Episode 259 | Grant Kruger, CEO/Founder at Veracron Wellness Systems | Bridging Engineering and Medical Needs to Revolutionize Chronic Pain Care

Episode notes

In this episode, Grant Kruger joins Duane Mancini to share his journey from growing up in South Africa to becoming a University of Michigan researcher and medtech entrepreneur. He discusses his roots in electrical engineering and AI-driven manufacturing, the leap to Michigan for a postdoc, and the pivotal shift from automotive-focused research into collaborating with physicians to solve real clinical problems. Grant explains how early pain-research tooling evolved into Veracron Wellness Systems, and how an NIH I-Corps-style customer discovery process reshaped their thesis, revealing clinicians didn’t need better pain intensity scores, but objective, workflow-friendly functional data. He outlines their single-use wearable “functional assessment test kit,” designed to remove clinic burden and support better chronic pain decisions, approvals, and patient satisfaction, plus lessons on team, ecosystem support, and why usability beats perfection. Grant Kruger LinkedIn Veracron Wellness Systems Website Duane Mancini LinkedIn Project Medtech Website Project Medtech LinkedIn Thank you to our sponsors: Ward Law and JumpStart Inc .

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