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Team Approach: President's Bio

Sam Burd, P.E.

Sam Burd, President of Medical and Biotech Developments, Inc., has over thirty years bringing medical and biotech consumables, apparatus and microprocessor controlled instruments to market. At the start of his career, he designed hemodialysis systems, catheters, and anesthesia/respitory care instruments. Then he transitioned to biotech research and diagnostic system.

His early original technical focus of mechanical engineering and materials has expanded to MEMS, microprocessor controlled systems, and automation. Sam has managed numerous groups and brought diverse projects to successful completion. He has set-up operations worldwide and started a number of technology based companies. Sam earned a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern U. and an MBA from Pepperdine U. He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E. #M19259) and was active in ASME, NSPE, SPE, CaSSS, and AAMI. Sam has 16 issued patents and 6 published papers for medical and biotech apparatus and procedures.

To help educate others, Sam lectured in the venture design course E-110 at UC Berkeley from 1995 to 2004. He created and taught "Starting as an Independent Consultant", 2-day seminars through UC Berkeley Extension. Sam has given abbreviated versions of that seminar at both local and national meetings of professional societies.

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