Martha Bidez

Martha Warren Bidez, Ph.D., President and CEO

Martha Warren Bidez, Ph.D. is an internationally-renowned biomedical engineer, business entrepreneur, and system safety consultant.  She has over 29 years experience in serious injury investigation (i.e., mishap) in the field, scientific research and teaching at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Engineering, and technology transfer within the healthcare sector. Dr. Bidez founded an international biomedical implant manufacturing company, BioHorizons, Inc., and served as its CEO from August 1994 to November 1999 and as Chairperson of its Board of Directors until the corporation was sold in August 2006 to HealthPoint Capital (NY, NY).  She is a National Leadership Fellow of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, an honor bestowed on the top 2% of the field.  She has appeared on ABC’s 20/20 addressing child auto safety and was featured in the book Women Who Mean Business – Success Stories of Women over Forty. Dr. Bidez serves as the Engineering Team Leader for EDU-CAR™, a child road user initiative in Uruguay, which is funded by the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility and the FIA Foundation. She holds active memberships in numerous professional engineering societies.  Dr. Bidez also serves as a Trustee of the Union Institute and University based in Cincinnati, Ohio.