Credentials

Mike W. Schmidt

Principal Consultant

Strategic Device Compliance Services

Experience:

International Electrotechnical Commission

- Former Convener, IEC SC 62D WG10; IEC 60601-2-38 Particular safety requirements for electrically operated hospital beds.

Convener, IEC SC 62A WG18; IEC60601-1: Section 6, Protection against hazards of ignition of flammable anaesthetic mixtures & Section 7, Protection against excessive temperatures and other safety hazards.
Expert member, IEC/SC 62A WG 22 (60601-1-4 Programmable electrical medical systems)
Expert member; IEC/SC 62A WG 15 & ISO/IEC JWG 1 (Risk management- ISO/IEC 14971).
Member: IEC/SC 62A Chairman's Advisory Group: Management team for rewriting of IEC 60601-1 General requirements for medical electrical equipment.

- Secretary, IEC SC62D; Subcommittee assigned to create electrical safety standards for specific medical device categories

1993 / Current

Guest Lecturer on medical device standards, regulations and product safety

University of Cincinnati, Department of Biomedical Engineering

2003 / Current

Sr. Standards Compliance Associate

Consult with Licensing and Acquisitions Teams regarding product & process compliance.
Develop product compliance processes that acceleration of Regulatory approval and compliance certification.
Advise & support design teams on the selection of standards and specific application of requirements.
Advise & support the Regulatory Affairs team on issues of compliance and international regulatory requirements.
Provide in-house training on issues of standards development and application to medical devices

Ethicon Endo-Surgery 1999 / 2003

International Regulatory Affairs Manager

- ISO 9001/13485 (design & development process, documentation and training)

- Medical products standards compliance issues (IEC, UL, CSA, CEN & CENELEC)

- International medical device law compliance (outside of North America)

- Compliance issues related to the European directives

Hill-Rom Co. - 1990 / 1999

Quality Assurance Manager - Electrical & Process Quality Assurance

- Q.A. Test Engineering Manager

- Electrical Quality Engineer & Customer complaint specialist

Hill-Rom Co. - 1983 / 1990

Skills:

· Negotiation and mediation of international business, technical and political issues (Europe and Asia).
· Writing of international and domestic standards, quality systems procedures and compliance documents.
· Development and execution of training programs (Hill-Rom, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, US Food & Drug Administration, AAMI, Advamed).
Speaker and consultant on issues of device regulation and standards compliance with International Medical Device Law including the European Medical Devices Directives, device safety standards and compliant design control systems. Venues include: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) conferences, Advamed (formerly Health Industry Manufacturers Association), Israeli Standards Institute, British Standards Institute (BSI), Guangzhou Medical Instrument Test Center (China State Food and Drug Administration.
Member: AAMI Standards Board; AAMI International Standards Board ; AAMI Nominating Committee (1998-2001) -Board level management
Co-Chair: AAMI Electrical Safety Committee - Committee level management
Secretary IEC Subcommittee 62D (device specific safety standards) - Coordination and management 22 working groups and project teams responsible for the development and maintenance of over 50 device standards.

Education:

· BS - Business / Economics - Mt. St. Joseph College (Cum Laude) - Aug. 1995

· ASEET - Electronic Engineering Technology - University of Cincinnati / O.C.A.S. - 1974

· Professional Training: Change Management, Team Building, Product / Service Development Systems (QFD), the Liability, Product Safety, EMC and Medical Device Directives (Europe).