EPISODE 020
The Medtech industry earns only passing grades in the category of product design, according to product development group Nottingham Spirk. But the company hopes to leverage its experience and access to capital to help Medtech start-ups get to the head of the class.
Podcast Guest
John Nottingham
Co-President
Nottingham Spirk
John Nottingham is Co-President of Nottingham Spirk, a leading business and product innovation firm with 1,000 commercialized patents. The Nottingham Spirk “Vertical Innovation" process has helped client / partner companies earn over $50 billion in combined sales.
The NS innovation team has co-created such award winning innovations as SpinBrush, the largest selling powered toothbrush line; Swiffer SweeperVac; Scott’s Snap Spreader System; Dirt Devil / Hoover products; Sherwin-Williams Twist & Pour, named one of the Top 10 Package Innovations of the Decade; Troy-Bilt FLEX, the first modular outdoor power equipment system; ViewRay, the first MRI guided radiation therapy device; and CardioInsight ECVue, the first non-invasive electrocardiographic mapping system recently acquired by Medtronic.
John Nottingham serves on the Cleveland Clinic Board of Trustees, Case Western Reserve University Technology Commercialization Board, boards of CWRU think[box] maker space, Global Center for Health Innovation, Great Lakes Biomimicry, Cleveland Institute of Art and University Circle Inc., as well as several private equity company boards of directors.
John has presented numerous times on the subject of breakthrough innovation, and has shared speaker platforms with Neil Armstrong, Colin Powell and Clayton Christensen, author of "The Innovator's Dilemma." He has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, NBC Nightly News, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, Japan Forbes, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, New York Times, Wired and Fast Company.
Meet Our Host
Geoff Pardo
Geoff has been in medtech for over two decades in both operational and investment roles. He is passionate about the industry potential and sharing stories from the front lines of innovation.