Introducing Spencer Jones, Director, Clinical Innovation

Spanner is pleased to announce the appointment of Spencer Jones to the role of Director, Clinical Innovation. As Spanner continues to expand our portfolio in the medical sector, we are pleased to offer additional expertise and resources to our clients within this space.

Spencer brings many years of expertise to the Spanner team including serving as CEO at Lapovations, a medtech company specializing in novel technologies for safe, reliable laparoscopic surgeries. He is also the former founder and CTO of Lineus Medical where he brought to market a safe solution to reduce overall IV complications. In 2023, Spencer was recognized as Nurse Innovator of the Year by Nurse.org.

Additional notable achievements include raising over $8M in venture and angel funding, securing over $1M in state funding, incentive and tax credits as well as landing a GPO contract from Vizient via Innovative Technology Designation. Spencer has supported the design, execution and reporting for 300+ patient RCT in coordination with the FDA, and successfully took a Class II De Novo device from idea to FDA clearance.

Spencer will advise Spanner’s clients in the following areas:

  • Budget, forecast, pro forma development

  • Market research and pricing strategy

  • Product design, development, prototyping, and testing

  • Engineering project management, manufacturing, vendor vetting

  • Regulatory strategy and qualify management

  • Capital strategy and fundraising

  • Sales strategy, sales force development

  • Marketing messaging and asset creation

Spencer’s passion is building things. He’s excited by the process of taking a semi-formed product concept and turning it into a well-designed product with a viable business model attached to it. Continual learning is also critical.  “Whether it’s expanding my clinical or technical knowledge, I love sinking my teeth into new or challenging concepts. On the personal side, I’m a big proponent of democratizing clinical innovation knowledge; the more nurses, physicians, engineers, and students we get this knowledge to, the faster we can improve our healthcare ecosystem and patient outcomes.” 

We are delighted to have Spencer Jones join our team and are excited about the possibilities his expertise will bring to our valued clients and to the Spanner organization overall.

Learn more about how Spencer can make a difference.

Spanner PD