James Jordan, President & CEO at Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse

10/04/19 • 13 min

James F. Jordan is President/CEO at Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse and a healthcare professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Jordan is an accomplished Fortune 20-level executive with strong experience in the industry, consulting, and academia and is a recognized expert in market development and guiding the successful formation of entrepreneurial start-up businesses in the life sciences and healthcare industries. Prior to joining the PLSG, Mr. Jordan served as Senior Vice President of a $3 billion division of McKesson Corporation and at Johnson & Johnson. He has leveraged this experience in several startup ventures and is active on several boards of directors. His experience also includes consulting engagements with numerous companies, including Medtronic, Frost & Sullivan, and Otsuka Pharmaceutical.
Most recently, Mr. Jordan published his second book, The Intellectual Property Pyramid Assessment: A Novel Method for Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage. This is a complement to his first book, Innovation, Commercialization, and Start-Ups in Life Sciences, which provides expert guidance for start-up life sciences companies, from initiation to exit. His third book, to be published in 2019, is titled, Health Systems: an Overview. This book details the U.S. healthcare system, market, and business models.

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LATAM Medtech Leaders™ - James Jordan, President & CEO at Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse

Transcript

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Welcome to the Latin MedTech leaders podcast. This is a weekly conversation with med tech leaders who have succeeded in Latin America.

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Today our guest is James Jordan and with these interview with Jim we start a new topic in our podcast , the EU MDR and how it could potentially impact the medical device business in Latin America. James, his presidency, he all at Pittsburgh, life sciences green