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The City of Warsaw, Indiana and the Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO) has announced that global supply chain solutions company Mentor Supply Chain USA (Mentor Media) will establish a sterile packaging and supply chain management hub in Warsaw Technology Park. Mentor Media will locate operations in a portion of the 100,000-square-foot shell building at 1395 Polk Drive that is under development at the Warsaw Tech Park. The operation will consist of medical device end-of-line processing and supply chain management services. West Hill Development will complete buildout of the state-of-the-art 30,000-square-foot space for the company by Fall 2023. Warsaw mayor Joe Thallemer said: "We’re pleased Mentor Media will be joining our medical device community in the Warsaw Technology Park. The city continues to support and incentivise companies in advanced manufacturing with Mentor Media as the latest to call Warsaw home." A ribbon-cutting celebration will take place later this year when the company formally opens the new location. "We welcome another global-leading company to Kosciusko County to strengthen The Orthopedic Capital of the World," said KEDCO CEO Alan Tio. "Mentor Media meets a long-known need for sterile packaging services that complements and bolsters our local industry." The Warsaw operation will serve as a medical device service hub, including controlled storage warehousing, ISO Class 7 cleanroom, and final packaging lines. The cleanroom will house a pre-validated sterile packaging system compliant with the new EU Medical Device Regulations. Mentor Media, president & CEO, said: "We are excited and humbled by the warm welcome and support given by the City of Warsaw, Kosciusko County and the State of Indiana in this venture. Warsaw is such a unique proposition with its strong orthopaedic ecosystem and community. We look forward to offering valuable state-of-the-art supply chain and medical device packaging solutions to this region." The company will offer a full suite of supply chain services including sourcing and procurement, operations management, customer service, warehousing, and global distribution services. The company plans to hire nearly 50 employees in the next three years. The company will begin hiring before Fall 2023. Ann Lathrop, chief strategy officer for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), said: "Mentor Supply Chain USA’s choice to locate operations in Indiana is a win for Hoosiers. The company’s strong reputation and subject matter expertise in medical devices and logistics adds to two of the state’s strongest ecosystems and will create high-quality career opportunities in and around Warsaw." Based on the company’s job creation plans, the IEDC committed an investment in Mentor Supply Chain USA Inc. of up to $750,000 in the form of incentive-based tax credits and up to $75,000 in training grants. These tax credits are performance-based, meaning the company is eligible to claim incentives once Hoosiers are hired. Warsaw Technology Park is one of approximately two dozen Certified Technology Parks in the State of Indiana. The development-ready business park is a partnership between the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission and West Hill Development that offers 100+ acres with underground utilities, stoplight access to US Highway 30, and access to an onsite Ivy Tech Community College facility.

The Lake Forest, California-based implantable eye lens maker named Warren Foust as its new COO. Magda Michna takes over as chief clinical, regulatory and medical affairs officer. Staar’s global head of regulatory affairs, Denise McEachern, plans to retire. Both positions report to Staar President and CEO Tom Frinzi. Frinzi recently took over the corner office for Caren Mason, who retired at the end of last year. Analysts quickly asked questions over this move, calling it a “curve ball.” “The addition of two highly regarded ophthalmic leaders to our team exemplifies the success, momentum and opportunity for Staar as we work with surgeons to expand the market for refractive vision correction with our proprietary EVO ICL lenses to the millions of people seeking visual freedom from contact lenses and glasses,” Frinzi said in a news release. “Today, STAAR is a company delivering industry leading growth and with increasing momentum for even greater growth. Our focus remains capturing the tremendous whitespace opportunity in front of us.” About the new Staar Surgical executive appointments Most recently, Foust served as worldwide president at Johnson & Johnson Vision, Surgical, since December 2019. There, he worked alongside Frinzi, who spent time in the same role. Frinzi called Foust “uniquely qualified” as he takes on the responsibility of leading growth objectives at Staar. Before that, he held the role of worldwide president at Mentor, a breast reconstruction and aesthetics unit at Johnson & Johnson. He also served as VP of U.S. sales and marketing for three years at Mentor. Other roles include sales leadership positions at DePuy Synthes and a sales representative at Roche. “I am so grateful to be part of the ophthalmic community,” Foust said. “It is an honor to work at Staar. I believe Staar has the right technology at the right time to establish a new standard of care for refractive vision correction. My focus will be on empowering our Staar teams and equipping our surgeon customers with the tools they need to drive growth and adoption of the EVO family of lenses. I am also very happy to work with Tom again.” Michna joins Staar having most recently served as chief global, clinical, medical and regulatory affairs officer at AcuFocus. She held that role since April 2018. Bausch & Lomb acquired AcuFocus in January 2023. Other roles included chief clinical officer at Presbia. Michna led the clinical development for intraocular lenses and surgical devices supporting the Alcon Surgical franchise. She began her time in the industry as a vision scientist at Vistakon, a J&J Vision unit. Frinzi called Michna “an important addition” to oversee and advance the company’s pipeline. “I have admired STAAR’s technology and its management team for several years and look forward to leading clinical, regulatory and medical affairs,” stated Magda Michna, Ph.D. “The safety and effectiveness of the EVO family of lenses is well established, and I am confident we can facilitate even broader awareness and understanding of the data within the ophthalmic community.”

Awardees Represent Large and Small Business, Health Care, Education, Nonprofit, Cybersecurity, and Government WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Al Faber, President and CEO of the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Inc., today announced the 2023 recipients of the Baldrige Foundation's Leadership Awards. "We have four categories of leadership awards," said Faber, "that recognize outstanding individuals, leaders, and supporters who embody Baldrige leadership and management values and principles, and who have provided outstanding service to the Baldrige community and beyond." Continue Reading Foundation Awards E. David Spong Lifetime Achievement Award The E. David Spong Lifetime Achievement award recognizes individuals who have performed truly extraordinary service that has changed the world, and inspired others to do the same. "For 2023, we have dual recipients of the E. David Spong Lifetime Achievement Award: Lowell C. Kruse, Baldrige Award Recipient and Cofounder of Communities of Excellence 2026, and Richard A. Norling, Baldrige Award Recipient and Cofounder of Communities of Excellence 2026," said Faber. "Lowell and Richard did groundbreaking work to adapt the Baldrige framework to the Community setting, leading in 2022 to Congress officially authorizing Community as an eligible category for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award." Harry S. Hertz Leadership Award "The Hertz Leadership Award recognizes role-model leaders that challenge, encourage, and empower others to achieve performance excellence," said Faber. The award is being presented this year to Major General John C. Harris, Jr, The Adjutant General, Ohio National Guard. "John is a role-model leader deeply committed to the Baldrige framework and embodies the Baldrige leadership principles," said Faber. "Not only has he played a pivotal role in the Ohio National Guard's application of Baldrige through the Department of Army's Army Communities of Excellence program, General Harris was a Baldrige Executive Fellow and served as a Baldrige Examiner and a member of the national Baldrige Panel of Judges." Foundation Awards for Leadership Excellence "Baldrige helps thousands of organizations across the country and around the world, in all sectors of the economy, pursue performance excellence which, in turn, makes a positive difference in people's lives," continued Faber. "The Foundation Awards for Leadership Excellence were established to recognize leaders in Business (Manufacturing, Service, Small Business), Nonprofit, Government, Health Care, Education, and Cybersecurity, who provide exceptional support to Baldrige and the Foundation's mission, helping to sustain Baldrige into the future, and promoting the positive impact of Baldrige on organizational and community success." The award recipients for 2023 by sector are: GOVERNMENT Honorable Robert Aderholdt, Member of Congress, Alabama Richard A. Derrick, City Manager/Chief Executive Officer, City of Henderson, Nevada CYBERSECURITY Michael Daniel, President and CEO, Cyber Threat Alliance Erik Decker, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Intermountain Healthcare Karen S. Evans, Managing Director, Cyber Readiness Institute David S. Finn, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE, Vice President, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Theresa Z. Meadows, RN, MS, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Cook Children's Health Care System BUSINESS James Barlow, Chief Executive Officer, BZI Steel Dr. Mark L. Blazey, President (retired), Quantum Performance Group, Inc., Deanna Herwald, Vice President of Quality Management Systems, MidwayUSA Sangita P. Mallik, Executive Vice President, SANPEC, Inc Sunil Sinha, Director, Tata International West Asia Laura Viaches, Associate Vice President - Market Access, Lilly USA, LLC NONPROFIT Stephanie Norling, Executive Director, Communities of Excellence 2026 EDUCATION Dr. Michael Flores, Chancellor, Alamo Colleges District Tim Tuter, Executive Director, The Charter School of San Diego HEALTH CARE Brenda Grant, Formerly Performance Excellence Coach, UPMC Western Maryland and Chief Strategy Officer, Charleston Area Medical Center Health System William H. Kose, MD, Vice President of Special Projects, Blanchard Valley Health System Philippe Salah, CEO, Dental Monitoring Janet Wagner, CEO, Area CEO Sutter Health South Bay Medical Centers Dr. Curt Reimann Baldrige Scholarship Understanding that the sustainment of Baldrige also requires an investment in future generations of Baldrige scholars and practitioners, the Foundation Board of Directors established the Dr. Curt Reimann Baldrige Scholarship to assist graduate students or recent graduates in attending Baldrige Examiner training. Upon completion, examiners help to promote awareness and use of the Baldrige Framework. The 2023 Dr. Curt Reimann Baldrige Scholarship recipients are: Lewis W. Marshall Jr., MS, MBA, MD, JD, FACP, FACHE, FAADM, Fulbright Scholar Specialist; Affiliate Dean & Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine at Lincoln Dr. Kathleen Moco, Retail Team Manager, Swedish Match North America The Foundation's Leadership Awards will be presented during the Foundation Awards Luncheon held as part of the annual Quest for Excellence® conference near Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2023. For more information on these awards or the Quest for Excellence® conference, contact: Mark Wayda, 614-600-0432 or [email protected] About The Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Inc. The Baldrige Foundation was created as the private partner to the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program in 1988. Its mission is to ensure the long-term financial viability of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and to support organizational performance excellence throughout the United States and the world. The Baldrige Program, located at NIST within the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a separate entity and is solely responsible for managing and administering the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. For more information on the Baldrige Award process please visit: . SOURCE Malcolm Baldrige Foundation