SharpMed is an inventor’s dream; an end-to-end medical product design and development company partnering with inventors to drive innovation from the inside out.
An Idea Without Action Is a Lost Opportunity
Mission
To be the medical device industry’s most trusted, widely recognized, ‘go-to’ design and development company for medical device inventors and strategics, looking to improve patient care through clinically superior, financially sound, ‘wickedly cool’ ideas.
SharpMed
Leadership Team

Chris Salvino, MD, FACS
President & CEO
Dr. Salvino is a trauma and critical care surgeon with thirty years of experience in medicine. In addition to having a strong, hands-on clinical background, Dr. Salvino is an accomplished inventor with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Early on, he recognized a need for improvements in the medical device development process; improvements that would benefit both patients and clinicians.
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Dr. Salvino completed his Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Notre Dame and his Doctor of Medicine at Loyola Medical School. Dr. Salvino also holds Master’s degrees in Aerospace Medicine from Wright State University, Flight Test Engineering from the National Test Pilot School, Planetary Geology from Arizona State University, Engineering Mining from the University of Arizona, and Space Studies from the University of North Dakota.

Ken Andresen
Chief Financial Officer
Ken spent 14 years with KRD Trucking, an industry leader in providing loading and transportation services for collection companies in the Waste Industry. During his tenure, Ken was influential in the company’s growth from $40 to $117 million in revenue, 680 employees and a 14-state operating footprint primarily throughout the Midwest and Southeast Regions of the United States.
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For 8 years, Ken served as the President, Treasurer and a Board of Director for KRD Trucking predominantly focused internally on overseeing the Financial, Operational, Mechanical, and Safety pillars of the company and externally on customer relations including negotiating and executing multi-year master service agreements.
Prior to becoming President, Ken served as the Chief Financial Officer of KRD Trucking. For 6 years, Ken accounted for 6 entities, created divisional budgets, built an information technology data management and KPI platform, managed a large deductible insurance program, closed a $36.6 million bank deal and successfully brought on a private equity partner through a $60 million recapitalization of the company.
Ken began his career in public accounting with KPMG in Chicago, IL after graduating with Bachelor of Science Degrees in Accountancy and Finance from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Anthony Escandon
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Anthony is a seasoned medical device executive with over 14 years of experience in sales, strategic planning, and leadership within the MedTech sector. His career spans roles in innovative start-ups and high-growth acquisitions, where he has played a pivotal role in driving revenue expansion, market penetration, and team development.
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Having contributed to the success of four start-up companies, Anthony has developed deep expertise in executive leadership, sales promotion, mergers and acquisitions, and negotiation. His ability to commercialize and launch cutting-edge medical technologies has positioned him as a key driver of growth in the healthcare market’s capital and disposable sectors.
Anthony’s leadership has been instrumental in forming and guiding high-performing sales teams, leveraging his management team-building skills, goal-setting, and strategic execution to foster success. His track record of scaling businesses and navigating complex sales landscapes underscores his ability to lead organizations through critical phases of growth and acquisition.
With a passion for innovation and a results-driven mindset, Anthony continues to push the boundaries of success in the medical device industry, ensuring long-term impact through strategic partnerships and dynamic market strategies.

Kenneth Altshuler
Intellectual Property Counsel
Ken Altshuler represents SharpMed, LLC as intellectual property counsel. Ken runs a boutique intellectual property law firm, Altshuler & Associates, in Boulder, Colorado. For almost 25 years Ken has represented clients in front of the United States Patent and Trademark, assisting them in developing the IP portfolios, sound IP strategies aligned with their business goals and a myriad of other IP related protections. Ken brings a strong engineering and business background to his practice, which has a focus on start-up businesses.
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Ken came to the Boulder area in 1995 to develop an R&D lab at Seagate Corporation after running a similar R&D lab in a fortune 50 disk drive company in the Silicon Valley. While at Seagate, some of his accomplishments included founding an advanced R&D head/media group, publishing 6 peer reviewed technical papers in engineering, starting and managing an international product transfer failure analysis team, and functioning in a program management capacity. For a decade, Ken also functioned as a technology program manager for both the Boulder Innovation Center and the Innovation Center of the Rockies advising and assisting start-ups find their respective paths to commercialization. Ken facilitated a modest exit of a software company that he ran from 2017-2018 as well as founding three additional companies, two of which are presently thriving. Ken sits on two boards of directors and volunteers in various organizations in his community. Ken commits to a daily practice focused on mind, body and spirit with the goal of being the best version of himself each and every day.

Carin Abordo
Director of Operations
Carin is a seasoned Business Director with over a decade of experience in Operations Management, known for driving efficiency, streamlining processes, and fueling sustainable growth. With a degree in Business Management, she combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution to deliver measurable results.
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Carin has led cross-functional teams across diverse industries, aligning operations with sales goals to boost performance, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction. Her strength lies in bridging the gap between operations and sales, implementing data-driven strategies that accelerate business outcomes.
Passionate about continuous improvement, Carin is dedicated to building high-performing teams and crafting operational strategies that inspire innovation and long-term success.

Martin Ndichu
Director of Sales and Marketing
Martin is an accomplished healthcare sales and business development executive with over 14years of experience leading commercial growth initiatives. His expertise includes sales leadership, strategic partnerships, market development, performance management, and team coaching.
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Throughout his career, he has successfully driven revenue growth, expanded market presence, and built high-performing teams. Martin is passionate about developing people, strengthening customer relationships, and delivering sustainable business success through strategic and data-driven leadership.

Kelsey Gibson, RAC
Regulatory and Quality Consultant
Kelsey, the owner and principal consultant of Gibson Regulatory, LLC in Centennial, Colorado, possesses extensive expertise in the medical device regulatory and quality domains. This experience encompasses supporting product development across all risk categories of devices in both U.S. and international markets.
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Kelsey has also served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for devices before global regulatory authorities and notified bodies.

Jia Sawardekar
Manager - Sales & Marketing
Jia is a dynamic, results-oriented professional with over 14 years of comprehensive experience across business operations, sales, and marketing. With a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree and credentials as a Licensed Professional Teacher, she brings a rare and powerful combination of clinical precision, pedagogical insight, and strategic business leadership.
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Throughout her career, Jia has excelled in high-impact roles involving operations management, client acquisition, and marketing strategy. She has consistently demonstrated her ability to lead cross-functional teams, craft and execute growth strategies, and cultivate robust professional relationships. Her expertise in streamlining processes, optimizing CRM systems, and implementing performance-driven initiatives has delivered measurable improvements in efficiency and business outcomes.
At SharpMed, Jia plays a pivotal role—leveraging her deep industry knowledge, visionary leadership, and relentless pursuit of excellence to propel organizational success. Her unique ability to align operational execution with strategic business objectives makes her an invaluable asset in driving sustained growth and innovation.
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Board Of directors

Ryan halett

James Oberman
Currently serves as CEO of Payroc. Payroc is a Top Ten Non-Bank US Merchant Card Payment Processor.
Since 1996, Jim has also served in senior executive capacities for leading, publicly traded, payment and finance companies, including FIS Worldpay (fka Vantiv) and CIT. For over 37 years Jim has been a board member of Calvary Academy Christian School, Restoration Ministries and Parkview Christian Church.

Mark Michuda
Mark has been actively involved with SharpMed on its Board of Directors since 2020.

Don Smith
30 years of Medical Industry experience in Sales Marketing, Management, Product Development as
well as Corporate and Government Account Management from Fortune 100 to startup companies. Participated in numerous product launches and successful introduction/adoption of disruptive technologies. Led successful medical device companies from start up to revenue generation and exit. Training and Experience in military and civilian pre-hospital clinical roles.
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Departmental Teams
Engineering/Manufacturing
SharpMed’s best-in-class biomedical engineering team are experts in medical device design and development, with capabilities that include: product conceptualization, analysis, verification testing, and design for manufacturability.
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With extensive experience in mechanical/biomedical engineering and project management, the team specializes in early-stage product development using analysis and advanced simulation to bring an idea to life. Equally important, we utilize an iterative, rapid prototyping process and market-ready manufacturing to respond quickly and efficiently to changing product requirements. Engineering is dedicated to delivering the best overall vision for a product and to ensuring a smooth transition to manufacturing through equipment validation and verification testing.
Regulatory/Quality
The SharpMed Regulatory and Quality team is responsible for operation and maintenance of the quality management system built specifically to encompass design, development, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of novel medical devices.
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The Regulatory team evaluates new products for regulatory and quality compliance, researches new product regulatory strategies for worldwide markets, develops new product design and manufacturing requirements, and submits regulatory applications, such as Q-subs, 510(k)s, de novo applications, PMAs, CE marking technical documentation, and mediates all interactions with auditors, notified bodies, and regulatory authorities. SharpMed can do all this for you and more.
Legal
SharpMed’s Legal has a combined 40 years of experience with intellectual property law spanning procurement, licensing, representation, and enforcement. With advanced knowledge of the patent and trademark processes, this group is driven to develop sound IP strategies and protections that align with business goals.
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Their professional backgrounds include Founding an advanced R&D head/media group, publishing peer-reviewed technical papers in engineering, starting and managing an international product transfer failure analysis team, and a decade of manufacturing and process engineering expertise. This diverse and extensive legal and technical framework translates to effective leadership and quality-driven, results-oriented IP analyses and solutions.
Leading the Way in High-Quality Medical Device Design and Manufacturing
SharpMed has the people, equipment, and technology needed to produce high-quality medical devices. We adhere to rigorous quality management practices to ensure the consistent design, development, production, distribution, and marketing of medical devices that are safe for their intended purpose. Our commitment to excellence positions SharpMed to support a wide range of innovative product ideas, helping bring cutting-edge medical solutions to market.
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