Kate Garrett

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Kate has nearly 20 years of experience in the medical device industry as a serial inventor, entrepreneur and operator across the spectrum of early stage start-up to large multi-national organizations. Creating better options for patients is her passion, not her job.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Assistant Director of Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship
  • Co-founder and CEO of Ciel Medical (acquired by Vyaire Medical)
  • Vice President of Airway Technologies at Vyaire
  • Strategic Marketing Consultant at Acclarent (acquired by Johnson & Johnson)
  • R&D Engineer at Pathway Medical (acquired by Bayer)

BOARD SEATS

  • Chairman of BRIUS
  • Director at Ziteo
  • Director at Spirair
  • Director at Neptune

EDUCATION / ACCOLADES

  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  • Stanford University Biodesign Fellow
  • One of the first recipients of the Ferolyn Fellowship
  • 12+ patents in urology, critical care, women’s health and vascular surgery