EXECUTIVE TEAM
Jim Pearson
President & CEOFounder, President & CEO. More than 25 years experience in health care and medical device. Named Ernst and Young’s Midwest Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007.
Joe Mark
Chief Technology OfficerFounder and Chief Technology Officer. Develops innovative products that improve patient care and provide clinically advanced methods of tissue removal, which earned him the title of “Health Care Hero.”
Jeff Hanthorn
Chief Operating OfficerFounder and Chief Operating Officer. More than 30 years experience in healthcare, professional services, start-ups, HR and business development, including 20 years with Eli Lilly and Company.
Craig Blanchard
VP of Marketing & Field ClinicalOver 25 years experience in healthcare with 16 years working for the combination of Guidant/Boston Scientific Corporation.
Paul Sandefer
VP of ClinicalOver 25 years experience in healthcare, including Clinical Director at Suros Surgical Systems.
Penny Sekerak
VP of Professional Education & Clinical AffairsOver 25 years experience in the hospital and healthcare industry including clinical market development and demand generation positions in medical device and diagnostic companies.
Tim Davis
VP of SalesOver 25 years experience in the health care and medical device industries, with over 20 years at privately held Anspach Companies and five years as VP of Sales at DePuy Synthes, a Johnson & Johnson company.
Jay Dittman
VP of OperationsOver 20 years of experience in the medical device industry with a focus on product development, regulatory affairs, and quality assurance.
Lauren Murphy
VP of Field Clinical & EducationOver 15 years of neurosurgery device experience at market-leading companies, including 12 years of clinical experience driving adoption of neurosurgical technology in the OR.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Steve Ball
Western Region Sales Director & General Manager, International
Jon Clark
Central Region Sales Director
Lorenzo Burrus
Eastern Region Sales Director
Trisha Baumgardt
Product Marketing Director, Tumor
Jo Ellen Hansen
Supply Chain Director
Inder Jarial
Engineering Director
Nicole Deter
Director, Finance & Administration
Jeff Garrison
Director of Business Development, Precision Medicine
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
J. Carter McNabb
Chairman of the Board
Managing Director, River Cities Capital Funds
Board Member, OrthoAlign
Board Member, TissueTech
Board Member, PerfectServe, Inc.
Jeffrey Hanthorn
COO and Board Member
Board Member, Corvida Medical
Former Vice President of HR, Sales and Operations,
Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.
Founding Partner, Revelant Technologies, LLC
20-year Executive, Eli Lilly and Company
Joseph Mark
Chief Technology Officer and Board Member
Co-Founder & Former Board Member, Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.
Board Member, SCP Limited
Co-Founder & Board Member, Promex, Inc.
Thomas M. Tefft
Board Member
Former Senior Vice President, Medtronic
Board Member, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Board Member, American Nurses Foundation
Member, Dean’s Advisory Board at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business
Jim Pearson
President & CEO and Board Member
Former President & CEO, Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.
Former Board Member, Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.
Former Divisional President, Hologic, Inc.
Former President & CEO, Summit Medical
Dr. Mark L. Rosenblum
Board Member
Chairman Emeritus, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Health System (HFHS)
Founder and former Co-Director, Hermelin Brain Tumor Center and HFHS Neuroscience Institute
Founder and former Chairman, Section on Tumors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Eric B. Timko
Board Member
Chairman & CEO, OrthAlign, Inc.
Executive Chairman, IotaMotion, Inc.
Former President & CEO, Blue Belt Technologies
Harry Gonso
General Counsel
Senior Partner, Ice Miller, LLP
Brian Gustafson
Board Observer
Managing Director of Investments, Tonkawa