Jim Hammerand is the Managing Editor of Medical Design & Outsourcing, where he leads coverage of medtech innovation, design, engineering and manufacturing. He also covers and edits breaking news for MassDevice and works with our DeviceTalks team on live events and streaming content.
Hammerand has more than two decades of journalism experience spanning newspapers, magazines, websites, live events, radio and TV news. For nearly a decade, Hammerand reported and edited business news for American City Business Journals as a reporter and digital editor at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and then managing editor of the Puget Sound Business Journal in Seattle.
Hammerand holds degrees in journalism and management from the University of Minnesota and has won journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, American Society of Business Publication Editors, and Trade, Association, Business Publications International.