Lauren Harrison
Human Factors Engineer
Gilero, a Sanner Group Company

Lauren received her Bachelor of Science in Biological Systems Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She then obtained her Masters of Science in Human Factors Engineering from Tufts University. During her time at both Virginia Tech and Tufts, Lauren worked as both a Systems Engineering Intern and a Human Factors Engineering Intern for one of most highly regarded surgical robotics companies in America. Following graduation, she pivoted into consulting to continue to learn HFE skills in a fast paced, high flow environment. Coming from the engineering side of things, Lauren is able to look at products, development plans, and results from a holistic lens. This background gives her the opportunity to ‘speak the language’ to both stakeholders and engineers which inherently leads to an expedited iteration process. As a Human Factors Engineer with Gilero, Lauren aims to be an advocate for the end user with all stakeholders. She is passionate about innovation within the Human Factors industry and is constantly finding ways to recast traditional methods of practice into molds that benefit both the stakeholders and the user.

Grant Leffingwell

Director of Human Factors and Design

Gilero, a Sanner Group Company

Grant has over 21 years of experience in human factors and usability engineering to support product development programs throughout the healthcare, government, and commercial industries. His work has supported the development of countless products, ranging from simple home-use medical devices to complex clinical systems, and everything in between. He understands how users think, make decisions, and work, and translates that knowledge into meaningful design inputs for development teams. As the Director of Human Factors and Design, Grant leads a team of human factors engineers who provide a wide range of usability engineering services to our customers developing medical devices and combination products. As a member of Gilero’s leadership team, he is responsible for Gilero’s human-centered design culture and provides technical leadership and program planning to customers and stakeholders to guide them through the usability engineering process. As a passionate user advocate, Grant knows that the purpose of medical devices is to improve a patient’s quality of life, so it’s critical to ensure they are developed with the end user’s safety, performance, and satisfaction in mind.