About Us
Venture Manufacturing Group is a medical device manufacturing company providing component sourcing, manufacturing of sub-assemblies, and US-based quality control and customer service. Our clients consist of Fortune 500 companies as well as entrepreneurs and inventors. We are a proven outsourcing partner in all stages of medical device development and manufacturing. Our goal is improving ROI for customers, even during the early stages of market launch.
Karl Im, CEO and Founder
Karl Im, President and CEO, founded Venture Manufacturing Group in November, 2001. Earning the reputation as a go-to person in the field of medical device technology, turn-key manufacturing and strategic business development, Karl has over twenty five years of experience in medical device design and manufacturing, including fifteen years with start-up medical device businesses. Karl continues to partner with medical device start-ups, providing an expertise launch-pad from design inception through full-scale production. A speaker at Stanford University, and a respected executive in the industry of medical device technology, he holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara.
Richard Baldwin, Director of Quality Assurance
Richard Baldwin brings over thirty years of experience in Quality Assurance in the medical industry. Prior to his work at Venture, he held Director of Quality Assurance positions at Silk Road Medical, Cabochon Aesthetics, Sanarus Medical, Timi3 Systems, and Guidant Corporation (CardioThoracic Systems). Richard has designed and implemented numerous Quality Systems for medical device businesses from start to full-scale production. His knowledge and experience with quality in manufacturing ensures Venture's client partners the highest standards, including pristine medical device manufacturing lines in compliance with ISO 13485 certification, as well as FDA quality system regulations.
Tom Hwang, Director of Operations
Tom Hwang serves as the Director of Operations for Venture. Tom had over thirty years of Manufacturing Operations experience in the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry before transitioning to the medical device industry in 2007. His experience includes manufacturing management of multiple off-shore projects with key OEMs in the Silicon Valley area, and managing Venture's overseas operations. Tom brings a wealth of industry experience, which has allowed Venture to seamlessly transfer projects to its low cost operations, while establishing Venture's new EMS business tailored for the medical device industry.
Team
Venture is a medical device manufacturing company with a proven management team, engineering staff, and direct labor pool from the medical device industry, which provides a valuable foundation for partnership with your organization, whether your company is in its inception, development, clinical or production stage. Our team's expertise includes prototype development, equipment design, fabrication, facility installation, machining, manufacturing, multiple assembly technologies, quality assurance and regulatory compliance.