Little Rock-based LineGard Med expands its executive team
by February 3, 2016 6:41 pm 91 views
LineGard Med, developer of biomedical equipment, is expanding its management team.
The Little Rock-based startup has hired Vance Clement as chief operations officer, and Jordan Mykleby as the director of engineering. Clement will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the company and Mykleby’s primary focus will be on the development and quality control of LineGard Med’s first product, SafeBreak IV.
Clement has more than 20 years of medical device experience. His most recent position was vice president of sales and marketing at Fayetteville-based BlueInGreen, a developer and manufacturer of capital equipment for water treatment. BlueInGreen more than quadrupled its sales in one year under his leadership.
Clement was also senior director of marketing at Mako Surgical, an orthopedic surgical robotics company, for four years. He was the developer of Mako’s strategic plan and the chief architect behind the development and launch of Mako’s second robotic application that addressed hip replacement surgery. During his time at Mako, the company grew from 17 robot installations to 156 and from $20 million in sales to more than $100 million in sales. He previously spent 10 years at Smith & Nephew Orthopedics and six years at Wright Medical Technology (now Microport) in various sales and marketing roles both domestically and internationally.
Mykleby comes to LineGard Med from the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, where he was a program specialist in the ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator. ZeroTo510 specializes in the launch of medical device companies, and Mykleby assisted eight medical device start-ups with their product development and market validation needs. He began his career as a product design engineer at Altec, a manufacturer of custom utility trucks. Mykleby has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee.
LineGard Med has developed and patented a device that helps eliminate IV line pull-out or dislodgement, one of the most common adverse events patients experience in a hospital.