Leuven, Flemish Region, Belgium
I'm the co-founder of Replasia, a Belgian MedTech startup building 3D planning software and patient-specific implants for hip preservation surgeons. Too many young adults with hip dysplasia or femoroacetabular impingement are diagnosed late and planned on insufficient imaging. We're building tools to change that — giving surgeons more comprehensive, patient-specific data to make better decisions earlier. Our two products: HipStudio, a 3D hip analysis service covering DDH and FAI, and the 3D-Shelf System, a patient-specific titanium implant for hip dysplasia. If you're a hip preservation surgeon or you'll be at ISHA in Bruges this October — I'd love to connect.
Replasia is a medical device company developing novel treatments for hip dysplasia patients.
Our team of 50 engineers and designers supports our customers with the development of innovative new products. We focus on combining high-tech engineering with product development to create products that are a success in the market. My responsibility is to enable further growth of our medical activities and to create a separate Life Sciences business unit within Comate.
• Full responsible for all patient-specific healthcare applications in Europe, including design and manufacturing of metal implants and instruments, dental products, surgical guides, anatomical models, and providing surgical treatment planning services. • Main activities: o Business development: prospecting, account management, building long-term partnerships with strategic partners and customers (internal and external) o Business Management: setup of internal operations and production lines, build team to support business, manage own P&L o People and functional management of mixed team consisting of production manager, engineers, technicians, designers, and customer service. o Member of senior leadership team of 3D Systems Leuven that manages daily operations of the site.
• Responsible for expanding 3D Systems healthcare activities in Europe, in close collaboration with 3D Systems healthcare facility in Denver, CO. • Expand sales offering beyond direct metal printing parts service to include sales of 3D printers and other 3D Systems healthcare service. • Business management for medical and dental metal parts business of 3D Systems LayerWise.
Development and growth of direct metal printing business in the medical field: • Manage medical sales and business development activities in Europe and USA, with focus on contract manufacturing for medical device/orthopedic companies. • Manage budget for medical business unit. • Recruitment and management of team of medical sales- and project engineers.
Build own business unit within Altran in the Life Sciences sector: • Acquire and manage a solid client portfolio, with focus on companies in the field of pharma, medical devices, and in vitro diagnostics. • Recruitment, management, and development of a team of highly skilled consultants to help achieve client’s objectives. • Manage own P&L.
Business development and new product development in the RnD team of Materialise Dental, in close collaboration with other DENTSPLY divisions.
The North American branch office of Materialise Dental consists of 24 people: a sales team, a team of customer service engineers, a local production team, a marketing team and supporting staff in HR, admin and accounting. Responsibilities included: • Full Profit-and-Loss responsibility for the North American market as well as daily management responsibility over the North American sales office. • Translation of the company’s policies and global objectives into a business plan for North America. Ensure successful product launches and build relationships with strategic partners and key accounts. • Recruitment of personnel.
Product management of SurgiGuides, (personalized drill templates to assist the placement of dental implants). Project management of software tools to be used in the design and production of the SurgiGuides