Discover the Prevailing Medical Team

MEET OUR TEAM

Passionate Team of Dedicated Leaders

We’re a team that enjoys our work and does it well. We’re all leaders, and we’re always learning. We’re personally invested in our craft, our team, our clients, and our community.

Meet Our Team

  • Joe brings 25 years experience as an engineer in the Medical Device market.  Joe has a thorough understanding of devices and specializes in assigning and managing the development and manufacture of some of the most difficult, minimally invasive devices. These have included  diagnostic catheters, electrophysiology catheters, radio-frequency catheters, balloon catheters, steerable devices and shafts, stimulation leads, supporting procedural devices and more. Joe provides Prevailing Medical's customers experience and skills including  Blow & Injection Molding, CAD Design, Automation, Prototyping, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Basic Electricity, Structure & Strengths, Steel to Plastic Conversions, Thermal Set and Transfer Molding, catheter development, device development, reflow, tipping, braiding, extrusion, bonding and welding.  Joe looks forward to bringing this experience to Prevailing Medical's customers.

  • Khader joins Prevailing Medical having been in the Medical Device Industry since 1990 as an R&D engineer working with new product development and manufacturing continuous improvement.  A graduate of IIT Chicago with a masters in mechanical engineering, he has worked with multiple projects including thrombus extraction devices, TAVI delivery systems, valvuloplasty catheters, angiographic catheters, contrast media disposables and introducers.  Khader also has extensive experience with nitinol and stainless steel braided shaft based devices. Khader's skills and experience will be utilized to help Prevailing Medical's customers effectively develop their medical devices.

  • Kris joins Prevailing Medical with 10 years sales and customer service experience with minimally invasive interventional medical devices. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, he has worked with customers to bring devices including valve delivery systems, atherectomy catheters, thrombectomy catheters and vascular catheters to market. Kris enjoys discussing projects and helping customers navigate the development process.

  • Mindy joins Prevailing Medical with 25 years experience working in a small, startup company. She enjoys the variety and challenges that come with a growing business and is excited to be a part of the Prevailing Medical team.

More Team Members

Joe Tachera | Director Operations


Al Herdt | Principal Engineer


Ryan Gallmeier | New Product Development - Extrusion & Braiding


Careers

Prevailing Medical is a fast growing company and frequently seeking talent. We currently have no open positions, but highly encourage future applicants to send us your resume and info so we can contact you right away if an opportunity arises.

Choose Prevailing Medical for Your
Medical Device Engineering Needs

Our dedicated team of experts is ready to collaborate with you, turning your innovative ideas into reality. We monitor the workload of our team closely to ensure our clients get the support they are paying for.