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Jon Montcrief shares his career path in chemical engineering and process development roles in the medical device industry. He discusses challenges in manufacturing, supply chains, and the regulated medical device industry. 

Main Topics:

• Engineering career paths
• Chemical engineering background
• Manufacturing trends
• Supply chain challenges
• Technical and soft skills for engineers
• Challenges facing medical device companies
• The future of medical technology.

About the guest: Jon Montcrief, holds a bachelor's and master's degree in chemical engineering and is currently the director of process development and sustaining engineering at Becton Dickinson, where he applies his process engineering and polymer background to develop products in the medical device space. John, thank you so much for joining us today.

Links:

Jon Montcrief - LinkedIn

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