Stephen Ralph, Commercial Leader & Marketing Strategist for Gore

Benjamin Glenn is nationally recognized innovation strategist, speaker and coach based in the Silicon Valley. His work is keenly focused on helping entrepreneurs and innovators in enterprises big and small in our regulated industries identify, develop and maintain competitive advantages. Particularly with regard to our rapidly evolving health care sector, Benjamin's work is highlighted in Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies, a program he has served for over a decade.

Benjamin strongly believes in the increasing importance, and even the necessity, of creating and training a while array of multi-disciplinary teams. Benjamin's passionate presentations often focus on how professionals from different disciplines can successfully work together to create the products and services of the modern economy.

In his presentations, Benjamin draws on his diverse experiences growing up in Texas, serving in the military and working as a Silicon Valley patent attorney. His unique, humorous and often metaphor-ladened insights also draw from over two decades of advising clients on strategic, commercial, innovation and product development issues. As a result, his engaging style has inspired and entertained audiences at leading innovation and entrepreneurial programs nationwide including:

Stanford University BioDesign Program, UC San Francisco, Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University, along with accelerator and incubator programs such as Matter Chicago, Texas Medical Center’s TMCx, South By SouthWest, VentureWell, Village Capital, Kauffman Foundation, Singularity University, and MedTech Innovator.

Stephen K. Ralph, MSc MBA FCIM CMktr is an award-wining Global Executive, Marketing Strategist and Disruptor within Medical Device, Cardiac Rhythm Management, Biotechnology, Invitro Diagnostics, Digital Health and Healthcare Innovation. Fueling Category Leadership through Innovative, Sustainable Product Solutions to Unmet Clinical Needs.

Propelled Winning Clinical Outcomes + Economic Value via innovative, market-directed solutions.

Orchestrated Product Development/Commercialization via ideation-to-development process.

Delivered ROI Amid Parameters of time-to-market, milestones + financial timelines + budgets.

Reputed for Clinical Insight: driving cutting-edge therapeutic technology, concept to commercialization.

Collaborated Alongside Strategic C-Suite investors + startups as MedTech innovator

Through a series of rapid promotions, Stephen’s career has evolved within the medical device and healthcare industry, focused on innovation and commercialization. Stephen currently leads Business Development and Front-End Innovation with W. L. Gore & Associates within their General Medical Products Division.

Providing a solid platform for success, Stephen graduated from the University of South Wales with a Master of Science (Business Management with distinction in Marketing) and Master of Business Administration from York St John University. Through continuous professional education, he has also earned the distinction of being elected as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and prestigious Chartered Marketer status. Stephen has actively participated and excelled in the Executive Education Stanford School of Business in the Biodesign Managing Innovation program as well as Alere’s Executive Leadership Edge Development Program. Rounding out Stephen’s education, he holds a Six Sigma Certification through GE Healthcare.

Stephen also regularly attends major accredited scientific conferences and symposiums and strives to continually stay up to date on the latest technologies and innovative advancements. Stephen, recognized for his passion and expertise in innovation has been an invited as board member, panelist, mentor, judge, and, speaker within the academic and MedTech community in the US and Internationally.