Michael Smith is a product development consultant and engineering leader with over 20 years of experience designing and bringing medical devices to market, from proton accelerators to neonatal respiratory consumables. He blends deep expertise in product development, ISO/FDA quality systems, and manufacturing operations with hands-on mechanical design and plastics tooling knowledge. Michael has led multi-site, cross-functional teams through acquisitions and integrations, delivering cost-saving material changes, IEC certifications, and products that secured multiple patents. He excels at translating clinician and market feedback into manufacturable, compliant products and has repeatedly shortened development cycles while enabling new sales channels. Based in Franklin, Tennessee, he pairs an engineering background (BS ME, plastics certification) with R&D software familiarity from his computer science studies, making him unusually fluent at the intersection of hardware, software, and regulatory strategy. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who prioritizes profitable, user-centered outcomes without sacrificing compliance.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma with Honors, General, High School Diploma with Honors, General at Rim of the World
Certificate, Plastics Manufacturing Technology, Certificate, Plastics Manufacturing Technology at University of California, Riverside
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Michael Smith - Product Development Consultant at Cardinal Health