Tom Harrington
Tom Harrington, Operations Director – Digital Technologies, Medtronic
Following a short introduction to Medtronic and Digital Technologies, this keynote will explore how the world's largest contract manufacturing organisations deliver scale and reliability to global OEMs — and where smaller, more agile organisations can create a competitive advantage.
The session will focus on how leveraging geographic localisation, operational agility, and enhanced data insights enable faster iteration, accelerated development cycles, reduced early-stage risk, and lower cost as products transition from design and development into scalable production.
From a major OEM perspective, this talk will provide insight into how suppliers can position themselves effectively within today's evolving medtech manufacturing ecosystem.
I am a UK based, experienced, Operations & Supply Chain leader with a bias towards technology driven, product centric organizations focused on innovation, manufacturing, & commercialization of complex products, in highly regulated industries. Since starting my career as a Toolmaker and following an apprenticeship pathway, I have moved from role to role, in several industry leading organisations, gaining qualification, learning from incredibly talented people, absorbing every lesson, and using that learning to deliver results, and overcome an assortment of challenges, bringing me to where I am today.
In my current role, I form part of the leadership team for both Medtronic's Digital Technologies Business Unit, and Medtronic's Surgical Operating Unit Operations function, with my focus or remit split in several directions across the Research and Development, Operations & Supply Chain domain.
I have always been supportive of UK based design, development, and manufacturing, and understand how