Carla Kikken-Jussen

Carla Kikken-Jussen is Vice President Medical Devices for Medpace, Inc. Ms. Jussen has over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry covering medical device clinical research and European Regulatory Affairs. Ms Jussen's industry experience includes her work with the Technical Committees and Working Groups of the European Commission in various areas: CEN-TC-316 "Animal tissues and their derivatives utilized in the manufacture of medical devices"; CEN-BT-WG 132 "Methods for analysis of Allergens" and NEN-301-007 "Quality Systems for Body Materials". Ms Jussen served on the board of the Life Sciences Limburg Group and is a member of the Dutch Standardization Institute (NEN), the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS) European Advisory Committee, the Orange County Regulatory Affairs organization, Member of the Board of Certification for CMDA (Certified Medical Device Associate) clinical evaluation and is Chairperson of the Board of Vimecon GmbH. In 2008 Carla was the first woman to be awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year by Rabobank Demarrage and in 2010 was awarded the Best Woman Entrepreneur by the Dutch Federation of Businesswomen. Carla has been named one of the 100 most influential business women in The Netherlands by Next Women 100 for her contributions as a consultant in the medical technology field. In 2012 MediTech - the company she founded in 2000 - merged with Medpace to form a comprehensive global development group, conducting clinical research and regulatory affairs consultation for medical device.