Martin Sklar has over twenty five years of experience as entrepreneur, inventor, and engineer in business development, design engineering, analysis, manufacturing engineering, and product introduction. His experience was gained working in surgical instrumentation, production automation, implants, laboratory automated instrumentation, and drug delivery devices. In the early 1990’s Martin founded Automated Medical Instruments, Inc., a company focused on developing remote controlled instruments for minimally invasive surgical applications. Other experience includes work with Corning Glass Works, Hewlett Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Millipore Corporation, Orion Research, Visualization Technology, Inc. (now part of GE Healthcare), Waters Corporation, and several start-up and early-stage companies.

Accomplishments include development of automated minimally invasive surgical instruments which resulted in the formation of Automated Medical Instruments, Inc. Martin also led or participated in the design and/or development of an automated DNA pellet preparation system, an automated DNA sequencer/imager system, a snap-lock knee implant, an image guided surgery system, a micro-osmometer, a blood gas analyzer, and numerous other products. More recent consulting projects involved the development of a drug delivery pump, design of a microneedle device also for drug delivery, and design of a micro-spike array for a pain management instrument. Martin’s accomplishments have contributed to well over $800 million in sales revenues for clients.

In 2001, along with numerous colleagues, Martin organized the not-for-profit Med Development Group, also known as MDG (www.meddevgroup.org), a medical device networking forum. In 2003, he co-founded the for-profit consulting company, AlvaMed, LLC (www.alvamed.com). In its three years, Martin has helped AlvaMed develop a significant client base, complete numerous projects, which satisfied or surpassed client requirements, and establish itself as a major resource for development of medical products. Martin continues to consult on various technical and medical projects involving business development, intellectual property landscaping and development, design, analysis and problem solving.

Patents: 5; 1 pending (5 - surgical equipment, 1 - biotechnology instrument)

Education: Master of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College; Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute