Bringing Together Clinical Expertise, Medical Device Experience, and Strategic Relationships
Hatch Medical combines decades of medical device experience with clinical insight and strategic relationships to identify, evaluate, develop, and commercialize meaningful medical innovations. Our team includes medical device professionals, physician advisors, and trusted experts across the healthcare ecosystem who help ensure opportunities are evaluated from both a clinical and commercial perspective.
Hatch Medical Leadership
Paul Gianneschi – Managing Principal and Founder
After 15 years in the healthcare industry, Paul founded Hatch Medical in 2000 to assist physician inventors with new product concepts. Prior to founding Hatch Medical, Paul served for over seven years in a series of senior level marketing and sales management roles with medical device industry leader, C. R. Bard, Inc.’s Peripheral Technologies Division (now Becton, Dickinson and Company – BD). While at Bard, Paul maintained global marketing responsibility for vena cava filters and vascular stent products. His past responsibilities at Bard also included global management of peripheral angioplasty balloon catheters, thrombolysis catheters and accessory devices. Prior to joining Bard, Paul worked with Bausch & Lomb and NDC Health (now McKesson) in a series of field sales training and division management roles.
Paul earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida and an Executive M.B.A. in International Management from Mercer University.
Steven M. Hvozda – Principal Member
Steve has held an array of executive sales and marketing management positions for over 30 years within the medical device industry. Prior to becoming a Principal Member of Hatch Medical in 2001, Steve held the position of Global Sales and Marketing Director for C.R. Bard Inc.’s Carotid Endovascular Systems division. Prior to this, Steve was the International Director of Marketing for Bard Peripheral Technologies responsible for stents, PTA, vena cava filters, biopsy and drainage devices. Prior to joining Bard, Steve had global sales and marketing responsibilities for the Canadian based hemodialysis and angioplasty device company, Vas-Cath Inc.
Steve earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from McMaster University in Canada.
Physician Advisors
Clinical Expertise Guiding Innovation
A critical component of Hatch Medical’s approach is the involvement of experienced physician advisors who provide clinical perspective throughout the innovation and commercialization process.
Our physician advisors help evaluate:
- Whether a technology addresses a meaningful unmet clinical need
- Potential advantages for physicians and patients
- Integration into current clinical workflows
- Opportunities to improve patient care
Their guidance helps ensure Hatch Medical focuses on technologies that provide meaningful clinical value.
Extended Team & Strategic Expertise
Hatch Medical has developed relationships with trusted experts who provide specialized capabilities throughout the medical device development and commercialization process.
These capabilities may include:
- Biomedical engineering
- Product development
- Reimbursement strategy
- Manufacturing partnerships
- Regulatory strategy
- Quality systems
- Market development