KESSCO assists medical technology companies by efficiently and effectively providing critical support and value to business activities. KESSCO draws on years of industry experience with start-up, small, and large medical technology companies to provide focused strategies and solutions in operations and supply chain.
 Wolfgang Krull is the founder and managing partner of Krull
Enterprise Services, LLC (KESSCO) providing
“hands-on” management and consulting services to assist start-up, early and
mid-stage medical technology companies develop, implement, and optimize their
manufacturing and supply chain operations to meet business goals. Wolfgang is an executive management professional in the medical
device industry with a proven track record of leading complex business, site,
operations, supply chain, and product development organizations. His leadership skills have been demonstrated in
both large (Fortune 100) and small companies, including two successful
start-ups. Specialties include leading
Operations, Strategic Planning, Organizational Development, and Program
Management to meet worldwide business, quality, and regulatory
requirements. Achievements include
setting up successful Supply Chain and Operations organization and processes,
improving operating performance, significantly reducing costs using lean
principles, developing and implementing strategic change initiatives, and new
product/process introductions. Industry experience includes high-tech medical
devices, hardware (electro/mechanical/robotics), software, x-ray, 2D/3D
imaging, patient monitoring, Service, Quality Systems, ISO 13485, and FDA. Wolfgang spent 24 years with Hewlett Packard Medical (now
Philips) in multiple functions including executive positions as Director of
R&D and Director of Worldwide Manufacturing/Order Fulfillment for the
Patient Monitoring Business (a $500M+ business). In these roles he was responsible for
strategic development for the Bedside Patient Monitoring, Digital Telemetry, Central
Monitoring, and Cath Lab product lines for critical, intermediate, and coronary
care hospital markets. In 2001, he joined start-up Visualization Technologies (VTI)
as Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain responsible for strategic
business, process, operational, and organization improvements including
initiatives in lean, cost reduction, quality improvements, and new product
launch processes for Manufacturing. In
2002, VTI was successfully acquired by General Electric where Wolfgang continued
as Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain. In 2003, Wolfgang joined start-up Breakaway Imaging as Vice
President of Operations and Supply Chain and was responsible for establishing
and leading the operations, supply chain, quality system, and service organizations
and processes for the O-arm Imaging system.
He helped lead the introduction
of the O-arm product in 2006 with revenues of $10M in the first year of shipments. In
2007, Breakaway Imaging was successfully acquired by Medtronic and Wolfgang
became the Regional Business and Site Manager for the Medtronic’s Navigation
and Imaging business responsible for managing the product development, operations,
quality/regulatory, and factory services organizations for the O-arm
business. Key accomplishments include
CAGR of over 30% with revenue of over $50M.
Wolfgang is currently working with the Center for
Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT) as an Accelerator
Executive. He has also been a Hewlett Packard Fellow, Chairman of the University of
Massachusetts (Amherst) College of Engineering Deans Advisory Committee, and
Member of the Boston University Software Engineering Advisory Committee.
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