One of the leading experts on the medical device industry, David writes and speaks extensively on trends and company strategies focusing on all aspects of the medical device industry. He is a frequent presenter before companies and industry groups, including, for the past several years, the featured interviewer at the Stanford University BioDesign Program’s Innovator’s Workbench series, Cleveland Clinic, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich, AdvaMed, MDMA, MASSMedic.
David was for almost 20 years Managing Partner, running the medical device business, of Windhover Information Inc., which he founded in 1989 with his partner Roger Longman. In 2004, Windhover acquired MedTech Insight, an information provider specializing in the medical device industry, and in 2008, Windhover was acquired by Elsevier Life Sciences Inc. Under Elsevier, David runs the newly created business unit that features several leading publications serving medical device executives, including IN VIVO, Start-Up, MedTech Insight, and the Gray and the Silver Sheets. In addition, the new unit oversees the IN3 investor/partnering meetings, the MedTech market research reports business, and the device modules in Windhover’s M&A-alliance-and-financing-transactions database.