Mark Pelo will lead NuShores’ production of NuCress™ bone regenerative product line.
Little Rock, AR – NuShores Biosciences LLC (NuShores), founded and based in Little Rock, Arkansas, announced today that Mr. Mark Pelo has accepted the position of Manufacturing Manager and will move to Little Rock from the Pittsburgh area. He will lead NuShores Generation 1 manufacturing of NuCress™ bone void filler scaffold products and serve as the Program Director and Principal Investigator on new and pending manufacturing projects to automate the company’s production systems.
Mark is a manufacturing leader with a reputation as inventive and accomplished in medical device and biologic device manufacturing process development engineering and operations. He has a deep understanding of the total process of device development, manufacturing, costing, and continuous improvement. And, Mark has been awarded 13 patents including one for a porous extracellular matrix scaffold and method. His references shared with us that Mark led successful collaborations and teams of up to 75 in creating solutions based on new approaches and on better applications of existing component and device manufacturing technologies and processes. I cannot wait to learn from and work with such a seasoned medical device professional.
Alex Biris, NuShores’ Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer
Mark will report to NuShores’ CEO, Sharon Ballard and lead manufacturing engineering and production as well as lead NuShores’ establishment of medical device clean room facilities, one of only a handful of such in Arkansas.
Mark is a perfect fit for a small but fast-paced life sciences venture such as NuShores. His references told me that Mark consistently got more done with less. He is skilled in quickly and accurately diagnosing problems and challenges and resolving issues despite limited resources. And he understands the essential quality requirements of a medical device manufacturer in assuring manufacturability, testability and cost effectiveness.
Sharon Ballard, CEO
Mark brings more than 27 years of medical device manufacturing engineering and operations successes to NuShores. His career positions include Senior Manager Manufacturing Process Development at Medtronic Spine & Biologics, and Senior Manufacturing Engineer at DePuy Orthopaedics. He also held the position of Director of Manufacturing at several other innovation based medical device manufacturers. While at Medtronic’s Spine & Biologics, he achieved unblemished record of project successes.
Larger product launches at Medtronic to introduce new generation products could exceed 5,000 part numbers, 100,000 implants and instruments, and an overall launch value of $100M. I established a PMO department that met PMI standards, tracked internal manufacturing and external supply from venders, moved resources when needed, and ensured timely and accurate project communications. I achieved 15 for 15 in product-launch projects successes over a two year period. I am honored and excited to be a part of this revolutionary bone regeneration technology and to join a team that has developed this groundbreaking medical device as we manufacture the NuCressâ„¢ bone void filler scaffold product and other products based on this new technology.
Mark Pelo, Manufacturing Manager
About NuShores Biosciences LLC
NuShores’ vision is to improve the quality of life for people globally and to compete successfully in the bone and tissue regenerative materials industry. Early studies suggest that NuShores’ licensed, patented technology could deliver improved solutions for bone regeneration while cutting healthcare costs, lowering treatment risks and reducing healing times. Research results show that NuShores’ NuCress™ scaffold could offer a number of benefits that to date not achieved by currently marketed bone regeneration products, therefore promising to bring better treatment outcomes to millions of people with severe bone injuries. NuShores has the exclusive, global license from University of Arkansas Little Rock to commercialize university owned patented and patent-pending technologies.
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