Designing Impactful Healthcare Solutions for Today and Tomorrow

Participants

Sam Lanyon
Sam Lanyon is a business leader with significant experience in strategy, sales and operations and a track record in the global commercialisation of technology-rich products. Previously, Sam was International Sales Director of Vision Biosystems where he was responsible for establishing sales, marketing, customer support and service operations throughout the EU, Middle East, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

Jeremy Stimson
Jeremy Stimson is the Capability Lead for Experience Design, directing the design team to ensure best practice is applied to all product touch points. He also leads the Sustainability Strategy at PI, working to address the climate impact of the MedTech industry. Jeremy transforms commercial goals and user needs into refined concepts and product road maps through stakeholder engagement, user research and facilitation of co-creation workshops. Jeremy is a design strategist with over twenty years’ experience developing products and services in the fields of medical, consumer and climate-tech.

Cam Phillips
Cam Phillips is a Principal Designer on the Experience Design team, with fifteen years’ experience leading multidisciplinary teams across finance, video games, medical technology and disability education. Cam develops interactive digital training solutions and virtual product tours, enhancing engagement and ensuring users can intuitively understand and interact with complex products. Cam explores emerging technologies and the boundaries of digital storytelling.

Bec Bartel
Bec Bartel brings twenty-five years of experience in product design, development and manufacturing across medical devices, life sciences, FMCG, consumer products and automotive. Having worked across Australia and the United States, she has led complex projects, drawing on expertise in plastics manufacturing, tooling and design for excellence (DFx) to deliver product outcomes. Her background in both client and supplier roles provides insight into the product lifecycle, from concept development to commercial implementation.

Berber De Moel
Berber De Moel is an Experience Designer whose practice spans strategic design outputs throughout each product development phase for regulated and non-regulated medical devices. Berber collaborates with clients and PI’s multidisciplinary team of engineers to deliver user-centred products that address the needs of clinicians, patients and technicians. From market research and workshop facilitation to usability testing and UI design, Berber translates requirements into solutions that support commercially successful outcomes.

Lou Lakey
Lou Lakey is a Visual and Motion Designer with a hands-on approach to design. She uses design as a problem-solving tool to help product owners communicate with end users. Over the last four years with Planet Innovation, Lou has developed a skillset spanning animation, video and photography, print and web design. She focuses on creating products that are visually engaging, intuitive and user-friendly.

Joshua Marshall
Joshua Marshall is an experienced industrial designer with a focus on the impact products have on users and the ecosystems they interact with. He aims to ensure that each product he works on is honest, unobtrusive and understandable. Having worked across research, automotive and medical products, Joshua brings a diverse skill set that bridges conceptual thinking with practical execution. His approach is grounded in an understanding of materials, manufacturing processes and human-centred design principles, ensuring solutions are both innovative and feasible.

Amelda Norsworthy
Amelda Norsworthy is an Industrial Designer at Planet Innovation with over two years of experience. With strong visualisation skills, Amelda helps align stakeholders and bring clients’ visions to life. By collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, they contribute to designs across each stage of development, ensuring solutions are both functional and effective.

Nicholas Booker
Nicholas Booker is a Principal Industrial Designer at PI, working across geographies including the US and Europe. With more than twenty years’ experience, he leads complex design projects and mentors designers to ensure products are intelligently designed, functional and built around user needs. His work spans medical devices, consumer electronics and FMCG, with a focus on integrating product strategy, usability and design to deliver manufacturable outcomes. Nicholas also supports advancements in medical technology to improve patient and community outcomes.

Chris Simmons
Chris Simmons is the Human Factors & Usability Engineering Lead at Planet Innovation. He has over sixteen years of experience researching, designing and validating safe and effective products, systems and environments. With a background in industrial design, ergonomics, safety and health, he ensures user needs are integrated into system designs for optimal performance. He has led projects across sectors including medical devices, transport systems and the built environment. Through scientific methodologies and collaboration, Chris delivers practical solutions that enhance usability, safety and efficiency.

Julian Alexander
Julian Alexander is a Principal Digital Experience Designer at Planet Innovation, with almost fifteen years’ experience delivering useful, usable and effective design outcomes for clients and end users across multiple industries. Julian has designed and optimised UX and UI experiences across mobile applications, web platforms, in-built touchscreen interfaces and wearables. From facilitating discovery workshops to collaborating with software teams during development, Julian translates complex technology into user-focused design solutions.

Tom Galletley
With fifteen years of experience in product design, Tom Galletley is a Senior Consultant specialising in user-centred design solutions. As a leader in the design team, Tom ensures best practice is applied across product touch points, delivering consistent user experiences. He translates commercial objectives and user needs into concepts and product road maps through stakeholder engagement, user research and co-creation workshops. Tom’s experience spans medical, consumer goods, transport and furniture industries.