After unveiling a new headquarters in Leesburg earlier in June, co-founder, president and CEO Eric Major of the global medical device company K2M talks about the company’s plans.
Q: Can you talk about the direction of your company in Loudoun County and plans for the future?
A: We have visitors here from all over the world on a regular basis. In fact, in the last five weeks have had over 85 surgeons on at the new K2M campus. When you visit, you really see what we’re doing and what we’re doing … as soon as you walk through the front door, you see our products which are innovatively different. You can see a visual of our patents, we have over 500 patents, we have over 70 bio mechanical engineers and product managers here … and you can really see pictures of the patients we treat … and you really get a sense that as an organization what we’re doing is we are treating kids … our prime differentiation, what we’re known for around the world, is treating teenagers, typically females from 12 to 18 years old that have scoliosis. And that’s really our core competency. It’s what we’re known for and what I believe we have the best products in the world to treat these patients.
Why did you choose to stay in Leesburg and Loudoun County? What specifically attracted you to area?
Originally, I’m from Loudoun County. I’ve been here a long time. I had a previous medical device start-up that started here in Loudoun County and, in fact, I built that business from an employee perspective, a much smaller business, but I built that business and it was acquired by a public company – American Osteomedics, and then from there it just turned out that Loudoun County and specially the Town of Leesburg turned out to be an absolutely ideal location to really build a business.
