Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium
Christopher Steele serves as the Chief of Strategy at the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC), where he leads initiatives to advance biotech/medtech solutions that support dual-use (military and civilian) medical applications. Steele drives the organization’s efforts to expand government and industry partnerships through MTEC’s ~800 member organizations which has contracted $1.5B of DoD funding since 2016 resulting in an additional $1B of follow-on funding to the efforts. His leadership ensures that MTEC remains at the forefront of medical innovation. With over 34 years of service in the Department of Defense (in the US Army and US Navy), Steele held key leadership roles in research and development. He directed the Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP) for Army and Defense Health Agency funding and was a Program Officer at the Office of Naval Research. Additionally, he played a pivotal role in joint R&D funding and Navy/Marine Corps prioritization efforts at the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. His experience includes overseeing +$1Bn of R&D funding and hundreds of medical research projects (across 11 intramural DoD laboratories and many academic and commercial partners) aimed at improving the health, readiness, and performance of Servicemembers. He led numerous programs across topics that include environmental physiology, psychological health, musculoskeletal injuries, combat casualty care, radiation exposure, directed energy, rehabilitative medicine, performance nutrition, and circadian/sleep & performance optimization. A retired Navy Commander and circadian physiologist, Steele holds a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University.
SCCM Discovery Critical Care Innovation Incubator
Saturday, March 21, 2026
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Central Time
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.
