Tony Lacroix is Director of Control Systems at HiArc and a seasoned engineering leader with deep expertise in medical device development, embedded systems, and control system architecture. He has extensive experience leading cross-functional teams from concept through commercialization, with a focus on scalable design, real-time systems, and regulatory-driven product development.
Tony specializes in bridging hardware and software disciplines to deliver high-performance, manufacturable systems. His work emphasizes customer-centered engineering, early risk identification, and flexible architectures that enable rapid innovation in MedTech and digital health.
Across the industry, medical device OEMs are developing products that are pushing the limits of what’s possible. While these advances expand clinical capability, they also place growing strain on development teams, often showing up as late‑stage timeline drift, repeated rework, and prolonged effort. In this panel discussion, engineering leaders from HiArc will share why common fixes like adding resources or extending schedules often amount to expensive band‑aids, and how purpose‑built control system foundations can reduce friction, accelerate iteration, and enable more predictable execution. Drawing on the experience that led HiArc to develop its proprietary control system solution, this session will highlight how stronger foundations help teams build complex devices and avoid the late‑stage pitfalls that cost teams time and money.
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