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		<title>Alison Symington</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marissa Principato]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Alison Symington provides consultancy services to a variety of industry, academic and government clients in the area of life science strategy particularly in the development of new technologies with a focus on accessing non-dilutive funding. These services include large network applications directly to government or industry bodies as well as industry and or research [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca/mentors/alison-symington/">Alison Symington</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca">The Forge</a>.</p>
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		<title>Simon Woodside</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marissa Principato]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Simon Woodside is an expert in founding startups and digital healthcare security. He has started and led multiple startups in healthcare software, particularly focused on HIPAA compliance. He enjoys building teams and software, especially for products that need a high degree of reliability. A serial entrepreneur, Simon founded Semacode, and founded and sold Monolith and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca/mentors/simon-woodside/">Simon Woodside</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca">The Forge</a>.</p>
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		<title>Joel Ironstone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marissa Principato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Joel Ironstone is the President of Ironstone Product Development (IPD) and is a medical technology development expert with ~20 years of experience developing novel medical technologies. His experience includes technical development, regulatory approvals and the design and execution of first-in-man and pivotal clinical trials. He has brought more than a dozen innovative healthcare products from [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca/mentors/joel-ironstone/">Joel Ironstone</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca">The Forge</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ing Goping</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marissa Principato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ing brings his 32+ years of medical device experience as well as global business development for anyone that wishes to get a sneak peek into the best practices of successful companies. After two successful exits, Ing continues to consult companies on various topics on quality management systems, device regulations, intellectual property registration/strategy as well as [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca/mentors/ing-goping/">Ing Goping</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca">The Forge</a>.</p>
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		<title>Don Boyer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marissa Principato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Don has over 30 years of experience in the regulation of medical devices in Canada. He was employed with Health Canada from 1982-2014. His experience includes compliance monitoring and enforcement; technical / scientific evaluation of high-risk medical devices; establishment licensing; interpretation of legislation and regulations; redesignign the Canadian Medical Devices Program including the drafting and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca/mentors/don-boyer/">Don Boyer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca">The Forge</a>.</p>
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		<title>Bernard Lim</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marissa Principato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Bernard has been working with the Forge since 2016 and mentors many life science companies and is a serial entrepreneur. He is currently serving as CEO for multiple life science companies. Bernard founded a medical device company which he grew and led to a highly successful acquisition by a global pharmaceutical. As CEO, Board Chair [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca/mentors/bernard-lim/">Bernard Lim</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca">The Forge</a>.</p>
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		<title>Andrew Cheung</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marissa Principato]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Andrew is an experienced physician leader who has extensive knowledge of hospital operations and healthcare analytics. He completed his MBA focusing on healthcare entrepreneurship and innovation, working with several venture capital firms to develop healthcare investing theses and leading diligence efforts on potential investment opportunities. Andrew is very excited about developments in digital health and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca/mentors/andrew-cheung/">Andrew Cheung</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theforge.mcmaster.ca">The Forge</a>.</p>
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