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Workshop Wednesdays Radio with Host Tony Gambone and Special Guest Dana Oliver: Dana Oliver is a kind of “rags to riches” business success. I grew up the son of a career military father with little to no disposable monies where neither of my parents attended college. The expectations were to be a good person and find a profession. In short, I worked full time during the day and attended night school at Northeastern University, Boston, MA for ten years while receiving partial reimbursement from the businesses I worked for with the remainder supplemented by myself. I began as an entry level minimum wage draftsman working my way up until my present day career. As a brief biography, I am the Senior Director of Research & Development at Medtronic’s Surgical Technologies ENT / NT division and have helped grow this business unit from $100 million to approximately $2 billion in annual revenues over fourteen years. I have approximately 30 years of experience in the field of medical devices, working for such comp