Alexis Dechelette PhD Kymanox Corporation

Alexis Dechelette PhD is the director of the Design and Innovation group at Kymanox, which focuses on combination product and medical device product design and development. Alexis has been working in the medical device space his entire career. He first held research and development positions at an innovative dental device startup in California and then product development and manufacturing engineering positions at a drug delivery device company in Pennsylvania. Throughout his career, Alexis has worked on global projects across multiple continents involving several technical teams from vendors and clients. Through his project engagements and responsibilities, Alexis has developed a clear understanding of the key success factors for complex medical device projects that he shares passionately with his team and his clients. Alexis’ expertise is in out-of-the-box thinking and ideation, low pressure and high-pressure fluid delivery systems, pharmaceutical primary packaging, and low volume manufacturing. His interest is in taking innovative ideas to scalable concepts by applying sound engineering fundamentals and rapid prototyping. Alexis holds an undergraduate engineering degree from the Ecole des Mines de Nancy in France and both a MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.