I’m a close-up magician who also consults medical device teams and leads 3-4 day training workshops on R&D, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory Compliance (FDA, EU-MDR, ISO, MDSAP, etc.). Many people call what I do continuous improvement.

Before college, I was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, a combat veteran of the first Gulf war, and an unarmed peacekeeper in Israel and Egypt with diplomatic privileges; our goal was peace in the Middle East (judging by recent news, we didn’t succeed).

I used the army college fund to attend LSU, where I was co-captain of the newly revised wrestling program and mentored by Coach Dale Ketelsen. I earned a degree in civil and environmental engineering, and then went on to biomedical engineering at UAB while working as a research engineer for the Veterans Administration Healthcare System. I became a jack-of-all trades, saw how to utilize the relatively nascent internet; I decided I wanted to solve global challenges more than I wanted a job or another degree. My advisor, spine surgeon and engineer Dr. John Kirkpatrick, inspired me to make things that help others.

In 1996, the patent process changed to facilitate more independent inventors, and entrepreneurship was a logical step. I left the VA, worked and consulted across a range of disciplines, and co-founded companies centered around bio-technologies that helped people; we were lucky, and some of our medical devices were acquired by conglomerates.

Back then, FDA laws and ISO regulations weren’t as understood or followed as much as they are now, and some of the technology remained stagnate. After watching those devices fail to continuously improve, I focused on Quality and Regulatory concepts that are trying to protect patient safety, and I believe that innovation and regulatory oversight can march hand-in-hand towards global healthcare that’s safe, effective, affordable, and equitable. To that end, I’ve alternated between corporate consulting; leading project-based courses in engineering, physics, and entrepreneurship; and immersing in underserved schools and communities to facilitate equitable education.

As a side-gig, I’ve been performing and designing magic since I was 8 years old.

You can reach me via Linkedin or at JasonPartin.com

Peace, Love, & Kindness; pass it on 🙂

Jason