Moderna, Molecular Devices, Molecular Sensing ($5m) UCLA, Rambus, EMD Millipore, Vortex, and Medtronic.

Senior Executive/Program Director

Recruited a world-class team of product design engineers from the ground up as a new group in the company. Won the MDEA Silver award on a project out of the gate. Promoted professional growth and accountability, refined the hiring procedures, implemented key performance indicators (KPIs), and assigned and evaluated tasks and teams throughout the company to ensure on-time delivery, adherence to policies, and customer success. Regularly met or exceeded quarterly revenue forecasts, increased profit margins by changing the financial models of the firm. EBITDA revenue growth was ~300% ($5m to $15m), square footage from 5k to 20k, and staff scaled from ~24 to 70 (project managers, engineers, manufacturing, sales, and G&A)

Value Proposition:

Corporate Strategy – Created a successful strategy that transformed the corporate structure, performed competitive analysis, focused the business, and defined tangible/stretch goals

Project Portfolio Management – End-to-end project and portfolio manager from design concept through CM transfer including RFQ, all design and quality documents, and technical and business decisions. Maintained compliance with ISO 13485 regulations and quality management systems (QMS)

oSelect Projects: Insulin pump wearable, DNA Analyzers, XYZ Robotic Systems, Hospital IoT walker, Underwater Drone (UAV) water sampler, Hardware Design, Circuit Design, System Design, Industrial Design, Capital Equipment, and User Experience (UX)

Business Development – Developed new contacts and managed existing customers by listening and creating collaborative relationships, responding to stakeholders’ needs (investors/customers)

University of California Observatories (UCO), 4/2005-7/2012

The world leading research institution for Astrophysics and Astronomical Electro-Optical Mechanical Instrumentation. UCO spans 14 locations with over 250 scientists and hundreds of support staff.

Astronomer

Astronomers are the senior managers and direct all aspects at the observatories. Co-coordinated all aspects of Lick Observatory including engineering, operations, training and public outreach/PR.

Research and Project Management

Led the Remote Observing System Upgrade – led to 167% growth in customer base

oDeployment to other major telescopes and observing community (a $110m facility).

Visible-light MEMs AO ultrahigh resolution imaging co-originator and commissioning manager. The project’s success enabled the $1B giant telescope projects to move ahead

Co-led the Laser Adaptive Optics (AO) system hardware update (opto-mechanical and high performance computing) and user interface design. Improved target accessibility 250%

Successful Business Partnerships and Committees

Google – Facilitated a collaboration to add data into a popular App (Google Sky)

Tech Museum – Led negotiations for partnership for joint outreach and fundraising opportunities

SETI Institute – Championed the Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) NASA Program partnership

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee – Co-created five and 20-year strategic plan for re-establishing the Observatory’s subscription base

San Jose Transportation & Planning Committee – Represented the UCO’s needs on the committee

Environmental Health and Safety Committee – Ensured safety for the public and staff including being part of CERT and the Fire Brigade

Awards

Achievement Award in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011

Vapore Incorporated, Director of R & D, Interim, 2004

Ran technical operations and implemented lean/Kanban systems company wide

Led a team to transform novel start-up technology into the core of a lifesaving FDA-regulated healthcare device (www.hydrateinc.com) and consumer products (www.mypurmist.com)

Fluidigm Corporation, Senior Research Associate, 2001-2003

Independent Contractor, Information Technology (IT) Consulting, 2000-2001,

Brown Institute, Adjunct Information Technology (IT) Professor/Instructor, 1999-2000

BioConX, VP of Integration, 1998-1999

Consumer electronics finger print scanner hardware and software product

EINe, IT Consultant, 1996-1998

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree – Physics, University of Minnesota 2000

PMP Certification, Project Management Institute 2013

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