Dr. William Leiva received his PhD in Cybernetic and Statistics from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies in 2024, and his MPH in Epidemiology and Health Economics from Universidad Andres Bellow in 2018. He worked as Senior Manager for Scientific Affairs at 3M Healthcare (2008-2023), where his research and professional focus centered on the decontamination and terminal sterilization of reusable medical devices. In 2023, he moved to the US FDA as sterilization and reprocessing subject matter expert and then in 2024, he moved to Medtronic as Global Senior Program Manager for Sterile Processing; a role in which he supports and leads multiple reuse and reprocessing programs across the enterprise. Alongside this, he holds concurrent appointments as Visiting Professor at the School of Cybernetics and Statistics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, and as Principal Investigator with EUIS Research. Over the past 15 years, he has built a career spanning the medical device industry, with roles in scientific research, market and product development, standards and guidelines advancement, and the design of educational programs for sterile processing professionals. He is a multiple recipient of the Kilmer Grant from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), has peer-reviewed articles addressing the reprocessing and economic epidemiology aspects of the field, and has presented his work at international conferences including the AAMI eXchange and WF