Scott Jarnagin has been designing medical and consumer products for consulting companies since 2004. His collaborative nature and broad experience led to becoming the technical lead on projects such as ruggedized consumer products, surgical devices, and connected medical wearables. With a focus on client interactions, Scott naturally transitioned into a business development role where he works with clients to understand user needs and develop the best approach for solving difficult technical challenges.
Expertise
- Team leadership
- Technical project contribution and management
- Mechanical design and analysis
- Medical and consumer product development – product definition to manufacturing
- Client focused collaborative design approach
- Business Development activities – initial engagement, qualifying, proposal generation, resource allocation
Experience
- Product development in consulting companies for medical and consumer devices since 2004
- Technical lead and team contributor for complex mechanical system designs
- Supervision of US and overseas design transfer to contract manufacturers
- Working collaboratively with in-house team members of various disciplines – electrical, firmware/software, industrial design, quality
- Multiple medical device projects that included both in-house and client controlled quality system documentation releases
- B2B sales with start-up companies as well as large fortune 500 clients
Education
- BS, Biomedical Engineering, NC State University
- BS, Biological Engineering, NC State University
Recognition
- 15+ utility patents in medical and consumer device designs
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Interests / Obsessions
- Hiking, backpacking, camping
- Sailing, fishing, crabbing
- World travel
- Rugby
- Minimalist lifestyle
Software: Design Complete
Hardware: Pre-production units for design verification
MFG. Readiness: CM schedule and budget, Unit build tracking