Interview with Tom Gardner of The RND Group

Interview with Tom Gardner of The RND Group

Tom Gardner

CQ: Tell me about RND Group.

The RND Group is a 13 year old business that provides full life cycle software engineering services specializing in medical device product development for FDA regulated products. We work with companies by partnering with their product development organizations in providing project management, requirements management, software engineering, and product testing services as needed to complement our clients’ existing engineering departments.

CQ: Who are your clients?

Our clients are leading providers for sample and assay technologies, and provide complete solutions for sample collection, nucleic acid purification, pathogen detection, and genetic testing. The broad range of solutions enables manual or automated sample processing in combination with downstream assays. Our clients develop instruments to help laboratories improve the cost, speed and efficiency of the diagnostics testing process. Our client’s instruments help labs deliver fast, accurate results to physicians and help improve patient care.

CQ: What do your employees like most about working at RND?

• We love that we are working with clients who are developing solutions that truly make a difference in people’s lives.
• We love working with the latest and greatest technologies
• We love working at a company that truly practices its “Core Values”
  • Respect for the individual and the importance of a balanced life
  • Promote and foster a healthy environment fiscally, professionally and personally
  • Promote and foster professional respect and growth for individuals and teams
  • Commitment to the highest standards of integrity and ethics
  • Responsibility for service and philanthropy in our community

CQ: What is the biggest obstacle your company faces?

• How do we maintain our quality growth and not sacrifice our “Three words below”?

• That we are able to Attract, Integrate, and motivate new employees for our quality growth?

• How do we clone our existing domain knowledge with our new hires?

CQ: Provide three words that describe your company.

Focused, Professional, Experienced