Thomas D. Miller PhD

Thomas D. Miller is vice president in Novo Nordisk heading up a Novo Nordisk medical device research organisation in Seattle, USA. Building on a strong tradition for technology development within the organisation, his unit is working in multi-disciplinary teams to utilize technology to make diabetes and obesity treatment better and simpler.

Thomas is pushing a user-driven approach to innovation, which involves anthropological methods and frequent testing with users. Previously in his career, Thomas initiated and managed medical device projects like FlexPro® and FlexTouch®, which are now launched worldwide with Novo Nordisk drugs, and have won prestigious design prices, including G-Mark Good Design Award, and Red Dot Bronze Medical Design Award. Thomas holds a PhD in industrial engineering, and a M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Technical University of Denmark.