John Wainwright
VP Engineering at Acandis & UCI Lecturer
- Role
- VP of Engineering at Acandis Gmbh
- Location
- Irvine, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Wainwright
Life Goal: To save millions of lives in a beneficial environment. Effectively built and managed multiple cross-site/functional teams to improve patient care by leading meaningful innovation, development, & commercialization of neurovascular, peripheral, and cardiac devices.Specialties: Building High Performing Teams Project/People ManagementTechnology and Strategy RoadmapsLeading Applicable Professional Development for OrganizationMedical Device Design and ManufacturingBiologic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Nitinol Device Design and ProcessingVentricular Assist Device ApplicationSix Sigma ImplementationClinical Device SupportPre-Clinical Study ManagementCERTIFICATIONS, AWARDS, AND PROFESSIONAL CLASSESProject Management Professional (PMP),Project Management Institute (PMI)Black Belt in Six Sigma (6σ) Process Excellence, Johnson and JohnsonCompetent Communicator, Toastmasters InternationalMedtronic Technical Contributor of Year Team 2016Medtronic Technical Fellow 2016-present Medtronic President Medtronic Technical Forum 2017 Stanford BioDesign Executive ProgramCovidien Early Innovation Award 2013Covidien Innovation Award 2012Cardiovascular Bioengineering Training Fellow Funded by NIH-NHLBI training grant (T32-HL76124)Cordis Team Excellence Award
Experience
VP of Engineering
Sep 2025 — Present · Irvine, CA, US
Education
University of Pittsburgh
PhD, BioEngineering
2006 — 2010
University of Florida
Bachelor and Master of Engineering, Chemical and BioMedical Engineering
University of Florida
BS, Chemical Engineering
1995 — 1999
University of Florida
ME, BioMedical Engineering
2001 — 2005
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