Jim Macemon

Mr. Macemon is a medical device executive with extensive experience in diagnostics, critical care, patient monitoring, imaging, and lab products. During his 40+ year medical device focused career, he led numerous Research & Development and manufacturing teams, successfully launching products to aid laboratory and health care professionals and improve patient care.

Mr. Macemon received his undergraduate degree in engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, followed by a Masters in Administrative Science from The Johns Hopkins University. During his career, he held senior positions with such companies as Baxter Healthcare, Richardson-Vicks, and SpaceLabs Medical, leading programs to develop laboratory and point-of-care diagnostic systems. Mr. Macemon’s focus during the last 20 years has been with Venture Capital funded start-up companies developing revolutionary diagnostic and imaging technology.

Mr. Macemon’s experience as a trainer also spans many decades. As an invited speaker at several Q1 Productions Medical Device conferences, he spoke on a variety of topics related to product development, quality and manufacturing. And during his 14 years at Baxter Healthcare, he frequently provided customer, company and trainer training covering a variety of product and Quality Management System topics.

Currently Mr. Macemon is Chief Operating Officer at DNAe, leading the development and manufacturing program for a device that will enable pathogen identification from a whole blood sample in less than 2 hours, enabling clinicians to prescribe appropriate antibiotics for their septic patients days sooner than is possible with current technology. He has 13 patents issued and several more pending.