Bob Mest is a Distinguished Engineer at Medtronic, focusing on cardiac ablation solutions since September 2022. Prior to this role, Bob served as a Product Development Leader at Affera, Inc. from October 2016, and was the Principal Medical Device Product Development Consultant at Mest Development Consulting LLC until December 2021. Bob has extensive experience in the medical device industry, holding various leadership positions such as VP of R&D and Product Development at Uptake Medical and Director of Global New Product Development at Biosense Webster. Bob began a career in engineering at Beckman Instruments and has a strong educational background with a Bachelor and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Long Beach.