CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 40+ years of experience in venture capital investing and medtech entrepreneurship
- Managing Director at DeNovo Ventures LLC
- CEO of Heart Rhythm Technology
- VP of Guidant Corporation
- CEO of Gynecare (NASDAQ: GYNE), acquired by Johnson & Johnson
- President & CEO of Origin Medsystems, acquired by Eli Lilly
- CEO of Ioptex Research, acquired by Smith & Nephew
- CEO of Cilco AG, eyecare company in Zug, Switzerland
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Mayfield Fund
- Lecturer on Medical Device Innovation at Stanford’s Byers Center for Biodesign
- Advance Representative at The White House
- Captain in the US Army
- Adjunct faculty at The University of San Francisco’s Graduate School of Management
EDUCATION / ACCOLADES
- B.S. in Economics and Business from Nasson College
- M.S. in Political Science and International Affairs from Long Island University
- Advanced Executive Program from Kellogg School of Management
- The Director’s College at Stanford University
- Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative from Harvard University
- D.B.A. from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
