The Managing Director and founder of Bluewater Medical has 20 years of experience in the medical device industry.  He began his career as a test- and development engineer in an industry leading US company where he finally became Senior Director for R&D and Marketing. The products that he and his teams developed achieved an annual turnover of more than 400 Mio US$. He worked in 3 different countries and successfully managed teams in 5 international R&D centers. He holds around 20 Patents in the field of spine and traumatology.

During his 10 year tenure as R&D Director he developed new technologies and products to enter into new markets. Christian installed CE- and FDA compliant development processes for new product introductions. Christian acts as a speaker at medical device and technology congresses.

Stefan is working in the medical device industry since 1982 when he joined the Drägerwerk in Lübeck as an apprentice to become a toolmaker. Since then, only interrupted by his studies, he contributed to numerous successful products in a variety of companies. His experience covers products for endoscopy, orthopedics and traumatology. He adds more than 10 years of experience in the development of intramedullary devices and instruments to the team. 

Stefan is a certified specialist for Quality Management and Internal Audits.

The employees of Bluewater Medical share the passion for watersports. The contact with the ocean, the wind and the waves opens our minds for new ideas and approaches.