Julia will describe her climb up the corporate ladder from scientist to CEO. As a clinical scientist inventor she shares her process of inventing medical devices, and as an entrepreneur and CEO she emphasizes the value of a flat organizational structure and provides management tools she learned from working with 60 medical device companies (you can download Julia’s tools from her website www.MedicalDevice.com and sign up for new tools via her newsletter).

Julia S. Rasor is CEO of Entrovita, a medical device start-up company with novel device solutions to hospital acquired infections. She is also a multifunctional consultant with expertise in business, clinical, and regulatory strategies. She’s the inventor of an $100M/year revenue medical product, first ultrasonic contrast agent; has 52 issued and pending patents; has authored over 50 papers; is Member, 6 Scientific Advisory Boards; and provides degree-required Industry Internships/Practicums to university masters degree students in her start-ups. Julia is also a figurative sculptor who sculpts both representational and abstract human figures. She holds an M.S. in Human Physiology, University of California, Davis; B.S. in Biology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; Professional Certificate in Engineering Management, University of California, San Diego; Multidisciplinary Medical Communications Certificate from the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA, Founded in 1940); and was honored by the Forum of Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) with a Trailblazer Award, 2001 and 2002 for fundraising.