Legacy MedSearch is a retained search firm working exclusively in Emerging Medical Technology recruitment.
Paula Rutledge is the Founder and President of Legacy MedSearch. Our company works with experienced professionals with particular expertise on recruiting tenured Fortune 500 executives to incubator, newco, and emerging companies as well as mid-stage or transitioning companies seeking additional talent to build shareholder/stakeholder value.
With 25 years in the medical industry, our recruiting expertise extends to most areas of surgery, diagnostic & therapeutic imaging & radiology, including MIS & LIS procedures.
We worked with manufacturers of a variety of implants: IMD, AIMD and Class I, Class II and Class III devices with special emphasis on orthopedics, neurosurgery, neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular and other emerging medical technology (PMA, 510(k) & IDE device classes.
Our team has excelled working with tenured professionals in Product & Market Management, Sales, Product Development, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, and Operations.
Within the Engineering environment, we have expertise in Program, Project and Product Management, Human Factors, Embedded Software, Imaging, Systems, Test & Reliability Engineers, QSR, including professionals certified with such credentials: ASQ, CQE, SQE, CSQE, CRE, PMP, RT, APICS, BSEE, IEEE, SQE, CQA, ASQC, DFSS and similar.