Doug then started his medical device career with Genzyme Surgical in various sales and marketing roles.  He then worked for Intuitive Surgical as a Marketing Director as the company launched into the U.S. markets and completed the IPO. After Intuitive Surgical, additional experiences included roles as the Global Director of Marketing for Medtronic’s Endovascular Innovations division, as well as commercial leadership roles with early stage companies OmniSonics and OmniGuide Surgical.

He brings over 17 years experience in Operations and Manufacturing in several industries such medical devices, semi-conductors and automotive.   Prior to his role at NDC, Frank was Plant Manager at Covidien’s Costa Rica facility and held several positions of increasing management responsibility in manufacturing, operations and supply chain at Intel Corporation, Seton Company and Allergan Medical.

Frank has been part of multiple start-ups and transfers to Costa Rica from the United
States, Europe and Asia. He served on several extensive transfer assignments to Malaysia, Philippines and China.

Frank holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology and a Dual Degree MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management (Arizona, U.S.A) and Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, ITESM (Monterrey, Mexico).