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Dr John Devine Medical Business Director Victrex

Dr John Devine

Medical Business Unit Director

Dr. John Devine is the Business Director for Invibio Biomaterial Solutions and is responsible for identifying and executing the market strategy for the adoption of Invibio materials and components. His leadership in identifying unmet clinical needs and the creation of new products and business models has contributed greatly to a portfolio of innovationsfor the device industry. He is a named inventor on a number of patented inventions, is a frequent contributor to papers at key biomaterials and industry conferences and has authored numerous peer reviewed articles. Dr. Devine holds a doctorate in the field of organic polymer synthesis and structure property relationships from the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom, a Masters degree in Process Technology and Management from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom and a degree in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
Marcus Jarman-Smith

Marcus Jarman-Smith

Strategic Marketing and Business Development Manager at Victrex

Marcus joined Victrex in 2006 and has held technical roles with Victrex's medical business unit (Invibio) and commercial roles, most recently in Business Development, scouting for breakthrough technologies as well as supporting the development of Victrex's Additive Manufacturing offering.

Marcus's expertise: PEEK in medical and dental applications as well as food contact, materials and technologies for Additive Manufacturing and 3D printing.

Mark Brady, PhD Additive Manufacturing Programme Leader, Invibio

Mark Brady, PhD

Additive Manufacturing Programme Leader

Mark Brady is the Additive Manufacturing Program Leader for Invibio, where he has worked since 2010 in a variety of product development roles. Prior to Invibio, Mark was a Principal Scientist in the area of wound care and regeneration. He received his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and PhD from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Michael Veldman

Michael Veldman

Global Strategic Marketing Manager

Sherri Gambill

Sherri Gambill

Trauma Technology Manager

Sherri Gambill is currently Trauma Technology Manager at Invibio Biomaterial Solutions™ where she is responsible for product development. Previously, as Business Development Associate she maintained relationships across client organizations as they adopted new biomaterials. Prior to Invibio, Sherri was a Product Development Engineer at DePuy Synthes and BD Opthalmic Systems, where she designed and developed implants and instrumentation for orthopaedic trauma and glaucoma treatment, respectively. In 2006, Sherri received a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA USA.
Sheryl O'Farrell

Sheryl O'Farrell

Head of Clinical Development - Invibio

Dr Sheryl O’Farrell has 30 years' experience in medical device development, encompassing all aspects from Quality to Clinical Operations. She now leads the Clinical team at Invibio, collaborating with academic institutions
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Dr. Andy Chang

Sr Application Development Engineer 

Andy is the senior application development engineer for Victrex’s Energy Strategic Business Unit.  He joined Victrex in 2017 and his experience spans different types of materials (thermoplastics, elastomers, composites), processes and applications

Andy's expertise: application development, processing PEEK polymer, root cause investigations and solid state structure-property relationships.

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Dr. James Myers

Head of Research & Development

James has a PhD in Engineering focusing on development of advanced composite structures for radome applications from Manchester University. He has been working with fibre reinforced polymers for over 20 years and working with PAEK composite materials and structures since 2008. 

James's expertise: thermoplastic composite processing and design for manufacture as well as qualification and certification, composite Hybrid Moulding.

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Dr. Masakazu Tanaka

Technology Leader Electronics & AP

Masa has a PhD in Polymer Science and Technology and has been a part of the Victrex Research & Development team for nearly 15 years.  He has held product development, and technical services roles in Japan and the UK.  

Masa's expertise: polymer science and physics, polymer compounds, polymer processing technology, material characterisation and analysis.

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