Fractional & Strategic Advisory Support for High-Growth MedTech
Access to the right experts, precisely when you need them.
Fractional & Strategic Advisory Support for High-Growth MedTech
Access to the right experts, precisely when you need them.
About The Collective
Our Focus
Richter Advisory Collective (RAC) is a boutique MedTech collective providing fractional and strategic support to companies navigating critical growth milestones.
We orchestrate a network of regulatory, clinical, quality, reimbursement, and commercialization experts; delivering tailored, cross-functional execution aligned to your stage.
We help bridge the gap between exceptional technology and real-world adoption.
The RAC Model
We Curate
Trusted specialists, proven experts
We Orchestrate
Right expertise aligned to milestones and risks
You Accelerate
With clarity, speed, and capital efficiency
How We Help
At Richter Advisory Collective, we deploy a curated MedTech brain trust; orchestrated for your exact stage and goals.
Build a Commercial Engine
- Go-to-market strategy, limited market release & market segmentation
- Positioning, messaging, value proposition development
- Commercial readiness, launch planning, and early customer engagement
- Pricing, reimbursement, and access strategy integrated with evidence needs
Align RAQA, Clinical, & Commercial Roadmaps
- Regulatory & quality strategy, submissions, and FDA engagement
- Clinical & evidence generation planning tied to commercial objectives
- Cross-functional sequencing, risk management, and milestone planning
Scale Operations & Organizational Capability
- Operating model design, team structure, and leadership support
- Processes that enable speed, clarity, and consistent execution
- Business development, strategic partnerships, and investor readiness
Why Choose RAC?
- Decades of experience across industry & services seeing what works, what breaks, and what accelerates success across specialties, technologies, and company stage
- Access top-tier expertise led by a proven Operator leading teams and global businesses with double-digit growth, margin expansion, and multi-country integration success
- Strategic thought partnership that connects the dots and helps leaders make faster decisions with integrated expertise
- Deep mission alignment with early-stage innovation, with flexible resourcing to support clarity, speed, and resourcefulness
- Extensive network of leaders, experts, and investors to support momentum and anticipate challenges before they surface
Ideal Partners
- Early-stage and growth-stage MedTech companies building first-in-kind or innovative technologies
- Teams with strong technical/scientific expertise that need a commercially oriented, cross-functional operator
- Companies preparing for key milestones: regulatory submissions, clinical execution, first customers, partnerships, fundraising, or scaling
About The Founder
Jess is a strategic MedTech leader and illuminator with 20+ years of experience guiding medical device, diagnostic, and digital health companies across the full post-engineering lifecycle- from regulatory and clinical strategy to evidence generation, commercialization, and operations. Known for simplifying complexity and brining teams into alignment, she blends strategic clarity with practical, real-world execution.
As Founder of Richter Advisory Collective, Jess serves as the integrator and strategic orchestrator, aligning a curated network of trusted experts to deliver precise support aligned to each company’s stage and milestones. She helps leaders ask the right questions, make informed decisions, and move faster with confidence—drawing on deep industry expertise, commercial acumen, and a global network of subject-matter experts to accelerate growth and bring meaningful solutions to patients sooner.
Previously, Jess served as EVP & General Manager of a global Contract Research Organization (CRO), guiding teams across regulatory, quality, clinical, commercial, and market access functions. Earlier roles at Medtronic, Covidien, Given Imaging, and Becton Dickinson shaped her expertise in commercialization, physician engagement, patient advocacy and operational transformation.
Jess contributes to the broader MedTech ecosystem through board roles with MedtechWOMEN and UCLA’s Technology Development Group, and by mentoring emerging innovators through MedTech Innovator, Stanford Biodesign, UC Berkeley MTM, and UCLA Biodesign.
A proud UC Berkeley alum (Go Bears!), Jess enjoys traveling, hiking, exploring new cuisines, quality time with family, and supporting animal welfare organizations.
