Derek is an entrepreneur and innovator in the healthcare sector. He is a named inventor of over 30 patents with commercial success globally. Derek has successfully co-founded a number of European medical device startup companies including Medtech, Advanced Surgical Concepts and Haptica before spinning into the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) in Dublin. While there Derek established a Healthcare Innovation Hub to develop ideas received from clinicians and inventors in Europe and Internationally.
Derek has spear-headed and completed at least 12 Medical Device Licenses deals with key International Healthcare MNC over the last 12 years, completing deals with companies such as Ethicon Endo Surgery, Johnson & Johnson, Covidien, Boston Scientific and CAE Healthcare.
Derek is Founder, CEO and key promoter of i360medical, which is a direct spin out of the Healthcare Innovation Hub that was converted to a for-profit commercial model with the support of the RCSI. I360medical is a European and US based Healthcare Solutions and Medical Device Innovation Company that provides its services to Global Hospital Systems, the Medical Device industry, and clinical communities.
He has gained significant partners and support, and has built an impressive global network of experienced professionals within the medical device and clinical sectors intending to deliver transformational innovation to commercialization change to the international Hospital Systems, Medical Device Industry and Clinical Community.
Derek has a background in Mechanical Engineering, Surgical Innovation and Business Development from the Austin Waldron and Dublin Institute of Technology in Ireland. He also holds a number of board positions on medical device companies and medical research groups at both a national and international level.