Biography

They run out of time, money, or alignment before the right people see what they built.

I have spent 20 years inside that problem - as an engineer, a founder, a CEO, and as the advisor who is the CEO's first phone call. Three of those journeys ended in nine-figure exits. I have seen what works and what derails even the most promising teams, usually at the worst possible moment.

Today I work with two kinds of people.

First-time medtech founders who are building their first medical device company and making decisions that take 20 years to learn. The fundraising calls, the team resets, the regulatory pivots, the moments where you are not sure who to ask.

I run Bessel Nav for this - weekly office hours with me, unlimited Q&A between sessions, and a custom AI Teammate built to your company in 14 days. If you are a clinician-founder or first-time CEO between pre-seed and Series A, this is built for you.

Medtech startup leadership teams who need to move faster without adding headcount. I introduced the AI Teammate framework to medtech in MedDevice Online in 2023 and have been refining it with startup teams ever since. A generic AI gives you generic answers. An AI Teammate set up right knows your project, your priorities, your standards, and your constraints. In the last quarter alone we worked with 20+ medtech teams. The results are real and they compound.

Through Bessel, I help medtech teams do three things:

✔ Build custom AI Teammates for R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and Operations workflows

✔ Stand up blended human and AI teams that ship months faster

✔ Build for Scaled Impact — the systems and story that make a company investable and acquirable

If you are building something that could change lives, I can help you cut through the noise and move with purpose.

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