Join Sunrise Labs on the Making Bright Ideas Work podcast to discuss the ins and outs of bringing medical devices to life, and their impact on the industry and beyond.
Medtech Development Strategy: Leveraging Local Resources with Global Networks
The success of a medical device development project is dependent on running an efficient development program. In many cases, using local expert engineering talent can greatly improve the time to market and your competitive advantage in the marketplace. Leveraging local expert support can augment your team’s capabilities and provide a focused effort in problem-solving, prototyping, and testing. When outsourcing product development you don’t just benefit from that team’s internal resourc...
9 Jan 2021
Continuous Integration & Automated Testing; When, Where, Why, and How ~ with Jim Turner and Mike Goulet
No one loved group projects in school, but working together as a team is important at any level of business. Working in a team always can be complicated, but that’s especially true when developing engineering services for medical devices, said Mike Goulet, Program Manager and Principal Software Engineer at Sunrise Labs. That’s why developing processes that run on their own, like continuous integration and automated testing, is critical. “One benefit and one real challenge in medical device ...
10 Nov 2020
Quality Assurance Teams and Building a Foundation of Trust ~ with Spenser Zawasky and Trisha Bouthout
Quality assurance is a critical component in the product development and manufacturing process. For medical devices, it’s paramount. Sunrise Labs’ Spencer Zawasky, Principal Quality Engineer and Test Manager, and Trisha Bouthot, Director of Quality & Test, spoke about the importance of building a foundation of trust within quality assurance teams and with clients. Bouthot said there are many factors involved to build a foundation of trust within a quality assurance team. Idea and knowledg...
10 Aug 2020
Empathy is Key to Home Use Medical Device Success ~ with Alex Therrien and Kelly Catale
The healthcare industry has been trending toward health monitoring in the home environment, and since COVID-19, this trend has significantly increased. Medical device manufacturers are experiencing many new opportunities and additional challenges in designing medical devices for a more diverse user population and less controlled use environment. In this Sunrise Labs podcast, Alex Therrien, Director of User-Centered Design, and Kelly Catale, Principal Human Factors Engineer, explain how taking...
27 Apr 2020
Key Considerations in Choosing a Design Partner and Contract Manufacturer ~ with Eric Soederberg, President
Which came first, manufacturing or design? For Eric Soederberg, CEO at Sunrise Labs, the answer is simple. Design always comes first. In this episode of “Making Bright Ideas Work,” Soederberg explains that if you choose a manufacturer to design your product, you may lose the ability to take a fresh look at your design. The time to select the most appropriate contract manufacturer is after the design is defined. You then have the flexibility to compare the offerings from more than one contra...
3 Feb 2020
Continuous Improvement and Investing in Your Company’s Future ~ with Eric Soederberg, President
Building a company culture of continuous improvement and investing for the future sounds like an obvious recipe for success, but it is easier said than done. Eric Soederberg, CEO of Sunrise Labs, joined Tyler Kern on this episode of the Sunrise Podcast to talk about the importance of creating the right work environment for continuous improvement and the investments required to bring that culture to life. “Continuous improvement is an investment,” Soederberg said. “When someone comes into you...
14 Jan 2020
The Keys to Successfully Outsourcing Product Development ~ with Laurin Noel, VP of Business Development
No one is an expert at everything, which is why hiring a product development team to get your medical product off the ground can determine whether it will ultimately sink or swim. Product development team expert at Sunrise Labs, Laurin Noel, joins Making Bright Ides Work to discuss what components lead to a successful group of product developers. With over 27 years of experience in the medical product development business, Sunrise Labs has seen a thing or two. Noel cautions startups and esta...
25 Oct 2019
How Do You Define a User Need ~ with Nick Lesniewski-Laas, Director of Electrical Engineering
The fundamental question that comes with designing new MedTech devices is this one: What are the user needs and requirements? The questions feel simple enough, but it’s far from simple. With that question comes others: Who is the user? What makes a good requirement? How do you actually test these requirements? For a MedTech designer like Nick Lesniewski-Laas, Director of Electrical Engineering for Sunrise Labs, these questions can often inhibit his ability to deliver on quality products if th...
4 Oct 2019
Project Management is Most Successful When It’s Personal ~ with Joe McCluskey, Program Manager
For all the discussion about process improvement, company culture, and team member morale, you might recall that Sunrise Labs is a medical product development firm. Sunrise Labs was founded to be different, and that’s evident in everything they do down to the way they run their daily operations. Today on Making Bright Ideas Work, the Sunrise Podcast powered by Sunrise Labs, we sat down with Program Manager Joe McCluskey to discuss how agile project management is more than methodology — it’s a...
12 Aug 2019
The Trade Group Looking Out for the MedTech Community ~ with Brian Johnson, President of MassMEDIC
Perhaps no state is more renowned for medicine than Massachusetts. The Commonwealth is host to leading hospitals, medical centers, and medical device companies that are maturing next-generation technologies. But MedTech enterprises large and small need representatives to ensure that innovations in the space can thrive. That’s where Brian Johnson comes in. He is President of the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) and on this week’s episode of Making Bright Ideas Work, a...
29 May 2019
Impact Medical Technology as a Software Engineer & Architect with Jim Turner & Mike Goulet
With healthy growth rates projected for the medical technology and devices industry globally, MedTech careers are in high demand. On this episode of Making Bright Ideas Work, we break down how two open positions in the software and product development field at Sunrise Labs are affecting medical change on an industry level. To share their insight, host Daniel Litwin sat down with Jim Turner, director of software development, and Mike Goulet, program manager & software technical lead. “We h...
4 Apr 2019
Company Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast ~ with Eric Soederberg, President
What are the keys to a successful business? Many will claim that businesses can stay ahead by keeping up with current trends, being innovative, and offering competitive price points, but what about other competitive advantages? What about a high level of respect for your employees and the same amount of integrity? Eric Soederberg, President of Sunrise Labs, joins today’s MarketScale podcast to discuss corporate culture as a competitive advantage. Soederberg says that “high respect and high i...
14 Mar 2019
Med Tech: From Mind to Market with David Hibbard, Director of Programs
Having a "Eureka!" moment and coming up with a new idea is only the first step in a lengthy and sometimes tedious process known as medical device development. David Hibbard of Sunrise Labs has worked in medical technology development for over 25 years, so David knows a thing or two about navigating this process. In today's episode he explains what a successful commercial launch looks like. Follow us @SunriseLabsInc, LinkedIn, YouTube Email Us: info@sunriselabs.com Thanks for listening!
8 Mar 2019
Avoiding the Pain Points of Getting Medtech to Market ~ with Adam Jacobs, CTO
Getting a medical product to market is no simple task. From conception to development, to marketing to appeal to audiences worldwide, every step has its speed bumps, and like a speed bump, and put in place for good measure. Quality control for feasibility and engineering tests both play a part in making sure that the product is functional, viable, and in many cases, FDA approved. On this Sunrise Podcast episode, Adam Jacobs, Chief Technology Officer at Sunrise Labs, discusses how products ar...
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