Michael Patterson is the CEO of US Cannabis Pharmaceutical Research and Development LLC (US Cannabis), a privately-held developmental consulting firm that was established in 2014 with the mission of moving society forward through legalized cannabis. US Cannabis develops the legal cannabis/hemp/CBD markets globally across all platforms (education, cultivation, production, dispensing, research and development, management operations and compliance, and physician services). US Cannabis currently works with national, state, and local governments, sovereign nations, and public/private companies in all aspects of the cannabis/hemp/CBD industry throughout the United States and Internationally.

Mr. Patterson is a board member of MGMC-Pharma, an international medical cannabis pharmaceutical corporation with cannabis cultivation, production, and export/distribution licenses in 5 East African Countries (Lesotho, Tanzania, Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda).

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With over 20 years of experience in international business, Craig has accumulated a track record for success in both the Canadian and Latin American regions. He gained extensive knowledge in sourcing and manufacturing in Asia, Mexico, and Central America before transferring that expertise into his role at Aspen Medical Products. Craig has built up a deep knowledge base of the industry by identifying, developing, and managing sales growth in prospective territories. One of Craig’s top achievements was skyrocketing Latin American territory growth with 3 consecutive years of sales growth of over 120% to plan and achieving President's Council Award each of those years.

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Timothy Kelly is president & CEO of Nautilus Medical —a US-based company with a telehealth radiology platform that is used by more than 70% of the top 50 medical centers in the US and with a presence in over 6 countries in Latin America. Prior to that, Mr. Kelly developed a medical division for TDK Electronics. This division was focused on the radiology recording of images on TDK based media. With TDK, Mr. Kelley expanded marketing throughout North and South America and the European community. Mr. Kelly has a degree in psychology from Northwestern University.

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Dr. Gershony was the Founder of Vascular Solutions, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN), which had a successful IPO in 2000, and for which he served as Chief Medical Officer and a member of the Board of Directors from 1996-2002. Dr. Gershony was the principal inventor of the DuettTM Vascular Sealing Device manufactured by Vascular Solutions. Dr. Gershony was also the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of AngioScore, Inc. (Fremont, CA), a medical device company devoted to developing unique angioplasty scoring balloon catheters to address a variety of important clinical needs during coronary and peripheral interventional procedures. He was a member of the senior management team from 2003 until AngioScore’s successful acquisition in 2014.

Dr. Gershony has served on the adjunct faculty of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Program. He also completed an Executive Program in finance and accounting (FANFE) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2007.

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Vikash Dudhia is the CEO of Arlo International Consulting and works with medical device companies to grow their international footprint. Vikash believes that his particular methodology and skillset enables him to effectively coach teams and individuals in the subtleties of over a hundred markets around the globe. Vikash has over 20 years of experience in international sales and has a network of contacts in over 100 countries in the technology, medical device, pharmaceutical, and dental sectors. Prior to his current consulting role, Vikash was head of sales for North America & Latin America for Prima Dental Group; the largest manufacturer of carbide burs in the world. Prior to that, he was director of international sales for Salter Labs; a US manufacturer of best-in-class respiratory products serving homecare and acute patients in over 75 countries. Prior to that, Vikash had international sales roles at Inspiration Healthcare and Rocket Medical Plc. Vikash holds a Bachelor of Science Honors degree in nursing from DeMontfort University in the United Kingdom and several post-graduate clinical and business qualifications.

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Luis R. Soenksen is a serial entrepreneur and medical device expert currently acting as MIT’s first Venture Builder in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare. His training includes medical device design, development, and manufacturing, as well as clinical testing and deployment of healthcare ventures. Luis has made significant contributions to the fields of bio-design education, bioengineering, tissue engineering, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence. Luis’ work has been published in several high impact journals such as Science. His research has led to several patented biomedical technologies and collaborations with several start-up companies in Latin America, the US, and Europe. Luis holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology, and a Master’s of Science degree in bioengineering from Johns Hopkins University.

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Sherif believes that he can bridge the gap between orthodontics, material sciences, and software engineering, and he is on a mission to change orthodontics for the better. He is currently the co-founder, CEO, and head of R&D at K-Line Europe —a German company with a mission to change people’s thinking about dentistry. Sherif is also the co-founder of SmileUp —a German company dedicated to mass-market clear dental aligners. For over 10 years, Sherif has worked with clear aligners as a practitioner, technician, entrepreneur, and has also being a patient. Sherif has treated over 4,500 cases with aligners, he owns six patents, and has delivered over 170 lectures worldwide. Sherif graduated from dental school in 2006, worked as a general dentist, and then obtained a master’s of dental sciences in orthodontics in 2012.

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Josué Garza is the Director of Business Development & Operations at Insumos para la Salud (IPS), a regulatory affairs consulting firm helping medical device manufacturers and distributors obtain market access in Mexico.

Josué has over 10 years of experience working with the private sector, government, and nonprofit organizations. Before joining IPS, he took leadership positions in the International Republican Institute, Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta, Premier Destination Services and the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Josue has expertise in managing projects at the municipal, state, and national levels, participating in public policy initiatives and developing strategies through team-centered processes. Today, he continues to influence the growth of IPS by helping businesses from around the world thrive in Mexico and improve access to the best health products for Mexicans.

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Jose E. Cabrera is a 20 year veteran of the medical device industry. His focus has been in Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Affairs, and Quality Assurance. During his career, he has successfully created regulatory strategies for start-ups to find the quickest path to commercialization and reimbursement. From De Novo Petitions and Q-Subs with face to face meetings with the FDA to 510(k) clearances and routine change management and regulatory reporting. Jose has also lead teams in Latin American with regulatory, quality, and clinical compliance for Bausch and Lomb, and Zimmer Biomet Globally. He has an undergraduate in cellular biology and was a double-major in philosophy. He is currently acting as a VP of RA/QA and Clinical Affairs for a subsidiary of a $20 billion multi-national company headquartered in Germany, overseeing eight (8) global manufacturing sites for cardiovascular and neuromodulation devices. He also leads the company’s efforts to conduct due diligence activity for potential merger/acquisitions. He also served as an Army medic and trained West Point cadets while he was enlisted with the 101st Airborne Division, in Ft. Campbell KY. Jose currently resides in St. Paul Minnesota but he calls South Florida his home, having grown up in Miami and born in Havana Cuba.

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Federico Acosta is the CEO and Co-founder of Custom Surgical UG, a Startup based in Munich that is developing medical imaging devices with smartphones. After 7 years of working in several countries in Latin America, with companies such as Abbott Medical Optics, Leica, Quantel, and Dutch Research Center, Federico decided to start his own project with an idea he developed while working in Chile. Ever since, Custom Surgical has won several entrepreneurship grants, launched his first product on Kickstarter in 2019, the MicroREC, and has been selling devices in more than 20 countries. Currently, Custom Surgical UG is developing a smartphone-based platform to screen retinal diseases using a patented optical system and Artificial Intelligence, a project specially focused on the Latin American market.

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Nicolas Poutrain-Royer is the General Manager Americas of EDAP Technomed Inc, the US subsidiary of a Medical Device French Manufacturing Company, EDAP TMS, specialized in innovation in Non-Invasive Therapies through Therapeutic Ultrasounds (Shockwaves, HIFU) and Lasers.

After spending nearly a decade working in Technical Industrial Assets Companies in positions of International Business Developer, with global coverage and a Focus on LATAM countries, Nicolas joined EDAP TMS and the Medical Industry as the VP of Sales of Europe, LATAM and Canada from 2008 to 2019. Among his missions, he had to open unexplored markets in his territory starting with the selection of the right partners, distributors in these countries, and dealing with the Regulatory Hurdles to get the products locally approved, easy process in Europe, but quite difficult and time-consuming in LATAM countries.

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Héctor Padilla is Vice President at Covalon Technologies, Strategic Markets focusing on developing commercial and go-to-market strategies for new and existing markets globally. He has more than twenty-seven years of experience in marketing, sales, and business development for Fortune 100 companies and, small and medium enterprises.
Héctor built a large network of partner distributors across Latin America to commercialize Covalon’s portfolio of advanced wound care and infection prevention unique products while developing strong relationships with key opinion leaders and experts.

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Dr. Aklog is an adult heart surgeon/entrepreneur and Chairman & CEO of PAVmed Inc. (Nasdaq: PAVM), a multi-product medical device company which he co-founded based in 2014 on a portfolio of five of his own inventions. He previously co-founded Pavilion Holdings Group LLC which created four medical device companies including venture-backed Vortex Medical which developed and commercialized his life- saving invention AngioVac® and was sold in 2012 to Angiodynamics (Nasdaq: ANGO).

Dr. Aklog received his AB from Harvard College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude in Physics and his MD, cum laude, from Harvard Medical School. He completed his general and cardiothoracic surgical training along with a laboratory research fellowship under Dr. Lawrence H. Cohn at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, serving as Chief Resident in Cardiac Surgery at both institutions.

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Robert M. Traynor is a board certified audiologist with 45 years of clinical practice in audiology. He is a hearing industry consultant, trainer, professor, conference speaker, practice manager and author. He has 45 years experience teaching courses and training clinicians within the field of audiology with specific emphasis in hearing and tinnitus rehabilitation.

Adjunct Faculty in Audiology at the University of Florida, University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado and The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

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