Chip Harvill

Biography

I was born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I have been happily married for many years, have two grown sons, and three spoiled dogs. I graduated with honors from Virginia Tech in 1983 with a degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and received management certification from the Darden School of Business in Charlottesville. I have significant experience in the Life Science market (focused on medical device and diagnostics), beginning work in 1986 as one of the first employees for a start-up company known as Specialty Blades. Following successful efforts in many evolving roles within a new and growing company (Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Management, and Sales and Marketing Management), I led the launch of a new division in 2005. IncisionTech was focused on serving the growing medical device market in new and unique ways. As the VP of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development, I was responsible for leading our company into many new areas of the medical device market. In early 2011, Cadence Science, IncisionTech and Specialty Blades were combined to create a truly unique partner for the healthcare and life science markets... This company now goes to market as Cadence, Inc. providing sketch-to-scale solutions for medical device and diagnostics companies. Something that not many people know about me… I have a passion for college football, especially when it relates to Saturdays in Blacksburg, Va watching the Hokies play.

Research Interest

Sales, Marketing, and Business Development