Strategic Advisory Board

Paul J. Atkins, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Oriel Therapeutics
Prior to co-founding Oriel Therapeutics, Paul was involved with the development and commercialization of inhaled delivery systems at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Leaving GSK as Director of Delivery Systems in the Global Respiratory Therapeutic Group, Paul has 18 years in the pharmaceutical industry in both the US and UK and is a recognized leader in the inhaled drug delivery field. Paul's accomplishments as the CEO at Oriel and his experience building the Inhaled Product Development Group at GSK make him a perfect fit for providing guidance to GILERO.

Rob Connelly
President & Founder of FineLine Prototyping
Rob started FineLine Prototyping on a foundation that included working with one of six beta SLA machines built by 3D Systems. Rob is considered a pioneer in the field, having pursued accuracy and feature resolution early in his career at Motorola. An industry expert, he was one of the first in the business to successfully implement Direct AIM and 3D Keltool tooling solutions for accurate injection molded plastic parts. Prior to FineLine, Rob applied his skills to addressing the demanding needs of medical devices at Becton Dickinson. To the GILERO advisory board, Rob brings his experiences as president and founder of a service company focused on the needs of product development teams working with precision plastic components.

John Hall
Principal Product Development Engineer at BD Biosciences
Product Innovation Center

John has been involved with the design and development of medical devices for over 30 years. With master's degrees in both engineering and business, John has experience co-founding Hall-Woodroof, Inc., which developed artificial skin, and founding Hall-Tech, a consulting firm. He has served as a development engineer for Baxter, market manager and Director of R&D at Edwards Critical Care Division of AHS, and as Corporate Director of R&D at Becton Dickinson. As a certified new product development professional, John's experiences as both an entrepreneur and in industry will provide GILERO with an excellent sounding board for identifying key suppliers and continuing to improve the product development process.

James Huttner, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer & Founder of Bionix
Founder of Maumee Pediatrics

James is a pediatrician whose daily interaction with patients provides unique insight for his role at the medical device company he co-founded. In addition to his pediatric practice in Maumee, Ohio, James heads up new product development at Bionix, a Toledo based medical device company specializing in single-use plastic medical devices, radiation therapy devices, and prosthetic solutions. A Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of the Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County, James is on the attending staff at three Northwest Ohio hospitals. James' experience in new product development through the eyes of a caregiver will be instrumental in adding to the development process at GILERO.

Ola L. A. Harrysson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, NCSU
Associate Faculty, Department of Biomedical Engineering, NCSU

Ola has expertise in manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, direct metal fabrication and medical modeling. Current research interests include custom design and fabrication of titanium implants, tissue engineering using biopolymers, medical modeling, and advanced manufacturing technologies. Ola is currently collaborating with surgeons UNC Chapel Hill, Duke Medical Center, and the Veterinary School at NCSU on several medical research projects. Ola is teaching manufacturing related courses in the Department of Industrial Engineering and a medical modeling course cross-listed with the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Mustafa Shraim, Ph.D.
Principal Consultant & Founder of Shraim Quality & Productivity Solutions
With over ten years of experience in the manufacturing sector, Mustafa is the president and founder of a successful consulting service business. His expertise is in quality management systems, statistical methods, problem solving, and process improvement. With experience leading clients to ISO and QS certification, training in the areas of process analysis and optimization, and work with injection molding manufacturing companies, Mustafa provides a unique manufacturing perspective to add to the GILERO advisory board.
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