Steve Goedeke says he was the kid who liked to take things apart. But he’s built a career putting things together.
The kid went on to become an engineer who, after a brief stint in tech at Hewlett Packard, joined
Medtronic upon his return to Minneapolis.
Goedeke says his experience at HP led him to try to do something radical in Medtech, a goal that put him in charge of the team that designed the first implantable distance radio system for Medtech devices. The Medical Implantable Communication Service (MICS) remains the industry standard.
He’d earned the designation of Bakken Fellow at Medtronic, which could have cemented his future to the big company. But he always felt he’d run a company and was given the chance to explore that path when he was invited to be part of the Denali Medical II incubator.
In this Medtech Talk Podcast, Goedeke shares the thoughts – and concerns – that went into that jump. He also reveals what ideas he’d consider pursuing before, when on a ski trip, he happened upon the concept for Cardionomic’s neuromodulation approach to treat ADHF.
Steve Goedeke
President & CEO
Cardionomic
Steve Goedeke’s extensive experience spans implantable defibrillators, pacemakers, therapies for heart failure, device design and wireless communications.
Before joining Cardionomic as President & CEO, Goedeke was President & CEO at Denali Medical II and previously served as a Senior Director within Medtronic’s Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management division. He is a Bakken Fellow and was largely responsible for the creation of the MICS wireless system. He is also a two-time recipient of Medtronic’s Star of Excellence and was granted The Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Initiative. Before his 17 years at Medtronic, Goedeke held various technical and business development roles at Hewlett-Packard.
Goedeke is a named inventor on 25 patents and holds a BS in electrical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and a MS in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
