Peter M. Von Dyck

As a technology CEO and entrepreneur with deep experience in the development and global commercialization of complex technologies in both start-up and multi-national companies, Peter offers over 25 years of medical device and technology acumen to Hydromer®, just as he did in his own companies, Zassi Medical Evolutions and eZassi LLC. Both companies also served as a tribute to his late sister Saskia (Zassi), where he invented, patented, developed and globally commercialized several lifesaving medical devices to help patients like her needing intensive care. Then in an effort to speed the innovation processes itself, Peter then went on to develop and commercialize an innovative open innovation, cloud-based enterprise software system (SaaS), which provided powerful innovation management capabilities to large multinational companies, allowing his clients to speed their own new technologies to market faster. As an inventor with numerous patents and with his first-hand knowledge of both startups companies as well as the innovation needs and practices of mid-sized and very large conglomerates, he is a strategic planner and change management specialist. Peter is a serial CEO who has built cross-functional teams around the design, development, manufacturing and global commercialization of over a dozen breakthrough technologies, while also attracting millions of dollars of strategic and venture capital funding. He is an industry recognized leader and was named the 2000 Florida Entrepreneur of the Year in the area of healthcare and life sciences by Ernst & Young. He was also recognized as a leading entrepreneur by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who awarded him the Business Diversification Award for Entrepreneurship in 2003, and in 2004 he was named by Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine one of the 100 Most Notable People making a material difference in the global medical device industry.