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Cultivating and Advancing Talent Med-Stat
Meeting the Demand of
Next Generation Medical Devices
Having worked in over 100 countries, Matus Knoblich believes in giving back to the Westchester business community and making his biomedical engineering company, Med-Stat, a premier place to work.
Apolitical refugee from the former Czechoslovakia, Matus Knoblich and
his family escaped communism in 1987. “We came with nothing but the clothes on our back to this great country,” he recalls. A long journey, punctuated by stops
in Germany, San Diego, and the South Bronx, finally led his family to New Rochelle.
Aˆer a series of sales and marketing roles in New York City,
and in Europe, in 2017 he returned
to the USA, to restructure, rebrand and expand Med-Stat, a biomedical engineering services firm, founded by his father, Bello Knoblich.
Mr. Knoblich has been integrally involved in the biomedical engineering industry since 1982. His broad experience as the Director of Biomedical Engineering in a large New York City hospital gave him insight into the difficulties facing many healthcare institutions, and helped develop solutions to address them.
ulcers through a stand-alone, smart mattress with 7,000 built- in sensors that can fit on any hospital bed. It also provides
bed exit alerts and integration with hospital nurse call systems, running on a web-based platform that operates on any device.
a lot of companies and helped them work through early hiccups. I wish
I’d had similar mentoring early on!” On a more serious note, Knoblich says, “I believe that STEM education is key to the future of our country and am happy to give something back to the community, to help other young leaders so they can avoid the mistakes that I made early on.”
Working to Live
On his work philosophy, Knoblich shares, “I believe in working so you can live, not living so you can work. All our staff receive an annual bonus – a 13th month of salary, similar to what is done in Europe. We have literally no turnover. We have a happy staff who enjoy great benefits – this is the culture that what we build on.”
Above: Global Citizen: Matus Knoblich shares learnings from his work in over 100 countries to help life sciences startups here in Westchester.
Meeting the Demand of Next Generation Medical Devices Matus Knoblich also founded Glo-Med Networks Inc. a medical device and consumables distributor, notably of the ORBEL personal hand sanitizer. —e company complements Med-Stat’s medical business portfolio via strategic investments in novel and industry-changing medical technology, including:
• e INSPIRATM ART system, which handles external blood gas exchange and will change the need for traditional mechanical ventilators by preventing intubation and medically induced comas.
• e Lenexa Smart Mattress Pressure Injury Management System, which helps clinicians prevent bedsores and pressure
Supporting Local Life Sciences Start Ups
“Aˆer I was recognized as a Business Council of Westchester 40 Under
40, Marsha Gordon invited me to speak at a Westchester Innovation Network Panel,” says Knoblich. “From there, Deborah Novick, Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
for Westchester County brought me into the Westchester County Life Sciences Task Force, since I mentored
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