Team Members

John Chang has over 25 years of experience developing medical devices and holds over 250 patents and patent applications in the fields of cardiology, ENT, general surgery, drug delivery, and women’s health.

John was the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of Willow, which reimagined the breast pump for nursing mothers. Previously, he co-founded and was Vice President of Research and Development of Acclarent, which pioneered balloon sinuplasty for the treatment of chronic sinusitis and which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2010. John started his career at Devices for Vascular Intervention.

John received a B.S.E. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

Randi Melo

Executive Assistant and office manager

Randi Melo has been in Administration for over 25 years. 

Prior to ExploraMed, she was with Comcast, Plaxo, Inc. and VeriSign, Inc. 

She is a native of the Bay Area, and studied at De Anza College and San Jose State University.  When she is not working, she is shoe shopping. 

John Hanley

Vice President and associate General counsel

John Hanley, J.D./M.B.A, has been a partner with an AmLaw 100, an intellectual property boutique law firm, where he was director of intellectual property roles and head of IP litigation teams. He has prosecuted, litigated and licensed patents, trademarks and copyrights throughout the world for entities ranging from start-up enterprises to Fortune 500 companies, and has an extensive background in mechanical and electronic devices, chemical arts, data processing, authentication systems and methods, networks, automated ordering systems, computer software, business methods, and control systems. John has represented entities in the medical device, software, electronics, materials science, and mechanical disciplines in all aspects of protecting valuable intellectual property.