Peter Galen

Peter Galen worked in medical device companies for 30 years and has released more than 50 products. He worked as an engineer, project manager, director, VP, and CEO. Peter’s experience working at all levels enables him to understand the details and the big picture, resulting in robust solutions, and a focus on quickly creating high quality products that succeed. Peter is Chief Innovation Officer at Meditopian, an early stage company looking for solutions that impact the developing world and underserved populations in general. He has also led two successful exits most recently a social venture focused on preventing blindness, Quantum Catch Corp., to an Australian non-profit. Peter also sold a company he co-founded and ran, CardioDigital, Inc., to Covidien (Tyco Healthcare). In the late 80s he gained experience in product development and manufacture in, including 1.5 years in Singapore setting up Welch Allyn’s R&D for emerging countries. Peter also managed a large cardiovascular device lab (~100 person) for Hewlett Packard. He has 16 patents issued and 15 more that are pending. Peter sits on several boards and help four universities with their translational activities.

Peter has a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering with a biomedical focus from the University of Washington.