TAG'D: Beyond The Award

TAG'D: Beyond The Award
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Welcome to TAG'D: Beyond the Award, the podcast that celebrates innovation, excellence, and leadership. Each episode dives into the inspiring stories behind the nominees and winners of The TAG Awards, uncovering the breakthroughs, challenges, and triumphs that define their journey. Whether it’s cutting-edge technology, transformative products, or visionary leadership, we’re here to explore what it means to stand out and shape the future of your industry. Let’s go beyond the award and into the heart of innovation. Here is your host, Justin Starbird.
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The podcast focuses on topics like MedTech innovation, leadership excellence, and the TAG Awards process, with episodes featuring insights on human factors engineering in medical devices, the role of strategic partnerships in healthcare, and the evaluation criteria judges consider for awards. Specific episodes discuss the importance of innovation and the value of recognition, as shared by guests such as Rick Curtis and Dr. MaryBeth Privitera.

Welcome to TAG’D: Beyond the Award, the podcast that celebrates innovation, excellence, and leadership. Each episode dives into the inspiring stories behind the nominees and winners of The TAG Awards, uncovering the breakthroughs, challenges, and triumphs that define their journey. Whether it’s cutting-edge technology, transformative products, or visionary leadership, we’re here to explore what it means to stand out and shape the future of your industry. Let’s go beyond the award and into the heart of innovation. Here is your host, Justin Starbird.
In this episode of TAG’D: Beyond the Award, host Justin Starbird sits down with Mike Kolberg, VP and General Manager of Codonics—an award-winning MedTech company redefining medication safety in hospitals.
Fresh off their 2025 TAG Award win, Mike shares how Codonics’ Safe Label System is preventing medication errors in the OR, why listening to clinicians is their best R&D tool, and how the company continues to innovate with new solutions like RFID upgrades and in-room drug waste verification. From trade show relationship-building to culture-changing tech, Codonics is proving that the best medtech doesn’t just work—it works with people.
Whether you're in hospital operations, medical device innovation, or simply fascinated by how technology is saving lives, this episode is for you!

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