… has 21+ years of experience, primarily in strategic senior management, equity financing and M&A. He was previously three-time President, Executive Consultant, and Director of early and later stage Medical Device and Pharma companies (CyberHeart Inc., Targent Incorporated, and New Cardio Inc.), led teams of up to thirty people, and was responsible for annual budgets of $ 17 M+. Due to his substantial clinical, regulatory and strategic knowledge in the cardiovascular field, he also served as CMO with responsibility for strategy, clinical-regulatory execution, pharmacoeconomics, and incorporation of R&D into overall plan.

He is a Fellow of the American and Royal College of Surgeons, and is formerly Vice-Chairman of Cardiac Surgery at The Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California.