He is a 1967 graduate of Michigan State University with a B.S. degree in Packaging. He is a member of their Alumni Association and the Industry Advisory Committee of the MSU School of Packaging. He is also member of the Industrial Advisory Board for the University of Wisconsin – Stout Packaging Program.
He was active in medical device packaging very early in his carrier and early in the industry (1972) on the Sterile Disposable Devices Committee (SDDC) of AdvaMed, formerly HIMA in drafting the original FDA device industry GMP's.
Curt is a member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) and has served as a co chair of the IoPP Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee. He is a Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) by the IoPP. In 2006, he was inducted into the IoPP College of Fellows and received the prestigious Member of the Year Award. He is a member of AdvaMed (Health Industry Manufacturers Association) - Sterilization / Packaging Committee. He is currently an active member of the ASTM F04 Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices Committee, D10 Packaging Committee and the F02 Flexible Barrier Packaging Committee. He has served as chairman of Subcommittee F02.60, Medical Packaging and is presently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of Committee F02.
Curt is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) committee that developed ISO 11607, a Sterile Medical Device Packaging standard for the International Standards Organization (ANSI/ISO). Curt is a past co-chair of the U.S. Delegation of ISO TC (Technical Committee) 198 / WG (Working Group) 7 on Packaging for medical devices. He was co-author of the initial draft of ISO 11607 and is a member of the ISO / EN harmonization revision task group.
In addition to his Spartan Design Group experience, Curt has worked in the medical device field for Zimmer, Medtronic, Angiomedics (Schneider / SciMed Life Systems / Boston Scientific), Medical CV (Medical Incorporated) and Smith MD (Deltec, Inc.). He was a packaging engineering consultant for DuPont™ Tyvek® Medical Packaging serving the industry in education and problem solutions for nearly 10 years. He also has several years experience in consumer products with The Pillsbury Company and Tonka Toys.
Curt has given numerous technical presentations and lectures on Medical Device Packaging at various technical symposiums and universities. He has published over 20 articles on medical packaging. He is member of the UBM Canon Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News (P&MP) Editorial Advisory Board.
- Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), Member
- Michigan State University School of Packaging Industry Advisory Committee, Member
- IoPP Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee, Past Co-Chair, Member
- University of Wisconsin - Stout Packaging Program Industrial Advisory Board, Member
- ASTM International Committee F02 Flexible Barrier Packaging, Member
- ASTM International Committee F02, Board of Directors
- ASTM International Committee F04 Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices, Member
- ASTM International Committee D10 Packaging, Member
- Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Technical Committee (TC) 198, Sterilization, Working Group (WG) 7, Packaging, Past Co-Chair and present Member
- AdvaMed Sterilization/Packaging Committee, Member
- 100 Notable People in the Medical Device Industry, Canon Communications Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry, June 2004
- Institute of Packaging Professional (IoPP) Member of the Year Award, May 2007
- IoPP College of Fellows, May 2007
- IoPP Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) Lifetime Certification, July 2010
John was chair of the AAMI committee that published and revised the Technical Information Report (AAMI TIR 22), a companion guidance document for ISO 11607 and along with Mr. Larsen has been involved with all the revisions to that document. He is a member of the AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) committee that developed the International Standard "AAMI, ANSI, ISO 11607" Packaging of terminally sterilized medical devices. He is the co-chair of the US delegation of (working group) WG7 of that committee and was co-author of ISO11607 with Curt Larsen. John was chair of the AAMI committee that published and revised the Technical Information Report (AAMI TIR 22), a companion guidance document for ISO 11607, and along with Curt has been involved with all the revisions to that document.
John has had many articles published in Medical Device and Diagnostics, Health Care Providers Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging News and other magazines and has given numerous technical presentations to the Medical Device Industry. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of the Canon Communications publication "Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging News". In June 2004 John was selected by Canon Communication's "Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry" magazine as one of the 100 Notable People in the Medical Device Industry.
- Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), Member
- Industry Advisory Committee, Member
- US Delegation of (working group) WG7, Co-Chair
- Industrial Advisory Board, University of Wisconsin - Stout Packaging Program, Member
- Industrial Advisory Board, Michigan State university Packaging Program, Member
- ASTM F04 Medical Products Committee, Member
- Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Member
- F02 Flexible Barriers Committee, Member
- Board of Directors of Committee F02, Member
- Medtronic Technical Fellow
- 100 Notable People in the Medical Device Industry, Canon Communications Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry, June 2004