Charles Nelson

Charles founded Sonoma Orthopedic Products, Inc. with two colleagues in 2006. fCharles has led design and development teams in the medical device market for over twenty-five years at Abbott Stryker Corporation, and Bristol Myers. He is the named inventor on thirty-five patents and patent applications. He was responsible for the design teams at Therasense, Inc. (now part of Abbott Diabetes Care). His other product experience include: co-inventor an emerging world, rapid agglutination analysis device, autologous fibrin adhesive systems, and portable, hospital-based pharmaceutical delivery systems. Charles holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and Master of Science degree in Materials Engineering from Northwestern University. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, medical device design, intellectual property creation and management, business creation and funding, product development management, domestic and international regulatory filings and approvals, Shonin, operations, intellectual property, quality systems, FDA and Notified Body audits,