People Moments

The Simulator That Went on Vacation

When a customer sent a simulator back to the team for service, Shannon Drew and her colleagues could have simply repaired it and sent it home. Instead, they decided to give it a vacation. The simulator was dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses, taken outside by the lake, and photographed enjoying a drink with …

The Customers and Conversations That Shaped Innovation

When Jeff Jacoby joined METI in 1999, the company was still focused on a single core product: the Human Patient Simulator. Over the next 26 years, Jeff watched that small product portfolio grow into a much broader approach to healthcare simulation. Patient simulators expanded into new specialties and use cases, while new technologies brought ultrasound, …

The Decision That Launched METI

In 1996, Mark McClure and a small group of colleagues faced a choice: walk away from healthcare simulation or take a chance on building something new. At the time, Mark was part of a team developing patient simulation technology at Loral Corporation. But after Lockheed Martin acquired Loral, healthcare simulation was no longer part of …

The People Who Find a Way Forward

Over more than a decade in healthcare simulation, Giuseppe Mallaci has seen plenty of ambitious projects, aggressive timelines, and technical challenges. He’s also seen something else: people who keep finding a way forward. As a typical engineer, Giuseppe says he isn’t one to “toot our own horns.” But ask him about the people he has …