Meet Michael McDonald, Vice President Quality and Control, Synaptive Medical.

Bringing forth a robust portfolio of over 20 years of experience, Michael is an industry expert in the medical device space focusing on quality, business process improvement and compliance. Prior to joining Synaptive Medical, Michael held several senior leadership positions including, Principal at Med Device Consulting, Vice President of Quality and Business Process Management at Intelligent Mechatronics Systems and Director of Quality for GE Healthcare Canada.  The breadth of Michael’s experience spans both ends of the spectrum, from leading within conglomerate companies such as SCIEX (a Danaher operating company) to serving as a trusted advisor and client services lead to Fortune 500 multinational corporations in the life science and medical device industries. Groomed by the likes of GE, Danaher and Deloitte, Michael’s strategic leadership at Synaptive includes leading Quality & Regulatory Affairs and System Test.  Over his career Michael has been the recipient of a number of awards, including the GE Healthcare collaborative leadership award and where he also represented GE as the Canadian member on medical imaging, radiation therapy, healthcare IT, electro medical and radiopharmaceutical manufacturers and MDSAP sub-committee.

Michael holds a graduate certificate in statistical process control from the University of Toronto faculty of engineering. He is a certified lead QMS assessor, six sigma certified, a trained management consultant, and holds a DBS leadership certificate from Danaher.