Dave Vogel

David A. Vogel’s relentlessly inventive mind has made him a top thoughtleader in the medical-device industry—and an emerging thoughtleader in boating and automotive safety.

Dave asks questions no one else asks.

Could hundreds of patients be injured if a terrorist hacked his way into a hospital’s network of medical devices and systemically sabotaged them? How can this be prevented? Is there a better way for boaters to sound fog warnings than pressing a button every two minutes? Is there a cheaper way to monitor auto tire pressure than current technology?

A Ph.D. in bioengineering, Dave is the founder and president of Intertech Engineering Associates in Norwell , Mass. — one of the first and most successful providers of outsourced engineering services for medical-device manufacturers. Both Fortune 500 companies and startups hire his firm to develop the software and electronics in advanced medical devices such as a new organ-transport device that lets the human heart live much longer outside the body.

Manufacturers also employ Intertech to insure that the software in their devices is bug-free, works in the field and won’t harm patients. Intertech has a 100% safety record with software validation.

Dave’s boating invention, FogMate, sounds foghorn warnings automatically. Another innovation, Nocturn, automatically keeps a boat’s light focused on a navigational marker

Dave also invented a new way to monitor tire pressure that ultimately could save automakers millions.

Despite his accomplishments, Dave didn’t have the recognition he deserves until he embarked on a thoughtleader program. Though Intertech’s work is on the cutting edge, only a small group in the industry knew of it. He had a myriad of ideas, but few outlets.

A little over a year into the program, he’s a published author whose articles appear in virtually all of the top medical-device magazines, including Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, Designfax/Medical Equipment Designer and Medical Design News. He’s also been interviewed by and quoted in The New York Times, Mass High Tech and most of the medical-device magazines mentioned above. His FogMate has been featured prominently in leading boating magazines.

A sought-after speaker on technical, regulatory and management issues at medical-device conferences, Dave reports tangible results from thoughtleading:

“Recently, I was talking to a prospect who told me: ‘You’re all over the place. I see your articles all the time, and I went to your last seminar. That’s why I called you.’ That shows me that you have to stay in front of your target audience all the time. You can’t let them forget you. Thoughtleading does that—in a highly professional, informative way.”

Thanks to thoughtleading, Dave’s personal visibility and Intertech’s fortunes are both solidly on the upswing.

To view Dave's thoughtleader achievements or to connect to his website, click here: http://www.thoughtleading.com/clients.htm

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