Per Röstlund
I embarked on my professional journey as an 18-year-old in the mid-’90s at the old renowned Lund-based company that was once called Gambro. I started with assembling dialysis machines. It took almost 25 years before I found the role that suited me perfectly, allowing me to go to work with a smile on my face, which is building things.
Give me a simple flowchart or share some thoughts on what you want to create, and I’ll develop and build it for you. My specialty is probably that I know a little about a lot of things and am extremely creative.
Before that, however, I managed to work with a lot of other things such as product testing, production technology, design work instructions, working with quality documentation, production development, driving efficiency projects (Lean). We even became Swedish champions in Lean in 2013.
Link to the Lean Prize 2013 Gambro Lundia AB Monitor Production
I also spent a few years as a production manager for Gambro’s Acute Dialysis Monitors before I accidentally transitioned from existing products to those of the future. During my final years at what later became Baxter, I worked on developing prototypes and test rigs. It ended up with us establishing an entire prototype workshop that received acclaim and delivered globally within the company. When Baxter reorganized and moved its development operations from Lund, it felt natural to continue creating prototypes and test rigs, but this time for other entrepreneurs in the region.
Kim Vien
For almost 14 years I’ve had the priveledge in being part of development of medical devices. I have found that I have a skill in navigating through the quality and regulatory maze that is such an important part of the lifecycle of a medical device. It may sound borring to many, but I find it challenging and rewarding when I successfully put together a set of technical documentation that holds through the scrutiny of a tough auditor. My moto is to keep it simple within the regulatory boundaries. With simplicity, it is always easier to follow what has been done, hence easier to maintain the documentation afterwards. This has also shown to be the most time efficient way to reach time to market.
I’m a project manager who does the job. This means I rather choose to skip the budget part of a project. I keep a project manager’s holistic view of what needs to be done. Where there is no resource to cover the job, I roll up my sleeves and get my hands dirty. Whether it is a project plan to be put together, tests to be conducted, extra hands that is needed in production, manual to be written, risk analysis to be performed or QMS to be created… big or small tasks, I jump into it and delivers. And I have done all this and more as a consultant for big companies like Baxter as well as for several small medtech companies in Lund and Malmö area.