Surgic is a medical technology startup company - founded in 2021 - building the next-generation of surgical training devices. Travis is an entrepreneur and engineer who has led the company from its foundation to present day. He is an inventor of the initial technology developed in the design classroom at the project-stage and has remained heavily involved with design and development at each stage since the company was founded.Travis has led the team's commercial efforts as CEO since day one to secure a series of non-dilutive funds & awards, form company and product strategy, vision, and positioning, gauge long-term capital needs against bootstrap progress, perform rigorous customer discovery (150+ interviews documented from I-Corps), build and improve business infrastructure throughout company growth, develop surgical expertise and partnership networks, manage external agreements, contribute to all recruitment and hiring of early employees; and completion of several startup programs to catalyze pre-seed and seed-stage growth, such as: - 1st place in the TTUHSC Presidents' Innovation Award - Pitch-to-graduation of the 12-month TTU Accelerator business incubator- NSF Regional I-Corps (Technical Lead) and 1st place in NSF National I-Corps (Entrepreneurial Lead).This year Travis has led Surgic to secure an NSF Phase I SBIR Grant to fund high-risk R&D, which he currently serves as Principal Investigator, alongside his CEO duties.