Eric J. Claude is General Manager of MPR’s Product Development Group which provides contract product design and development services for medical device, biopharmaceutical, and other life science firms. With more than 20 years in the industry, Mr. Claude provides vision and leadership to navigate the medical product development process. The principal focus of his recent work has been methods to speed the development process through integrated, multi-disciplinary project teams, user-centered design, and of risk-based engineering approaches.