Mike Rozewicz
Vice President
Tekna, Inc.
Mike Rozewicz is vice president of Tekna, Inc., a full-service product development consultancy and medical device manufacturer based in Michigan. In the last 15 years, he’s helped transition the company into a diverse team of design, engineering and manufacturing talent—positioned to help customers cross the chasm between innovative ideas and realized business opportunities.
Originally from Dearborn, MI, Rozewicz naturally began his career in the automotive industry. Since joining Tekna, he has worked with medtech companies in the orthopedics, robotics, neuro, endoscopy and patient care industries. He is a designer, tinkerer, builder, artist, architect—and a graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
Blowing the Dust off the Rust Belt
As the turbulent global economy rapidly changes the world around us, we as designers are uniquely positioned to transform uncertainty into opportunity. Growing up in the “Rust Belt,” there are constant reminders of our country’s great manufacturing history, as well as how devastated parts of Michigan remain to this day.
Facing the Great Recession of 2008, and witnessing many product development companies fold or implement layoffs, Tekna Vice President Mike Rozewicz says the company doubled down on its belief in its employees and the tremendous resources available in the region. In the worst economic times of our generation, Tekna invested in its own ideas that leveraged the power and grit of great design, engineering, manufacturing and local supply chain.
Since then, Tekna has continued to learn and refine a business model that can create and deliver meaningful innovation that’s not easily replicated by the competition. Rozewicz reveals how Tekna is moving the needle and “blowing the dust off the Rust Belt.”
