Nancy Knettell is founder and principle of Signet Medical Systems, LLC. She has more than 30 years in combined Regulatory, Software Development, and Software Quality experience, primarily in the medical device industry. Knettell has also consulted with major medical companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Smith and Nephew, Philips Medical, CR Bard, and Hologic. For Knettell, involvement in the medical device industry is a personal issue. Having lost her father at an early age to heart disease, she works to help other people facing such life-threatening events. It is her mission to advance the potential for life-saving medical devices through the use of quality-based engineering systems.