Jeffrey Samson

Jeffrey Samson is an American industrial designer. He has been involved in product development since the early 1970s, working on large systems like mass transit vehicles to micro-precise surgical scalpels and INSTRUMENTS. In 1984, Jeff founded Samson Design, a product design and development firm specializing in product solutions for the medical, consumer and high tech industries. Under Jeff’s direction, his team has launched over 40 medical products including electro-surgical generators, sterilizers, a kidney dialyses machine, infusion pumps, an EKG harness, recyclable medical waste handling equipment, an intra-venous catheter, disposable surgical pencils, a closed chest heart by-pass surgical device, a vessel-clamping ligature, an ostomy pump and nozzle system, an infrared mammography machine and two nucleo-medical imaging machines. The products have been recognized for design excellence, including the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award.

Jeff received his masters' degree in Industrial Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art and completed post-graduate work in Design Management at Harvard University. In addition to his corporate and consultant R&D experience, Jeff served on the faculty of RIT, the University of Colorado, and the University of North Carolina. He serves on several design and corporate advisory boards, has hosted a radio program on Advanced Materials and Technology, and facilitated special product innovation sessions nationally.