VentriPoint Diagnostics has developed a technology, now being used in a growing number of hospitals around the world, which effectively replaces costly and time consuming MRI scans for certain types of heart imaging. It has been a challenging task that is now paying off, thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group of people, including the company’s management team:
• Dr. George Adams (CEO) is a scientist as well as a long-time entrepreneur and expert financier. Prior to VentriPoint, he was CEO of Amorfix Life Sciences, and continues as Chairman of Semova Corp., both publicly owned companies. Earlier, he was President and CEO of the UT Innovations Foundation, and has also held research and executive positions with Boston Scientific, Pfizer, Corvita Canada, the University of Ottawa, and others. He has been instrumental in founding over 30 companies who have raised $100 million, and has been Director of 10 venture capital funds and 10 startup companies. He has 124 scientific publications, and is a reviewer for major scientific journals, federal granting agencies, and others. Dr. Adams has accepted awards for World Economic Foundation Technology Pioneer, 2007, and TBI Company Of The Year, 2009.
• Ellen Briant (CFO) has 20 years of professional finance experience, with a focus on private placement and merger & acquisitions transactions to mid-market and startup companies. She has provided corporate financing advisory services at Spire Sharwood, and was VP & Director of the Private Placement Group for Deloitte & Touche, arranging debt financing and advisory services for various sized clients, including government entities. She was also part of the Corporate Banking Group at Scotiabank, and the Financial Services Audit Group of Ernst & Young.
• Amol Karnick (VP, Sales & Business Development) has over 18 years of medical imaging experience, including 7 years at GE Healthcare where he helped drive $150 million in imaging sales in addition to integrating 4 companies. He was the Chief Operating Officer for Sentinelle Medical, responsible for Engineering, Service, Manufacturing, and Regulatory Affairs, and was General Manager at Ultrasonix Medical where he grew sales through business development. He has experience working with multiple cultures around the world.
• Scott Ashley (VP, Research & Development) has 26 years of core operating system software development and project management, as well as first-line, second-line, and director experience. He was Director of Software Development for HP Integrity NonStop NS 16000 Server, managing over 80 developers, and was a key driving force across the Tandem NonStop Division.
• Eyal Schwartz (Chief Architect) has 16 years of experience leading various software development projects. He was a development leader at Microsoft in the Windows, MSN, and Entertainment divisions, and did lead design and development of a wide array of technologies. He is also the owner of 10 U.S. patents.
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