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Manny Villafaña and Chris Velis Fireside Chat

At LSI USA '22 Emerging Medtech Summit, Life Science Intelligence presented Industry Legend, Manny Villafaña, with the LSI Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Devices.
Speakers
Manny Villafaña
Manny Villafaña
Founder, Chairman/CEO, Medical 21
Chris Velis
Chris Velis
Founder & Executive Chairman, Miraki Innovation

Following the award reception, Manny Villafaña sat on stage with Miraki Innovation’s Founder & Executive Chairman, Chris Velis for a Fireside Chat. During this discussion, they spoke about the history of Manny’s life and career and touch on many of the major impacts he has had on over 15 million people throughout his career. In addition, Manny spoke about the importance of taking risk. “The greatest hazard in life is a person who does not take risks.” - Manny Villafaña. Manny speaks on the future of his career, now working on his 8th company, Medical 21.

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