Fred is a medical device entrepreneur who has co-founded 12 companies and held senior management positions in both large and small enterprises. Fred is currently the Managing Director of Incept, a health sciences and technology accelerator that has started 16 companies. Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Fred was Engineering Manager at Focal and the Business Unit Manager of the Stent Business at Guidant/ACS. Fred is author on over 160 issued or filed patent applications. Fred has a BS and a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Tech University.