Tony Watson spent 16 years in marketing and sales for medical device companies including Medtronic, Covidien, US Surgical and Valleylab, fine-tuning his understanding of the complex relationships between providers, administrators and industry and how to be successful in this space. His strong suits are execution and leading and developing teams, all of which are grounded in a genuine care for both patients and employees alike as well as accountability, detailed planning and analysis.
He has extensive go-to-market experience, most recently having developed and implemented a successful marketing strategy, which introduced a product and created a new market for the start-up TTCMed. Tony is now focused on launching the Saberscope into the market to improve procedures, lower costs and simplify operational flow, with the goal of ultimately to increasing access to high quality laparoscopic care.
Tony earned a BS in Marketing from St. Cloud State University and an MBA in the Medical Device Industry from Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.