Stephen Mariano is Vice President of Global Endosurgical R&D at FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation. Stephen has a long history of success in research and development for the medical device industry and has helped bring numerous innovative technologies to market. In this episode Stephen shares how a company chooses the types of problems to solve, how to choose a specific problem, leveraging capabilities and core technologies, strategic direction and planning, what to do when a technology you own doesn’t fit in your portfolio, and an overview of FUJIFILM and how they’ve grown their helathcare segment.

Links from this episode:

  • Stephen Mariano LinkedIn
  • FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Mastering Medical Device:

  • Website
  • Pat Kothe LinkedIn