Paul Wessel
Principal - Ideation Consulting Partners
- Role
- Member Board of Directors at Samehere The Global Mental Health Movement
- Location
- Brainerd, MN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Paul Wessel
Mr. Wessel has spent the past 31 years involved in different disciplines of industrial and healthcare automation. He has held different executive leadership roles in Sales, Marketing, and New Product and Intellectual Property development within large and medium sized corporations. As an inventor and entrepreneur, Mr. Wessel has successfully built and sold several medical device companies.In 2014, Mr. Wessel received a governor\'s appointment to the Minnesota Assistive Technology Council. In 2013, he received the Seelye Lecture Fellowship from the Bio Engineering Sciences Division at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. In 2012, he was recognized by the Engineering Society of Detroit by being awarded the Alpha Award for Medical Innovation. In 2003, Mr. Wessel received the Tekne Award from The Minnesota High Technology Association as Innovator of the Year for an emerging company. In 2018, Mr. Wessel received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Concordia University.Mr. Wessel has been issued six United States Patents with five additional domestic and international patents still pending. Mr. Wessel’s groundbreaking work in automating healthcare data acquisition and incentive delivery has been extensively covered on domestic and international television and print media including, Business Week, CNN Headline News, National Public Radio, Die Deutche Zeitung, ZTV, MSNBC, USA Today, and The Washington Post. His latest two medical ventures, First Layer Health and The Genesis Institute Initiative are focused on accelerating development, implementation of sustainability initiatives for technology-enabled care delivery within the eldercare and memory care markets; with a specific emphasis on automated care coordination.Mr. Wessel received his BA cum laude from Concordia University, St. Paul, MN and a Mini Masters in Business from St. Thomas University. He has also served as Adjunct faculty for the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and invited lecturer at University of Minnesota\'s Carlson School of Management.
Experience
Member Board of Directors
Samehere The Global Mental Health Movement
Oct 2025 — Present
Education
University of St. Thomas
Mini Masters Business, Business Management
2012 — 2012
Concordia University-St. Paul
Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude, Business Management
1995 — 1997
Skills
- Technology Commercialization
- Business Strategy
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Marketing Strategy
- Competitive Analysis
- Start-Ups
- Patents
- Manufacturing
- Product Marketing
- Strategic Partnerships
- Marketing Management
- Leadership
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Entrepreneurship
- New Business Development
- P&L Management
- Healthcare
- Business Development
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Executive Management
- Business Planning
- Product Launch
- Commercialization
- Strategy
- Diabetes
- Strategic Planning
- Medical Devices
- Product Management
- Marketing
- Sales Management
- Market Development
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