Richard E. Hannah

Richard Hannah has forty-four years of experience in the Medical Products industry. Prior to founding MDS, Richard was employed by medical product companies: American Cystoscope Makers Inc., Baxter International Inc., Endosonics Inc., and Puritan Bennett Inc. Before entering the medical industry, Richard created new weapon technology for the US Navy and novel chemical processing plants for Reilly Chemical.

Prior to MDS, Richard led the development, design, and manufacture of over sixty marketed medical products. He has contributed to every MDS medical technology project. His product contributions includes biotech, drug development, medical imaging, surgical, disposable devices, life support, diagnostic, bio-sensors, and drug delivery. He has nine US Patents two of which were while at MDS.

Richard earned a BA in Chemistry and Mathematics at Indiana State University. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, MDE program. He received his education in Hospital Clinical at the University of Chicago Medical School in a program sponsored by Baxter International and was responsible for world-wide clinical research of a new medical device. Richard is a California Certified Substitute Teacher and taught in the Vista Unified School District.

He was trained by the FDA in QSR Design Controls, Process Validation, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Systems, and QSR GMP implementation. Richard has been certified in 3D CAD. In 1997, he served as a Design Controls expert panel member for the FDA satellite downlink to San Diego medical device manufacturers. He participated in and led ASQ training programs.