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Ian Stevens (Touch Bionics)

Nov 30, 2015, 6:00 – 9:00 PM

Edinburgh

CodeBase | Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR

Ian joined prosthetic hand manufacturer Touch Bionics in May 2011 as CEO from surgical medical device company Mpathy Medical where he had been CEO since 2007. Between 1998 and 2007 he was employed by Optos plc, firstly as CFO in Dunfermline, UK, and then as General Manager, North America in Boston, USA.

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About this event

Ian joined prosthetic hand  manufacturer Touch Bionics in May 2011 as CEO from surgical medical device company Mpathy Medical where he had been CEO since 2007.  Between 1998 and 2007 he was employed by Optos plc, firstly as CFO in Dunfermline, UK, and then as General Manager, North America in Boston, USA. Ian is a chartered accountant, previously working  for KPMG in Oxford, UK and Prague, Czech Republic.  He is a graduate of Edinburgh University and former Royal Air Force officer. Touch Bionics is a provider of world-leading prosthetic technologies designed to achieve positive outcomes for people with upper limb deficiencies. Touch Bionics was the first company to develop an electrically powered prosthetic hand with five independently powered fingers and the company continues to be a pioneer in upper limb prosthetic solutions. The company's products include electronic prosthetic hand and prosthetic finger solutions, as well as passive silicone prostheses that closely match the natural appearance of the wearer. A spin-out from the UK’s National Health Service, Touch Bionics was founded by inventor David Gow and is funded and supported by Archangel Investors Limited and Scottish Enterprise. 

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Speaker

  • Ian Stevens

    Touch Bionics

When

When

Monday, November 30, 2015
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM UTC

Where

Where

CodeBase | Argyle House
3 Lady Lawson Street
Edinburgh, EH3 9DR

Agenda

6:00 PMNetworking and Food
7:00 PMFireside Chat
8:00 PMNetworking

Organizers

  • Dec McLaughlin

    Startup Grind Scotland

    Director

  • Emma Loedel

    Startup Grind Glasgow

    Director - Startup Grind Glasgow

  • Caro Melendez

    Head of Operations

  • Amy Kelly

    Startup Grind Scotland | AK Marketing

    Head of Marketing

  • Oluwaseun Olabode

    Startup Grind Aberdeen

    Director - Startup Grind Abedeen

  • Alexandra Lloyd

    Startup Grind Scotland

    Edinburgh Events Team

  • Nick Cohen

    Startup Grind

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