Ronald Reuben

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Montréal
NationalityCanadian
Occupation
  • Entrepreneur
  • Philanthropist
  • Founder
  • Executive Chair

Ronald Reuben is a Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Founder and Executive Chair of AMD Medicom Inc., a leading global provider of infection prevention and control solutions. AMD Medicom (Medicom) has played a major role in the world’s response to public health crises, including the SARS outbreak (2003-04), the H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic (2009-10), the Avian Influenza outbreak (2014-15), the Western Africa Ebola virus epidemic (2014 -16,) and the COVID-19 pandemic. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Medicom contributed to the development of Canada’s personal protective equipment (PPE) industry in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7][8]

Early Life

Reuben was born in Montréal to parents who fled Iraq in search of a better life. His parents separated when he was very young, and he was raised by his mother in challenging economic circumstances. He started working at the age of fourteen while pursuing his studies. Reuben is a graduate of McGill University and attended the Harvard Business School. [9][10]

AMD Medicom

Reuben founded Medicom in 1988, while completing his university studies, in response to the HIV-AIDS crisis and the heightened demand to provide healthcare workers with PPE.[10][11][1]

Medicom began as an importer and distributor of medical gloves. In 1997, the company purchased a factory in Augusta, Georgia, and began manufacturing infection-prevention masks. Over the next decade, the company expanded globally, opening facilities in Europe and Asia to meet the growing demand for safety and infection control in healthcare. By 2008, Medicom had 400 employees. It continued to grow, expanding to serve the dental, medical, lab and research, veterinary, and health and wellness markets. Today, the company is a global manufacturer of infection prevention and control and PPE solutions, including surgical and N95 respiratory masks, with plants and offices in 15 countries in North America, Europe and Asia, nearly 2000 employees, and over $1 billion in annual sales in ninety-five countries.[12][13]

COVID-19 Response

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicom entered into long-term PPE supply contracts with the governments of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, France, the United Kingdom, and Canada. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

In April 2020, Medicom received a mandate from the Canadian government to build a mask-masking facility in Montréal. [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]

In 2021, the Canadian government agreed to provide about $29 million to Medicom to build a $39-million facility in Montréal dedicated to the production of the inner filter material used in the production of surgical, pediatric and N95-type respiratory masks. [30][31]

In May 2022, Medicom received a mandate to build the first manufacturing facility for nitrile gloves outside of Asia. [32][33]

Awards

In 2013, Reuben received the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Health Sciences category for Quebec. [34]

In 2021, Canadian Business Magazine named Medicom one of the best managed companies in Canada. [35]

In 2021, Medicom received the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Entrepreneurship – Large Company – Award at the 2021 Mercuriades Gala. [36]

In 2023, Reuben was awarded a Médaille de l'Assemblée nationale du Québec by Québec MNA Gregory Kelley, for carrying-out an exemplary action of benefit to the community of the Jacques-Cartier riding. [37][38]

Reuben sits on the Board of Directors of the Arthritis Society Canada. [39]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Top 25 Healthcare Technology Leaders of Montreal for 2022". The Healthcare Technology Report. December 20, 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ Wiliams, Trevor (February 19, 2020). "Augusta Factory Ramps Up to Relieve Global Mask Shortage as China Fights Coronavirus". Global Atlanta.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Alderman, Liz (February 6, 2020). "As Coronavirus Spreads, Face Mask Makers Go Into Overdrive". The New York Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ Hufford, Austen (February 6, 2020). "Coronavirus Outbreak Strains Global Medical-Mask Market". The Wall Street Journal.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Fatah, Natasha (February 22, 2020). "Demand for masks ramps up amid coronavirus outbreak". CBC News Network.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Arias, Madalene (September 1, 2022). "Q&A with Guillaume Laverdure, CEO at Medicom". Canadian Manufacturing.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ Silcoff, Sean (April 5, 2020). "Medicom to begin manufacturing N95 masks in Canada as foreign countries curb exports". The Globe and Mail.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ Silcoff, Sean (August 14, 2020). "Inside a year of rapid growth – and undeniable risk – for a Canadian mask manufacturer". The Globe and Mail.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ Brulotte, Rodger (March 21, 2021). "Un jeune sans le sou qui a fondé une entreprise qui génère 1,3 milliard $". Le Journal de Montréal.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Brulotte, Rodger (March 21, 2021). "Un jeune sans le sou qui a fondé une entreprise qui génère 1,3 milliard $". Le Journal de Montréal.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ Jolicoeur, Martin (August 13, 2022). "Forte croissance: Medicom a doublé ses activités depuis le début de la pandémie". Le Journal de Montréal.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ Henry, Kevin (January 1, 2006). "Medicom - Growing steadily by building trust". DentistryIQ.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ "About us". Medicom.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ Silcoff, Sean (March 20, 2020). "Medical-technology companies asked to ramp up production in wartime-like move". The Globe and Mail.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ Jones, Ryan Patrick (March 20, 2020). "Ottawa unveils plan to harness industry to ramp up production of COVID-19 medical gear". CBC News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ Platt, Brian (March 20, 2020). "COVID-19: Federal government announces plan to 'mobilize industry' to produce medical supplies". National Post.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ Jackson, Emily (March 31, 2020). "Ottawa orders made-in-Canada ventilators, surgical masks, COVID-19 tests in rush for supply". Financial Post.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ↑ Dubuc, André (March 20, 2020). "Trois entreprises canadiennes, dont la québécoise Medicom, ont été ciblées par Ottawa pour augmenter leur capacité de production d'équipements médicaux". La Presse.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ↑ Bergeron, Émilie (March 31, 2020). "COVID-19 : Ottawa assure mettre les bouchées doubles pour fournir l'équipement médical". Le Journal de Montréal.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ↑ Abrams, Rachel (March 21, 2020). "Governments and Companies Race to Make Masks Vital to Virus Fight". The New York Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ↑ Hufford, Austen (March 21, 2020). "New Manufacturers Jump Into Mask Making as Coronavirus Spreads". The Wall Street Journal.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ↑ Larocque, Sylvain (March 21, 2020). "Vers une usine «stratégique» de masques au Québec". Le Journal de Montréal.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ↑ "Quebec issues $4-million loan for N-95 mask factory in Montreal". Montreal Gazette. April 20, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ↑ Silcoff, Sean (April 20, 2020). "Medicom to produce N95 masks at facility near Montreal with $4-million in aid from Quebec". The Globe and Mail.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ↑ George-Cosh, David (April 9, 2020). "'Not business as usual': How Canada's manufacturers mobilized to help fight COVID-19". BNN Bloomberg.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ↑ La Presse Canadienne (April 20, 2020). "Québec prête 4M$ à Medicom pour fabriquer des masques N95". Les Affaires.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  27. ↑ TVA Nouvelles (April 20, 2020). "Prêt de 4 M$ pour la construction accélérée d'une usine de masques à Montréal". TVA Nouvelles.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ↑ Shields, Billy (August 17, 2020). "In a former warehouse in St-Laurent, huge mask factory is up and running for federal contract". CTV News Montréal.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ↑ Tomesco, Frédéric (January 29, 2021). "Medicom targets additional mask contracts with new St-Laurent plant". Montreal Gazette.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  30. ↑ Tomesco, Frédéric (June 17, 2021). "Pointe-Claire's Medicom, feds team up on $39-million mask-filter plant". Montreal Gazette.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ↑ Silcoff, Sean (June 17, 2021). "Ottawa funds domestic PPE efforts as Quebec mask maker Medicom set to make filter raw material in Canada". The Globe and Mail.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ↑ Bogdan, Sawyer (April 26, 2022). "Medicom to build $120-million nitrile glove plant in London, Ont". Global News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  33. ↑ De Bono, Norman (April 26, 2022). "London lands $120M, 145-job medical-supply manufacturing plant". The London Free Press.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ↑ EY (Ernst & Young) (July 4, 2013). "EY announces Quebec Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 finalists today". Cision.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  35. ↑ Groen, Danielle (May 5, 2021). "Best Managed Companies 2021". Canadian Business.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  36. ↑ Mercuriades (2021). "Les Lauréats 2021". Les Mercuriades.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  37. ↑ Assemblée nationale du Québec (May 2023). "Récipiendaires de la Médaille de l'Assemblée nationale". Assemblée nationale du Québec.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  38. ↑ Medicom (May 4, 2023). "Medicom Founder Ronald Reuben is Awarded the Medal of the National Assembly of Quebec". Medicom.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  39. ↑ Arthritis Society Canada. "Ronald Reuben - Director". Arthritis Society Canada.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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