Trevor McCaw – Founder and President

Serial entrepreneur Trevor McCaw has founded and co-founded a number of companies since 1999.  Now with Aegis Medical Innovations, he is focusing on the cutting-edge medical device industry. Trevor studied electrical and computer engineering before getting his MBA at Harvard Business School. “The medical device field is an interesting place where the convergence of technology, business, and doing something good for the world, all came together,” said McCaw.

Prior to starting Aegis Medical Innovations, Trevor worked in the industry as an executive at Medtronic, and as COO of Sentinel Medical.

Elliot Hong – VP R&D

Elliot Hong has more than 18 years of medical device experience, specializing in early stage development of cardiovascular and structural heart technologies. Elliot has a proven track record of leading development teams and taking products from concept through key milestones, including successful first-in-human studies, 510(k) clearance, PMA and CE Mark approvals. Elliot earned a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and is the listed inventor on several issued and pending medical technology patents.

Ian McDougall – Chief Operating Officer

Ian McDougall has worked in the Medical Device Industry for over 20 years. He has a Mechanical Engineering degree from UBC, and he has lead teams at several companies that have taken at least six vascular products (implants and delivery systems) from concept through to production, clinical trials, and market approval. He is also currently the Chair of the Medical Device Development Centre, which is a not-for-profit centre that provides lab and commercial space to the medical device industry. In 2006, Ian was named British Columbia’s top 40 business leaders under the age of 40 (top 40 under 40). Ian is focused on the commercialization of Aegis Medical Innovation’s Sierra Ligation System for the closure of patient’s left atrial appendage.

Zoe Nguyen – Field Clinical Engineer/Quality Manager

Zoë Nguyen holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Commerce, and has worked in the medical device field since 2003. She has experience working with physicians on emerging technologies in both pre-clinical and clinical settings. She has extensive experience in building the device testing strategies and technical design files to support regulatory submissions for products ranging from endovascular implants to in-vitro diagnostic tools. Prior to joining Aegis in 2015, Zoë worked as an Engineering and QA Consultant. She has played a pivotal role in developing and maintaining Quality Management Systems to be compliant with the requirements of ISO 13485 for a variety of medical device companies. Zoë specializes in working with ISO 14971 Application of Risk Management to Medical Devices, and is committed to a risk-based approach to  clinical affairs, product development and Quality Assurance.

Christa Florence – Clinical Study Manager

Christa has been in the  medical device field for over 15 years and worked on the academic side prior. Having worked in both commercial and research sides of the industry, her passion has become focused on developing innovative therapies to treat heart disease. motivated by a desire to see new healthcare therapies impact quality of life and provide ethical care, Christa focuses on developing training, education, and clinical support to ensure procedural success.

Cassie Borsky – Engineering Manager

Cassie Borsky has been developing medical devices in the endovascular and structural heart fields since 2007 and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree from the University of British Columbia. She has engineering experience in early prototype design of vascular implants and delivery systems and is named as co-inventor on a pending patent in the neurovascular field. Her expertise in project management of first-in-human builds, sterilization validation and packaging design has aided in successful regulatory submissions of multiple products.