Where
UConn Health
Technology Incubation Program Building
400 Farmington Ave.
Farmington, CT 06032
Event Contact
Paige RasidUConn Technology Incubation Program
860-486-8718
paige.rasid@uconn.edu
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Thank you to our Sponsors
This event is supported by
UBS
and our UConn TIP Sponsors through
the TIP Enhancement Fund
Lead Sponsors:
Fiondella, Milone &
LaSaracina, LLP
Medtronic
Gold Sponsors:
American Laboratory Trading
Locke Lord, LLP
Silver Sponsors:
Aon
Cohn Reznick, LLP
Fisher Scientific
Horizon Technology Finance
Innovation & Investment Series
The Trials and Tribulations of a Serial Entrepreneur: a Different Point of View
Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating presentation by Manny Villafaņa, an internationally recognized entrepreneur and medical device developer.
Manny Villafaņa, whose companies have revolutionized cardiac surgery and improved the lives of millions of people, will share insights from his career—and will focus on what it takes to succeed in commercializing technologies and inventions.
Read more about our Manny Villafaņa below.
A networking reception will follow the presentation.
Special thanks to our event sponsor, UBS.
The presentation will be followed by a networking reception.
More about Manny Villafaņa
His rich biography is a tale of a rough start in the South Bronx to become the founder of several successful medical device companies, including St. Jude Medical (now a key component of Abbott), Cardiac Pacemakers (now a key component of Boston Scientific) and ATS Medical (now a key component of Medtronic) in addition to several other companies that went public.
After beginning his medical career with the medical device exporter Picker International, Villafaņa joined Medtronic in 1967 and became the company’s first international sales administrator. In the early 1970s, he found.ed Cardiac Pacemakers Inc, which pioneered the first lithium-powered pacemakers and defibrillators—technology that is incorporated into virtually every pacemaker and defibrillator in the world. In 1976, he established St. Jude Medical Inc., which developed a mechanical heart valve that continues to dominate the market.
Villafaņa has established other successful medical technology companies over the past several decades. His most recent startup, Medical 21 Inc., is focused on the development of an artificial artery that would spark a major advancement in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery
Agenda
3:00 - 3:30 pm Arrivals, Networking
3:30 - 4:30 pm Welcome & Opening Remarks
............................. Mostafa Analoui, Ph.D., Executive Director, Venture Development, UConn
....................Speaker Introduction
.......................... . James Fasi, CFP, CEPA , Senior Vice President - Wealth Management at
............................UBS Financial Service
........................... Manny Villafaņa , Serial Entrepreneur, Founder, Medical 21
4:30 - 5:30 pm Networking reception
