SEMICON West 2016

Jeff Christian
CEO
Phoenix DeVentures


Jeffrey J. Christian is founder and CEO of Phoenix DeVentures Inc. Founded in January 2001, Phoenix DeVentures is dedicated to working with creative medical professionals, entrepreneurs, and established medical device businesses to invent and develop solutions for the evolving medical device market. Collaborating with clients, Phoenix is experienced in the process of creating new concepts, tackling regulatory hurdles, developing products for emerging device markets and manufacturing for small to medium size markets. With over 60 employees, Phoenix is a vertically integrated company with considerable in-house capabilities. Prior to founding Phoenix DeVentures Inc., Mr. Christian had been with several startup companies, growing them from the garage through IPO and acquisition. Included in this spectrum of companies was a business failure which provided significant experience on the down side of the startup industry. Joining Advanced Cardiovascular Systems in 1984, Mr. Christian grew through various management roles, including VP R&D and engineering at 2 companies before starting Phoenix DeVentures. With over 43 patents (inventor and co-inventor) to his credit, Mr. Christian is experienced in the process of generating and developing new products for improving healthcare. Among the Phoenix team are credited 60 patents with many more currently in process. Additionally, before embarking on a medical device career, as a young man Mr. Christian spent several years working in the aerospace industry. He received a BS in Manufacturing Engineering from Brigham Young University in 1979 and completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program.

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