Mentors and Guest Speakers
Our courses would not be possible without the generous help of the Western Australian biomedical innovation ecosystem. Meet the mentors and guest speakers who contribute regularly to our courses. You can also find out more about our Business Mentors who provide even more specialist help to the teams and our Alumni Fellows who guide the teams through the Biodesign process.
Ak Sabbagh
Team Dynamics Speaker
The Humanitarian Group
Alison Laws
Concept Presentations Mentor
Resonance Health
Amanda Tirtadinata
R&D Tax speaker
Ersnt & Young
Ann Damien
Final Pitch Judge
Cook Medical
Anthea Downs
Regulatory Affairs Speaker
Astrid Fackelmann
Value Proposition Speaker
50 Grounds
Briony Williams
Consumer Advocate
Consumer and Community Health Research Network
Bruce McHarrie
Final Pitch Judge
BioScience Managers
Dr Buzz Palmer
Needs Presentation Mentor
The Medtech Actuator
Dr Celine Royet
Regulatory Affairs Speaker
UP Compliance
Cettina Raccuia
Stakeholder Analysis Speaker
RAC WA
Cosimo Santella
Prototyping Speaker
Fast Brick Robotics
Gary Cox
Intellectual Property Speaker
Wrays
Gavin Buckley
Presentation Skills
TEDx Perth
Graeme Sheard
Company Set Up
Advisor
Greg Thomas
Non-Dilutive Funding
AusIndustry
Greg Riebe
Investment Funding
Perth Angels
Guy Provan
Company Set Up
Wrays
Dr James Williams
Final Presentation Judge
Yuuwa
Janet Preuss
Regulatory Affairs Mentor
QRC Solutions
Jane Harries
Team Dynamics Coach
JH & Associates
John Beech
Lean Canvas
JB & Associates
Julie Emery
Regulatory Affairs Mentor
Archer Emery & Associates
Dr Kath Giles
Market Analysis + Investment Funding
OncoRes
Prof Kevin Pfleger
Non-Dilutive Funding
UWA
Lewis Dawson
Stakeholder Mentor
Zimmer Biomet
Liddy McCall
Commercialisation Pathway
Yuuwa Capital
Prof Liz Geelhoed
Health Economics
UWA
Dr Maud Eijkenboom
Business Models
Better Nature
Megan Gobey
Prototyping
Inventors Hub
Dr Michael Winlo
Needs Presentation Mentor
Emerald Clinics
Prof Paul Watt
Value Proposition
Telethon Kids Institute
Dr Paul Anderson
Risk Assessment
Orthocell
Dr Paul Kristensen
Final Presentation Judge
Capital Technologies
Dr Penny Farbey
Intellectual Property
Wrays
Peter Hille
Intellectual Property
Wrays
Dr Rod Houston
Value Proposition
OptimEnergy
Russell Nicholls
Non-Dilutive Funding
Curtin University
Dr Sam South
Non-Dilutive Funding
UWA
Scott Vilé
Intellectual Property
Wrays
Simon Scott
Clinical Trials
Linear Clinical Research
Stephen Carroll
Non-Dilutive Funding
RSM
Tennille Kroemer
Value Proposition
Perron Institute
Todd Shand
Intellectual Property
Wrays
Rafael Kimberley-Bowen
Investment Funding
Scale Partners
Tim Leen
Stakeholder Analysis
East Metro Health Services
Dr Tracey Wilkinson
Presentation Mentor
Telethon Kids Institute
Adam James
Investment Funding
Caladenia Advisory
Richard Baddeley
Intellectual Property, Wrays
Sheryl Frame
Non-Dilutive Funding, EDICT International Consultants
Tracey Deveugle-Frink
Presentation Skills, Western Power
Alex McHenry
Dilutive Funding, Orthocell
Ian Brown
Budget, Dilutive Funding, Ian Brown Group
Brendan Kennedy
Concept Presentation Panelist, UWA
Mitchell Wells
Need and top solution presentation external adviser, Resonance Health
Alex Hayes
Concept Presentation Panelist, WA Dept of Health
James Chen
Clinical, WA Dept of Health
Katherine Arenson
Stakeholder Panel, East Metro Health Services
Simon Graindorge
Business mentor, Business Model lecture, OncoRes Medical
Carlo Bellini
Concept Presentation Panelist, HIP Consulting
Liz Dallimore
Business Mentor, Argenica Therapeutics
Penny Farbey
Intellectual Property, Wrays
Rene Hallam
Need and top solution presentation external adviser, Telethon Kids Institute
Helga Mikkelsen
Presenting to Investors, Brandon Capital
Ting Ong
Alumni Perspective - Concept Selection, alumni mentor, Ear Science Institute
Liddy McCall
Dilutive Funding, Yuuwa Capital
Jacob Petersen
Engineering, Alumni Mentor
Daphne Lakhiani
Science, Clinical trial, alumni mentor, Harry Perkins