Chris Hurlstone
Technical Director
Team Consulting
Chris Hurlstone joined Team Consulting in 1994 with a mechanical engineering background in the offshore industry and now has almost thirty years of product innovation experience in the healthcare sector. He combines technical input and review with business development, management and leadership activities. His experience covers all stages of product life cycle from direction-setting to post-launch support, working with companies ranging from small start-ups to large multinational organizations.
Mr Hurlstone has particular expertise in the design, development and industrialization of drug delivery devices including dry powder and pressurized metered dose inhalers and injection systems including pen injectors, auto-injectors, needle-free injectors and on-body delivery systems. He has also worked on the development of surgical, diagnostic and medtech products and systems. Mr Hurlstone has extensive experience in the field of engineering analysis, design verification and risk management and has written and presented articles and papers on many aspects of device development.
In his previous role of Director of Engineering, he was responsible for the ongoing quality and continuous improvement of Team’s overall engineering offering including mechanical, electro-mechanical, electronics and software engineering and applied science. In his current role of Technical Director he works more broadly across all discipline groups including Design, Human Factors, Device Testing and Programme Management, to help ensure consistent excellence of project delivery for all of Team's clients.