Your Human Space Suit | Steve Woody | TEDxRiverton HD

http://tedxriverton.com - Did you know the average person will receive 1,000 human space suits over the course of their lifetime. If you take better care of it and understand how it works, you can dramatically change the landscape of your health as well as global health. Steve Woody, CEO of life sciences company Avadim Technologies, discusses your skin and its function. Stephen Woody has served as Avadim Technologies Chief Executive Officer since September 2013. Previously, he was the founder and managing member of Avadim LLC, the predecessor to our Company. Since 1997, Mr. Woody has assisted more than 30 companies with regulatory support and strategic planning necessary for their launch of new or modified medical devices. Mr. Woody started his career in the medical device field at Medical Action Industries, Inc. in 1985 where, during his 13 year career in quality and business development, the company grew from $3 million to $75 million. Using his expertise in medical device development and management, Mr. Woody launched Integrated Quality Systems in 1997, an organization focused on launching new medical devices into the health care sector. In 2004, he founded G3 Medical, which focuses on manufacturing, packaging, and sterilization services along with quality system management. In 2006, Mr. Woody formed Avadim LLC which was later acquired by Avadim Technologies. Mr. Woody completed a degree in mathematics in 1989 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx