ABOUT US
Hantel Technologies is proud to be the premier nationally-recognized firm with roots in the innovative technology center of Silicon Valley. Hantel is 100% focused on the medical device industry. Leveraging a team that is ready for fast, flexible, and highly collaborative execution, we have been instrumental in bringing hundreds of products to market. We provide our clients with full product development support under one roof, in order to rapidly take their new medical products from concept to market, offering complete engineering, fabrication, manufacturing, quality and regulatory services.
Our Value Statements
- A One-Stop Shop – By offering a comprehensive line of product development service under one roof, our clients can enjoy convenient and efficient service that is second to none.
- Speed and Flexibility – Strong program management and product development process results in a well-defined project plan with high visibility and timely delivery.
- A Leading Expert – We are leading experts in medical product development, manufacturing, and quality and regulatory affairs.
- Customer Satisfaction – We offer you a single point of contact who oversees a cross-functional team, ensuring that your plans are executed as quickly as possible.
- Path to Scale – Our high volume manufacturing partnerships provide an easy transition as production volume grows.
Our History
Hantel was founded in 1999 as a quality/regulatory and engineering consulting firm. Since inception, Hantel's core competency grew from catheters and surgical instruments to include aesthetic surgical devices, other single-use disposable devices, RF, ultrasound devices, and more. Today, Hantel operates a 31,000-square foot facility solely focused on medical device design, manufacturing, and quality.
Our Executive Team
Mary Pascual-Gallup, Co-Founder, President & CEO
Mary has 27 years of experience exclusively in the medical device industry. Prior to founding Hantel, Mary led a consulting firm that assessed and established Documentation and Quality Systems for early stage ventured backed companies, such as Radiotherapeutics, Vital Insite and others. Mary also represented clients during regulatory and certification audits. She previously held management level positions supporting New Product Introduction and Documentation Development at Abbot Laboratories and Oximetrix. Mary is driven to provide the gold standard for customer service. Mary evokes a no-compromise position on quality and service that is delivered everyday by Hantel personnel.
Marina Weinstock, VP of Operations
Marina's responsibilities include maintaining and strengthening Hantel's position as one of North America's premier manufacturers of medical devices. With over 20 years of experience, she over sees Manufacturing, Fabrication, Planning, Supply Chain and Logistics, IT and Hantel's facilities. She came to Hantel from Agilent technologies, where she was instrumental in building and managing Corporate Supply Chain organization. Prior to that, Marina worked for Hewlett-Packard in a variety of management positions in Corporate Supply Chain Sales and Marketing departments. Marina also worked at National Semiconductor where she organized and managed a WW network of ASIC Design Centers.
Nooshin Asbaugh, VP of Quality Assurance
Nooshin over sees all aspects of quality assurance and document control. She prepares products for market release and supports regulatory submissions, clinical protocol developments, and statistical analysis. Nooshin joined Hantel in 2007 with over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry. Prior to working at Hantel, she served as Head of Clinical Research and Data Management, and performed CAPA organization at Tyco Healthcare/Respiratory Division (Covidien). Nooshin was also the Director of Product Performance and Analysis at Johnson & Johnson (LifeScan, Inc.). She consulted with several medical device companies to improve their quality systems, and provided guidance for the design and analysis of clinical studies.
Marc Spinali, Director of Engineering
Marc's responsibilities at Hantel span all aspects of Product Development including conceptual design, detailed design, 3D CAD, FEA, verification and validation, and complete documentation packages. He has over 15 years of diverse engineering experience from biotechnology, automotive, semiconductor, and contract engineering industries. His experience extends across many areas of mechanical engineering, from structural design through precision mechanisms. Marc previously held a Program Manager position at Lathrop Engineering. He also led a number of advanced technology programs and generated a number of key patents as the Engineering Manager for the Automated Electrophysiology Group at Molecular Devices Inc. and at Nikon Research Corporation.
Sunil Mehra, Controller
Sunil joined Hantel Technologies in 2007. His responsibilities include handling all aspects of Hantel's financial, administration and H.R. issues. Sunil brings over 25 years of experience in Finance and Management to Hantel, in diverse industries including Distribution, Trading, Manufacturing, Freight Forwarding and Shipping. He also has broad experience in international trading and business practices, with focus on Africa, Europe and the Middle East. His previous positions included head of the Accounting Department at Vend Mart Inc., a Bay Area based food distribution company; Managing Director of Tokai Kenya Limited, a trading and manufacturing company based in Nairobi, while simultaneously working as the Business Development Manager for Africa Region with Triburg Trade, a company based in Dubai; and as the Group Chief Accountant with Ellerman Lines Limited, a shipping group based in London.