My Story
From classroom project to FDA-cleared medical device
My career started in engineering, learning how ideas become real under real constraints—on factory floors, in clinics, and alongside the people doing the work.
While studying at Grand Valley State University, a class project introduced me to a problem physical therapists faced every day. What followed were hundreds of conversations, early prototypes, and years of iteration that led to SafetySit, a lightweight, portable medical device designed to better support patients during therapy and ultimately cleared by the FDA.
That experience shaped how I approach everything I build. Real innovation doesn't start with assumptions or features—it starts with listening, translating complexity, and designing solutions that fit the real world.
Backed by patent protection, medical device startup gets closer to commercialization
Securing patent protection boosts the chances of a startup company to land the financing needed to commercialize a physical therapy medical device that was developed at Spectrum Health...
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