Sean Chaudhry

President/ Principal Consultant

Sean is President and Principal Consultant at CanSummit™ Canadian Medical Devices & Diagnostics Consulting, A Division of The Capent Group Inc. He is a seasoned Canadian MD&D sector senior leader with extensive cross functional commercial leadership and general management experience, a lifelong deep passion for the MD&D industry and the difference it makes in the lives of Canadians. Over his 25+ years in the MD&D industry and personal experience with >50 MD&D projects, Sean has amassed a wealth of MD&D sector expertise and insights, which he now makes available to all CanSummit™ clients, in partnership with rest of the CanSummit™ team.  

• 25+ years of MD&D senior leadership expertise gained at leading organizations like Johnson & Johnson, 3M Health Care, Ortho Clinical, various biotech and MD&D start-ups, and numerous CanSummit™ clients

  • General management

  • Marketing management

  • Sales management

  • Business development

  • Regulatory affairs

• Vast MD&D sector experience

  • Capital equipment, devices, reagents & consumables, software, consulting

  • Acute care, tertiary care, long term care, home care, primary care, clinical labs, blood banks, rehab, chiropractic, physiotherapy, dental, orthodontists

  • Medical, surgical, clinical diagnostics, wound care, orthopedics, laparoscopy, infection prevention, health information systems, transfusion medicine, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, dental 

• MBA with specialization in healthcare, medical, biotech, and life sciences sectors (Ivey Business School, London, ON, Canada)

• Black Belt – New Product Commercialization/ Design for Six Sigma 

• Master Black Belt – Lean and Six Sigma 

• Bachelor of Pharmacy

• Experienced online marketing professional

• Experienced marketing research professional 

• Various management board and community leadership roles

MD&D Expertise Areas: Medical devices, Canadian MD&D market, acute care/hospital market, long term care, home care, primary care, physician market, pharmacy channel, clinical labs, blood banks, rehab, chiropractic, physiotherapy, dental, orthodontists, medical, surgical, clinical diagnostics, wound care, orthopedics, laparoscopy, infection prevention, health information systems, transfusion medicine, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, combination medical devices, dental, orthodontists, laboratory analyzers, reagents, and consumables, point of care tests, general management, marketing management, sales management, strategic account management, process excellence, lean six sigma, change management, regulatory affairs, online marketing, marketing communications