To contribute to a vibrant, healthy and compassionate world
About Us
Vision
Purpose
To realize our vision, we are on a mission to:
- Eliminate drug related complications and
- Reduce associated healthcare costs
- Through predictive real-time monitoring techniques
What specific problem are we focused on
Eliminate Residual Neuromuscular Block.
Over 500k patients experience critical respiratory events each year due to residual neuromuscular block, leading to $3.4B in unnecessary healthcare costs in the US alone.
We can solve this.
Meet the Team
Our founders
The story started way back in 1997, when Corlius (Birkill) and Roche (Janse van Rensburg) completed their post-graduate studies in Bio-engineering at the University of Pretoria. A couple of ventures later, and Xavant Technology saw the light in 2003, with a primary focus on eliminating drug related complications.
With several patents under their portfolio, they keep on innovating in this space to improve patient outcomes and healthcare environments.
Roche Janse Van Rensburg
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
B.Eng (Electronic), M. Eng (Bioegineering)
Roche brings 25 years of experience in the medical device industry through the development, design, manufacture and deployment of innovative products in the medical sector, with a healthy understanding of how to navigate the ever changing regulatory and compliance landscape. He believes that life is all about the journey, and through the use of exponential technologies, tomorrow will always be better than today.
Corlius Birkill
Founder, Director
B. Eng (Hons) (Bioengineering), MBA
Corlius possesses over 21 years’ experience in R&D, project management and component level design of electronic medical devices. He is skilled in conducting simulations, characterization, process modelling and integration in the development of new electronic devices. He has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience driving sales growth of medical device technology. Currently also serves as Chief Executive Officer at Rhyzotherm and Algiamed.
Research and Development
Jacques Swart
Vice-president of Research and Development
B.Eng (Electronic), M.Eng (Electronic)
As VP of Research and Development, Jacques brings a wealth of expertise with 28 years of experience in the design, development, manufacture and deployment of high reliability and safety critical systems in the Aerospace and Defense, Safety and Security, Transportation and Logistics, and Communication industry sectors, together with 6 years of experience in the medical device industry
Production
Marius Reyneke
Production Manager
National N Diploma (Elec)
Marius has been involved with procurement, production, manufacturing and populating of pcb’s for over 12 years. After a lot of traveling an opportunity crossed his carrier path to join a turnkey electronic manufacturer in the capacity as Project Manager where the relationship with Xavant started. After 8 years he joined Xavant as Production Manager. His experience from manufacturing pcb’s to project management contributes to the manufacturing and distribution of a world class medical device. He believes that there must always be a healthy balance between your work, personal life and family time. Always move forward.
Governance, Risk and Compliance
Swarna Nirmal Bose
QARC Manager
Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)
Swarna, with a decade of experience in the medical device industry and a background in Biomedical Engineering, has developed a diverse skill set ranging from hardware engineering to regulatory affairs. Her passion for healthcare drove her to specialize in Quality Management Systems and global regulations, evidenced by her diploma in Regulatory Affairs and CQA certified ISO 13485 Lead Auditor qualification. She possesses extensive technical and regulatory expertise, including technical writing and audit compliance. Outside of her professional life, Swarna enjoys exploring mountains and beaches during her leisure time.
Governance, Risk and Compliance
Irina Proutski, Phd
Person Responsible for Regulatory Compliance (PRRC)
Irina is a regulatory affairs and qualityassurance professional with more than 19 years experience in Medical Devices,Biotech and the Pharma industry. She has extensive knowledge and practical experience of setting up and operating
Quality Management Systems and Technical Documentation for Class I-III medical devices and “other” and Annex II List B IVDs. She also brings extensive experience in clinical evaluation and biological safety assessment for a range of medical devices.
Governance, Risk and Compliance
ROD DUARTE
GRC Consultant
Eng. Tech. CMC, F.Inst.D
Support Services
Adelle Visser
Logistics Manager
With 4 years of significant and progressive experience as a shipping clerk, Adelle threw herself to the other side of the table, and with the knowledge she had gained, made the past 12 years as Logistics Manager at Xavant seamless. Keeping good relationship with clients, suppliers and shipping agents is key. Believing that the greatest inspiration is off course the deadline – living on the edge!
