Our Team

Brian Crawford co-founded SPLASHBLOCKER® , LLC in December, 2019. As CEO, Brian brings exceptional executive-level biopharmaceutical experience with a talent for “creating markets” and bringing innovative products / technologies to commercialization.

Brian began his career at Merck where he spent 10 years in positions of increasing responsibility in sales, sales management, training, medical education and marketing. He joined Centocor as Director of Sales Operations where he helped build and lead their sales force. Brian moved on to Astra Merck where he was Executive Director of The Center For Health Futures, a collaboration between Florida Hospital Health System and Astra Merck.

Brian’s interest in start-up ventures began in 2003 when he joined Get Well Network as Executive Vice President of Sales. He helped build GWN into one of the most promising start-ups in the interactive patient engagement space. Brian then went on to Alkermes where he built and led their sales force as Vice President of Sales for the commercialization of Vivitrol.

Another opportunity to start and create a market – this time in protective technology textiles – came when Brian joined Vestagen as Chief Commercial Officer. He spent 10 years at Vestagen, building the market and obtaining FDA approval of Vestex, Technical Textiles. Prior to SPLASHBLOCKER® , Brian was Executive Vice President of Sales at UMF Corporation.

Brian is passionate about medical research and has previously served as Chairman of the Board of Medical Research Charities of America. He is a graduate of Jacksonville University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Brian lives in Ponte Vedra, Florida with his wife, Eileen and their dog, Charley. They have 3 wonderful children who live around the world: Evan in San Diego, Brynn in New York, and Corie in Wellington, New Zealand.

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After graduating from the Community College of Philadelphia in 1999 with an Associates Degree in Nursing, Linda began her enlightening journey in the nursing profession. Upon graduation, after working as a Staff Nurse at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and later Warminster Hospital in Pennsylvania, Linda decided that she wanted to specialize in the field of Oncology. In pursuit of her career aspirations, in 2003 Linda joined Temple University Hospital’s (TUH) Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. Linda retired from Oncology nursing in May of 2020. During her nearly 18-year tenure at TUH, Linda earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Immaculata University and obtained through the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation her professional certifications in both Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, respectively.

As an Oncology nurse, Linda developed a genuine passion for patient and worker safety. After learning about the dangers presented to patients and healthcare workers after exposure to toilet plume aerosol contaminated by hazardous antineoplastic drugs, in 2015, Linda invented the Splashblocker. The Splashblocker is a barrier device designed specifically to act as both a shield and a barrier in preventing toxic toilet plume aerosol from emitting into hospital and nursing home bathrooms.

After forming a Limited Liability Company and patenting her product in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Great Britain, and the 27 European Union Member Countries, in 2017 Linda entered the Splashblocker in a local community college’s Shark Tank competition called “Start-Me Up Challenge.” Among the 85 entries, Linda’s company earned a spot in the final round and presented her product to a panel of angel investors. At the end of the competition, Linda met Bill Borchert, who, like Linda, possesses a deep-seated desire to improve work place safety and protect patients and healthcare workers alike from the dangers of hazardous waste exposure. Since their meeting in May of 2017, Linda, her husband Bill, and her brother Mark, have been associated with Bill Borchert and his partner, Brian Crawford, with the goal of having the Splashblocker positioned in every hospital and nursing home bathroom worldwide.

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