Executive Bios
Dave Baldwin is currently a Senior Partner for PathWise, Inc. Until his recent retirement, David was the Manager of Management Training and Development for the Hospital Products Division, Abbott Laboratories.
For more than 25 years, David has worked with hundreds of government and private organizations in the areas of Root Cause Investigations, Risk management, Quality System Requirements, leadership training, motivation, and organization development.
David has served as a member of the Department of Defense Organizational Effectiveness Institute, the McDonnell Douglas Management Institute as well as the private sector.
David is also retired from the US Army. It was this experience he credits for his hands-on approach to problem solving and working with organizations. His philosophy is get in, get dirty, get done.
During his career, David has worked with many of the major life science, automotive and high tech organizations, investigating hundreds of nonconformance problems. His experience and in-depth knowledge brings a new insight to client companies in the areas of quality systems, organizational performance, systems alignment, and employee development.
David brings with him the knowledge and experience of two plant start-ups along with transformations to continuous improvement in four existing plants.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland and a Master’s degree in Management and Organization Development from Webster University in St. Louis.
Nathan Conover has spent nearly a decade working with the Medical Device, and the Life Science Industry. His main focus has been around managing world-wide integrations of risk and corrective/preventive action systems, procedures, process, and skills. Nathan has completed global rollouts with many of the Fortune 500 companies in the Life Science Industry.
Over the past five years, much of Nathan’s time has been spent in the European Life Science Community, working with both life science companies and regulatory investigators. This experience has given him a broad insight into many different markets, cultures, and regulated environments, that helps PathWise tackle many of the challenges associated with the globalization of the industry.
He regularly presents and consults with large to medium size organizations around the world on how to improve quality and how to stay in compliance with FDA and ISO standards and regulations. He is a faculty member of the Parental Drug Association (PDA), American Association of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), and IVT.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Science from the University of Utah, received an MBA from The George Washington University, and is a Certified Leadership Coach. He is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Biotechnology from Georgetown University.
Through training in PathWise Project Success managers learned a process for the selection and approval of projects. Team leaders and team members acquired the skills to accomplish projects on time and within scope.
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