Nicholas I. Duff
Farmington Hills, MI · 248-504-8640 · nick@prothera.com
TARGET ROLE
Business Transformation | Digital Product Strategy | AI & Automation | Program Leadership
Summary
Entrepreneurial business transformation and product leader with 10+ years spanning commercialization, product development, healthcare, technology, and complex cross-functional programs. Founder-operator with hands-on experience taking physical and digital products from concept through development, compliance, testing, deployment, and commercialization. Experienced in governance, stage-gated execution, KPI frameworks, risk and dependency management, AI-enabled workflows, product strategy, and stakeholder leadership.
Experience
ProThera | Founder, Product Developer & Business Transformation Lead
Farmington Hills, MI · 2023–Present
• Built and currently lead an early-stage medical technology company, coordinating product development, regulatory strategy, intellectual property, supply chain, manufacturing, clinical stakeholders, commercialization, and capital planning.
• Designed a stage-gated development framework connecting technical milestones, regulatory requirements, supplier dependencies, testing, risk management, and commercialization objectives.
• Coordinate physicians, engineers, manufacturers, testing organizations, regulatory specialists, suppliers, advisors, and potential investors.
• Developed business cases, investor materials, market analyses, competitive intelligence, commercialization strategies, and operational decision frameworks.
• Implemented AI-enabled research, documentation, analysis, presentation, and workflow systems to accelerate execution while maintaining human review and decision accountability.
Bears Territory / Pulse | Founder & Digital Product Builder
Farmington Hills, MI · 2026–Present
• Conceived and built Pulse, a data-driven market analytics platform that converts complex financial-market information into structured decision frameworks and measurable user workflows.
• Directed product lifecycle from concept and UX design through application development, testing, iteration, web deployment, and iOS/Android distribution infrastructure.
• Built KPI and verification frameworks incorporating historical performance tracking, scoring, analytics dashboards, and defined metric logic.
• Managed dependencies spanning third-party data, application infrastructure, SMS compliance, privacy and terms infrastructure, platform testing, and Apple/Google distribution requirements.
• Integrated AI-assisted development and automation into research, troubleshooting, documentation, workflow design, testing, and operational execution.
Nicholas Ventures | Independent Medical Device Sales Distributor
Farmington Hills, MI · 2016–Present
• Lead sales and account development across biologics, orthopedics, spine, bone-health, and infection-control products serving surgeons, hospitals, and vendor stakeholders.
• Translate complex clinical and technical products into commercial strategies supporting adoption, OR execution, pricing discussions, stakeholder relationships, and account development.
• Manage independent business operations, customer relationships, vendor coordination, product positioning, and revenue-generating commercial activity.
Zimmer Biomet
Sales Representative Associate · Troy, MI · 2013–2015
Supported orthopedic and neuro-spine sales through operating-room case coverage, product execution, inventory coordination, surgeon support, and account management.
Core Leadership Capabilities
Business Transformation
Program Governance
Digital Product Strategy
AI-Enabled Workflows & Automation
KPI Framework Development
Stage-Gate Management
Risk & Dependency Management
Cross-Functional Leadership
Product Development
Process Improvement
Regulatory & Compliance Coordination
Commercialization Strategy
Executive Presentations & Business Cases
Stakeholder Management
Data-Driven Decision Systems
Technology & Tools
AI Workflows · No-Code/Low-Code Development · Framer · Base44 · Canva · CapCut · Data Analytics & Dashboard Design · iOS/App Store Connect · Google Play Console · Twilio · Digital Product QA & Testing
Education
University of British Columbia
Bachelor’s Degree, Philosophy, 2012
Collegiate Hockey Player
Athletics
Professional Hockey Player, 2002–2013
Memorial Cup Champion, Kitchener Rangers, OHL, 2003