Professional:

• 2017 – Present: Founder and Director of Kestrel Consultancy Group Ltd. incorporating Kestrel Technology Consulting: product development and business development consultancy specialising in medical equipment.
• 2011 – 2017: Project Manager and Business Development Manager at Sentec: Smart Grid and Metering technology development consultancy, also ran technical due diligence project on UK smart metering fleet
• 2008 – 2011: Senior Consultant at Sagentia, a leading Cambridge product development consultancy, specialising in biotech, medical and drug delivery devices but also covering consumer, light industrial, and transportation
• 2000 – 2008: Product Development Consultant at Team Consulting – Cambridge’s leading medical product development consultancy, specialising in drug discovery and diagnostic equipment, inhaled and injectable drug delivery devices, Active drug delivery systems and needle-free drug delivery systems
• 1996 – 2000: Senior Product Development Engineer at Pitney Bowes, Harlow, developing mail processing equipment
• 1994 – 1996: Development Engineer at Heatric, developing innovative petrochemical processing equipment using aerospace manufacturing techniques
• 1990 – 1993: Graduate Engineer at Esso Refinery, Fawley

Academic / Standards:

• 2021 – 2022: University lecturer at ARU Cambridge on Global Business Environment and International Strategy, and Engineering Design
• 2020 – Present: Chairman of committee on BS8887 standards for sustainable medical device design and manufacture.
• 2019 – 2021: Member of BSI committee on harmonising standards for sustainable design and manufacture with Chinese national standards bodies
• 2005 – present: Founding member of BSi committee for BS8887: Design for Manufacture, Assembly, Disassembly and End of Life Processing

Innovation:

• 62 patents in medical, consumer, and office automation http://patents.justia.com/inventor/cormac-o-prey
• Extensive track record in generating, developing and delivering innovative and practical design solutions using tech transfer

Key achievements:

• Biotech / diagnostic equipment design: Managed the LEADSeeker Gen III drug discovery system development resulting in a series of HTS screening machines delivered to major pharma customers. Impact: Increase in throughput resulting in x6 increase in new drug discovery rates. Reduction in cost from £300k to £120k. Introduced automation and cassette-based modular design resulting in improvements in ease of use, reliability, user error, traceability and quality.
• Surgical equipment development: Managed external development team to deliver novel ophthalmic surgical equipment to successful user trials including coordination of team of KOL surgeons
• Business Leadership: Took over responsibility for an established Cambridge medical device development consultancy during 2020 lockdown, managing the business, finances and staff, selling new projects and delivering existing projects to client deadlines during a period of upheaval, illness and high staff turnover.

Project Management / Product Development:

• 23 Years’ Experience in Developing Innovative Solutions in Multi-phase international Product Development Projects: Successful track record on multiple drug delivery, diagnostic, biotech, surgical, ophthalmic, home healthcare and device due diligence projects.
• Microneedle drug delivery: Market analysis and technical due diligence of innovative intradermal drug delivery device, with possible applications in post-COVID 19 mass vaccination programmes
• Cartilage repair: Global market analysis and commercialisation planning for innovative cartilage repair technology developed by university spin-out.
• Smart Oxygen: Successful delivery of “connected health” smart bottled oxygen system, enabling provision of medical oxygen to vulnerable patients at home at reduced risk and lower overall cost.
• Novel Surgical Instruments for Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery: I managed the early stage development of a series of instruments for safely operating and removing cancerous tissue through the rib cage while minimising patient damage and post-operative pain. The project required liaising with world-leading thoracic surgeons, a large U.S. surgical equipment manufacturer, an international development team and close co-ordination and collaboration with other Project Managers (PMs) working on related devices, and included testing on live animal subjects and human cadavers. The project also generated significant IP for the client.
• Development of Generation IV “LeadSeeker” High Throughput Screening (HTS) System. Project management of international team to develop the design of an optical HTS system used in drug discovery from early stage lab prototype to delivery of initial production units. Project resulted in 6x increase in speed of drug discovery throughput for 1/3 previous production cost, with increased modality, and improvements in usability and reliability.
• Management of Parallel Projects on Next Generation EpiPen Autoinjector: Managed development of injector trainer, production testing equipment, protective packaging and EpiPen subsystem design elements.

 Sustainability

• Acknowledged thought-leader and long-term contributor of industry and technology expertise on British Standards Institution (BSI) BS8887committee for standards and best practice in sustainable design and remanufacturing and circular economy
• Founder and chair of BS8887 subcommittee TPR 1/7/5 on sustainable design and manufacture in medical devices.
• Regular contributor and recognised “industry expert” at numerous industry conferences and online publications on sustainable design including BIVDA and GAMBICA

Qualifications:

• Postgraduate diploma in Manufacturing: Management and Technology (Open University 2000).
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering (University of Ulster 1990)