James Quackenbush

James Quackenbush has served as Vice President of Operations since January 2020. Prior to joining GKC, James spent over thirty years working in the medical device industry. Most recently as COO/CEO of Medspira LLC, a start-up medical device company, were he developed a novel portable manometry device for diagnosing and treating fecal incontinence. From 1999 through 2010 James served as Vice President of Manufacturing for Vascular Solutions Incorporated later acquired by Teleflex. From 1992 through 1999, James served as Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations for Optical Sensors Incorporated, a diagnostic medical device company. Before those engagements he served as Operations Manager with Schneider USA’s Stent Division and as an Advanced Project Engineer with 3M Medical Products Division. James received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University.