About James Bell, MBA
James Bell founded Medical Device Guru LLC in 2016 to address the challenges of successfully starting and launching medical device and digital health innovations in the United States. He has provided strategy, commercialization and leadership help for hundreds of startups, investors and entrepreneurial support organizations both nationally and internationally.
With 25 years of medical device and IT experience in companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 100, and successful experience in sales, marketing, service, operations, management and senior executive leadership, James is a dynamic entrepreneur with a passion for innovative healthcare solutions.
As a relentless supporter of entrepreneurs, James has co-led a nationally-ranked accelerator as Entrepreneur-In-Residence, spoken at industry conferences, and is an active mentor or advisor for a plethora of founders and startups. He also serves as a speaker, evaluator, juror, advisor, or partner at camps, accelerators, incubators and competitions across the globe, plus provides advisory and support services for investors.
Although not an exhaustive list, the following represents some of James' work both as an entrepreneurship educator and as a medical device and digital health startup ecosystem supporter:
With 25 years of medical device and IT experience in companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 100, and successful experience in sales, marketing, service, operations, management and senior executive leadership, James is a dynamic entrepreneur with a passion for innovative healthcare solutions.
As a relentless supporter of entrepreneurs, James has co-led a nationally-ranked accelerator as Entrepreneur-In-Residence, spoken at industry conferences, and is an active mentor or advisor for a plethora of founders and startups. He also serves as a speaker, evaluator, juror, advisor, or partner at camps, accelerators, incubators and competitions across the globe, plus provides advisory and support services for investors.
Although not an exhaustive list, the following represents some of James' work both as an entrepreneurship educator and as a medical device and digital health startup ecosystem supporter:
- Adjunct Lecturer, Entrepreneurship an MBA Capstones, Christian Brothers University
- International Business Executive In Residence, UMRF Research Park, The University of Memphis
- Finals Juror, Our Body Juror and Partner, Global Pitch (the world's biggest online pitch competition)
- EIT Health Mentor, European Institute of Innovation and Technology
- Industry Mentor, National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps)
- Mentor, Delta I-Fund and Arkansas I-Fund, Winrock International
- Executive-on-Roster, Southeast Executives-on-Roster
- Pitch Rounds Co-Chair and Steering Committee Member, Southeast Life Sciences
- Lead Entrepreneur-In-Residence, BioTN Network
- Advisor - Chief Business Mentor, Operations Specialist and Sales/Business Development Specialist, University of California-San Francisco Health Hub
- Expert on Call, LEAP, Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Washington University in St. Louis
- Mentor, XLerateHealth
- Mentor, gBeta Medtech, a gener8tor accelerator
- Mentor, ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator (ranked as one of the top 25 seed accelerators in the United States for four straight years)
- Mentor, Start Co. (member of the Global Accelerator Network)
- Mentor, Epicenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator
- Entrepreneurship Advisor & Inaugural Organizing Committee Member, Memphis Scipreneur Challenge
- Entrepreneurship Advisor, BioTN Academic Alliance
- Advisor and Pitch Juror, Inner L.I.G.H.T. Outreach
- Mentor, Entrepreneurs' Boot Camp, Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Kentucky
- Mentor, Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, The Conductor, University of Central Arkansas, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and BioVentures (an Innovations in Research and Research Education Awardee by the American Association of Medical Colleges)
- Advisory Board Member, BioTN Biotech Job Fair
- Certified Facilitator, CO.STARTERS
- Member, Southeast Life Sciences, formerly Southeast Medical Device Association (SEMDA)
- Member, Life Science Tennessee
- Member, CBU Healthcare Packaging Consortium
- And more...
Highlighting some interesting past experiences and support activities:
- Pitch Rounds Co-Chair and Steering Committee Member, SEMDA 2019 MedTech Conference
- Medtech Semi-final Juror, 2017 European Health Catapult
- Speaker, 2018 Taste of Science/Comedy of Science
- Expert Reviewer, 2016 Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Tech-I Competition, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and United States Department of State
- Past Mentor and Speaker, Startupbootcamp SCALE Digital Health MIami
- And more...
