About us
of professionals
- Gianfranco Bellezza
CEO & Founder
Medical Devices Companies Startup Founder & Medical Company Advisor with 35 years of experience in Hospital, Health Care and related legislation in Europe and America. Strategic advisor in clinical development, regulatory validation, certification, and marketing of innovative medical devices.
He is specialized in different areas of healthcare and related therapies: oncological surgery, interventional radiology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, pain therapy, tissue technology, advanced cell therapies.
He is an 18 Companies co founder, he has been CEO of 5 medical companies and European Clinical Director in 8 European and American medical companies. Winner of several awards in the medical field, he contributed to the exit of 6 companies.
- Katrin Siebenbürger Hacki
Principal at Medows Sarl
>25 years of experience in the medical device and biotechnology industry and previously held positions in the EMEA organization of Medtronic, Intuitive Surgical and Honeywell focused on sales force excellence, analytics, market development and commercial execution. Active in the European Medical Technology scene and supports start-ups and scale-ups. Mentor and coach in the Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse supporting the scale-up of Swiss life science companies, working with the Swiss Medtech Association.
- Mart Pearson
Business Developer
Mart Pearson, Founding Partner of Valmolina Group Consulting, LLC., provides consultative support to clients related to medical device international business development activities and strategic translational initiatives, from research teams to product launch and beyond, with a particular focus on learning, understanding and communicating user needs and clinical applications.
Mart has more than 30 years of experience with medical device startups, coordinating the regulatory, clinical, marketing and global sales aspects, and has extensive experience with the introduction of new technologies to new markets. From the early days of minimally invasive surgery, when he was involved in selecting instrumentation and equipment to import and distribute in the Italian market, to the creation and management of one of the first international subsidiaries of STERIS, to multiple launches of new to the world surgical technologies, Mart has been living at the intersection of technology, regulatory frameworks and clinical experience across multiple geographies and cultures.
- Luca Porro
Project Manager & MedTech Advisor
15+ years of experience at multinational listed companies (Sorin and LivaNova) Global roles in Marketing, Strategy and M&A Assignments in Europe, the USA and China Expertise in Cardiovascular (Cardiac Surgery, ECMO/ECCO2R) with large network of KOLs among clinical and non clinical stakeholders MedTech Advisor to start-ups, SMEs, large corporations and investment funds since October 2022 Focused on Strategic Planning, Go-to-market, International Expansion, Commercial Excellence
- Antonio Ruscitti
Marketing Manager
Senior executive with experience in planning and responsible for creating valuable marketing and communication strategies for clients or partners. Consolidated experience in digital marketing acquired on many projects for international brands.
- The Bridge
We help the American and European Medical Companies to achieve the CE Mark, thanks Clinical Protocols conducted in the Best European Hospital and/or Medical University.
We help the American Companies to understand European legislation and learn about the best opinion leaders, eligible to become the European KOLs and part of the company’s Advisory or Scientific Board.
We help the European Medical Companies to achieve the FDA, thanks the collaboration with American University and Hospital centers.
