Randall Nelson is CEO and Founder of Evergreen Medical Technologies, Inc., a contract development and manufacturing company for medical devices located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Nelson is also President of PhysioTest, an independent test lab providing contract testing services for medical devices.
Mr. Nelson has been responsible for the development of medical devices for over 35 years at both emerging and larger medical device companies. Mr. Nelson has held management positions at St. Jude Medical Inc., Boston Scientific Corporation, Angeion Corporation; and Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. (now part of Boston Scientific Corp.)
Mr. Nelson has 15 issued patents in the field of medical devices. He has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Minnesota and an Economics degree from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. From 2009-2015, Mr. Nelson was an Adjunct Faculty member of the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, where he taught a graduate level course in the valuation of new medical innovations.