Advisory Board Member Profile
Douglas Cusato
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Falken Tire Corporation
Director, Medical Rubber Business Area of Expertise:
Your Customers - Their Journey,Ideation & Innovation,Prototyping, Testing & Iteration,To Market - The New Business Plan |
Douglas is the Global Director of Business Development for the Medical Rubber Division at Sumitomo Rubber, North America. In his current role, he provides organizational leadership in various fields including technology and platform development, Go-to market strategies and business development for Parenteral Packaging and Medical Devices products
Throughout his career, Douglas has been fortunate enough to champion, lead and participate in the development through commercial launch of more than 12 innovative packaging systems and medical devices. These innovative products are linked with nearly 1 billion dollars in yearly revenue and touch the lives of more than 3 billion people each year. Along with receiving various awards from industry leading medical device companies for best practices in technology development and innovation, he has authored various publications and co-chaired numerous industry initiatives dedicated to establishing best practices and ultimately improving patient safety and clinical outcome. Douglas has a bachelor's in Organic Chemistry from Rutgers University. |