WL Gore

Mark Mews leads the operations and supply chain for the Periperhal Business Group and has been at W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc. for over 16 years spending a majority of that time leading cross-functionally in various operations & supply chain leadership roles across both new product development and commercial life cycles. Mark is an advocate for continuous improvement, creating a lean culture, and focusing teams and organizations on delivering targets that improve both top and bottom line growth.

Michelle Oakes leads the Aortic supply chain and operations as a part of the Aortic Business Group. Michelle began her Gore career in engineering supporting new product development and then transitioned into various leadership roles within the Medical Products Division.