# S5E2 Tony Dedeo | Medical Device Engineering Leaders 3

- Show: [Being an Engineer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer)
- Published: 2024-01-12
- Length: 42m
- Episode: 2
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-01-12-s5e2-tony-dedeo-medical-device-engineering-leaders-3
- Listen: https://teampipeline.us/tony-dedeo-engineering-leaders/

## Summary

Tony Dedeo, Senior Director of Manufacturing at NanoString and former VP of Operations at RareSight, discusses his career journey from automotive to medical devices and offers advice on engineering leadership. He highlights the critical importance of soft skills, emotional intelligence, and multi-disciplinary experience for engineers aiming for leadership roles. Dedeo also analyzes industry trends, including the shift to single-use devices, the bottleneck in sterilization capacity, and the rise of point-of-care diagnostics.

## Chapters

- [1:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-01-12-s5e2-tony-dedeo-medical-device-engineering-leaders-3#t=75) Introduction and Career Origins
- [3:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-01-12-s5e2-tony-dedeo-medical-device-engineering-leaders-3#t=224) Developing Soft Skills and Emotional Intelligence
- [7:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-01-12-s5e2-tony-dedeo-medical-device-engineering-leaders-3#t=466) Imposter Syndrome and Leadership Growth
- [10:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-01-12-s5e2-tony-dedeo-medical-device-engineering-leaders-3#t=617) Medical Device Industry Trends: Single-Use and Diagnostics
- [18:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-01-12-s5e2-tony-dedeo-medical-device-engineering-leaders-3#t=1090) Traits of Top Engineers and the Documentation Challenge
- [24:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-01-12-s5e2-tony-dedeo-medical-device-engineering-leaders-3#t=1441) Motivating High-Performing Engineers
- [30:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-01-12-s5e2-tony-dedeo-medical-device-engineering-leaders-3#t=1821) Macroeconomic Challenges and Supply Chain Issues
- [32:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-01-12-s5e2-tony-dedeo-medical-device-engineering-leaders-3#t=1969) Desired Tools and Future of Medical Devices

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Medical & health devices](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/medical-devices)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- NanoString (company)
- RareSight (company)
- Magnolia Medical (company)
- Steris (company)
- Sterigenics (company)
- Chrysler (company)
- Purdue University (company)
- SolidWorks (tool)
- Power BI (tool)
- Xometry (company)

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