On a mission to bring new technologies and innovations to the healthcare market, Tony Kaufman is the New Business Ventures Lead for the Medical Materials & Technologies Business at 3M. With 24 years of medical device design, development, and manufacturing experience, he is now responsible for identifying new business opportunities with companies ranging from early start-ups to some of the largest medical device companies. Tony has utilized FEA modeling in various ways to solve challenges and accelerate product development. Backed with 51 core technologies and thousands of product offerings, he continuously seeks opportunities to apply 3M Science to address challenges facing today’s medical device companies. Tony is certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in Biological Systems Engineering.