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Michael Garretson

Sharpshooter · DISC type CD
Sr. Director, Design Assurance, Dispensing Solutions at BD
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Michael is an executive leader specializing in global digital quality and design assurance for software-enabled medical devices. His expertise lies in embedding Compliance at Speed frameworks into Agile and SAFe environments, accelerating product delivery while adhering to FDA and ISO standards. He holds an MBA from the University of Oregon and a Six Sigma Black Belt certification.

Outside of work, Michael is an advocate for mental health awareness and supports youth STEM education through programs like First Robotics. He also has a keen interest in personal digital security, dedicating time to improving his own Cyber Hygiene and encouraging others to do the same.

He once spent a weekend migrating 422 sets of personal credentials to a password manager to improve his cyber hygiene.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Sr. Director, Design Assurance, Dispensing Solutions
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Michael shows up

ROI Driven
Precise But Practical
Rigorous & Demanding

They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms. They respond well to strong and respectful communication. They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.

Priorities

Topics Michael cares about

MedTech Compliance
His entire career focuses on embedding quality and compliance (FDA, ISO 13485) into the medical device development lifecycle, with a track record of leading FDA remediation.
Agile Quality Systems
He is an expert at integrating quality management and design controls into Agile and SAFe development models to ensure rapid, compliant product delivery.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Sr. Director, Design Assurance, Dispensing Solutions
BD
7-2023 - 10-2024
Director, Design Assurance, Dispensing & STS Quality
BD
10-2019 - 5-2023
Digital Product Quality Director
GE Healthcare
5-2014 - 10-2019
Director Quality Engineering
GE Healthcare
6-2009 - 5-2014
QARA Site Leader
GE Healthcare
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of Oregon
BS
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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