The Devicix Management Team
Peter DeLange, MBA
CEO
CEO
Peter brings to Devicix over 18 years of research and development experience in prototyping and implementing capital equipment ventures. Before founding Devicix, Peter was Director of New Product Development at Acist Medical Systems, a cardiovascular capital equipment company. Peter managed the development organization from early-stage development to subsequent acquisition by Bracco Diagnostics. During his seven years at Acist, he was responsible for all engineering activities including Software, Electrical, Mechanical, and Disposable development. He coordinated the regulatory strategy for four 510(k) submissions using traditional, special, and abreviated 510(k) formats. Peter implemented ISO and FDA Design Control standards and was responsible for representing engineering during ISO and FDA certification and surveillance audits, and investor due diligence audits. Prior to joining Acist, Peter held various software engineering and management roles in several early stage companies including EdenTec, a subsidiary of Nellcor, Inc, and Quester Technology, Inc, Quester, an early stage semiconductor equipment company located in Freemont, Ca. Peter received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering. And he holds an MBA from the University of St. Thomas.
Devicix has assembled a team of engineers skilled in multiple disciplines and dedicated to designing and developing medical devices. The medical backgrounds of Devicix engineers include cardiovascular, orthopedics, critical care, exercise physiology, monitoring devices and knowledge of other hospital equipment.
Andreas Pfahnl, ScD
General Manager
Andreas is responsible for planning and managing business operations including sales, business development, quality and regulatory aspects. He is also an Adjunct Faculty member of the University of St. Thomas. His previous position was VP of Engineering and responsible for the mechanical and biomedical engineering staff at Devicix, managing a variety of medical device development projects, and supporting Devicix business development. Development projects included cardiology devices, fixation, joint and absorbable implants, surgical instruments, disposable and reusable applicators, and electro-mechanical systems. Previously to that he worked at Amphenol as New Product Strategy & Development Manager, and at Teradyne as Principal Engineer. During his tenure at Amphenol was also an adjunct faculty member of the University of Massachusetts. He holds doctoral and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT with a focus on thermal sciences and design, and received a bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer which included studies at the ETH in Zurich.
General Manager
Bob Parsons, MOL
Vice President of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs
Bob brings 20 years of experience in quality management and validation compliance in the FDA regulated medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Bob's Quality experience includes enhancement and implementation of quality system programs, gap analysis, training, supplier auditing, internal quality auditing, audit responses and corrective action implementation. Validation experience includes qualification of computer systems, control systems, manufacturing processes, equipment, utilities and cleaning processes. Bob is an industry recognized expert in developing and implementing quality systems, validation, change control and competency based training programs.
Vice President of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs
Cathy Vold
Controller
Cathy's business career has developed through a number of positions in both public accounting and private industry. Prior to joining Devicix, she worked at a financial consulting firm, focusing on providing outsourced controller services to a variety of small business and non-profit organizations. Devicix was one of Cathy's consulting clients. She was so impressed by the commitment of Devicix to providing quality service to clients and a quality workplace for its employees that she joined our permanent staff as Controller in 2009.
Cathy is a CPA and has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of North Dakota. She started her career at Arthur Andersen & Co in Minneapolis and also worked a number of years at a large, privately held, multinational company in a variety of accounting and analysis positions.
Cathy is married with 2 children and spends most of her free time enjoying her children's participation in a variety of extracurricular activities. As a graduate of UND, she is also an enthusiastic fan of fighting Sioux hockey.
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