Gio Di Napoli, president of the Gastrointestinal business at Medtronic , announced today that he is departing his post at the medtech giant. His leaving marks the second departure of a business unit president at Medtronic this month. Ariel Mactavish, president of the company’s Respiratory Interventions unit, also announced that she was leaving the company. […]
Personnel Moves
Edwards Lifesciences’ chair Michael Mussallem retires from board
Edwards Lifesciences announced that Chair Michael Mussallem is retiring from the board of directors a year after stepping down as CEO. Mussallem became a non-executive chair of the Irvine, California-based company after he retired from his CEO post on May 11, 2023. He is expected to be succeeded by independent director Nicholas Valeriani, who will […]
Protembis raises $32.6M, adds Shockwave exec to board
Cardiovascular medical device maker Protembis announced today that it completed a $32.6 million (€30 million) Series B financing round. The Aachen, Germany-based company plans to use the funds to support enrollment for its PROTEMBO FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) trial. The trial evaluates the company’s embolic protection technology. European VC investors, including Segulah Medical Acceleration, […]
Bio-Rad names Roop Lakkaraju as CFO
Bio-Rad today announced it appointed Roop K. Lakkaraju as EVP and chief financial officer, effective April 15. Lakkaraju joins the clinical diagnostics and imaging systems company from Benchmark Electronics where he served as EVP and chief financial officer and was responsible for all finance-related functions since 2018. “We are pleased to welcome Roop Lakkaraju as […]
Insulet picks new CFO following McMillan’s move to 3M spinoff
Insulet announced today that it appointed Ana Maria Chadwick as its new EVP, CFO and treasurer. Chadwick’s appointment — which goes into effect on April 22, 2024 — follows an extensive search process conducted by Insulet. That search spanned nearly six months after former CFO Wayde McMillan left for 3M’s Solventum healthcare spinoff in October. […]
After Intuitive, Shockwave and Avail, Daniel Hawkins is now CEO at AI-powered MRI software startup Vista.ai
Avail Medsystems founder and former CEO Daniel Hawkins has a new job as president and CEO of MRI software startup Vista.ai. Palo Alto, California-based Vista.ai (founded and incorporated as HeartVista) makes AI-guided software for automating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams. “Vista is the only MRI-related AI company that is not doing just post-processing — Vista […]
Medtronic’s Respiratory Interventions unit president is leaving
Ariel Mactavish, president of the Respiratory Interventions unit at Medtronic , announced that she is departing her post at the medtech giant. In a post on LinkedIn, Mactavish explained her decision to depart: “After 12 rewarding years, I have decided to leave Medtronic and I want to take the opportunity [to] share my deepest gratitude […]
BD names new president of BD Surgery
BD this week announced it appointed Rian Seger as president of BD Surgery, effective April 1. Seger will be responsible for driving the global strategic, operational and commercial performance of BD Surgery and will report to EVP and President of Interventional Rick Byrd. He replaces Brooke Story who is stepping down to focus on personal […]
Roman to move out of CEO post at 3M, successor named
3M announced today that it selected William M. Brown to succeed Mike Roman as CEO. Brown’s appointment to the corner office goes into effect on May 1, 2024. Roman will shift to the role of executive chair of 3M’s board of directors with the same effective date. “Bill’s strong track record as a CEO for […]
Natus Neuro taps Philips, Medtronic veteran as CEO
Natus Medical (Middleton, Wisconsin) recently announced that a well-known executive in the Minneapolis-St. Paul medical device hub is the new CEO of its Natus Neuro business. Chris Landon joined Natus last month after serving for four years as the president and GM of Image Guided Therapy Devices at Philips. Before Philips, Landon worked at Medtronic […]
Endologix picks former Medtronic leader as new chief commercial officer
Endologix announced today that it appointed Mike Mathias as its new chief commercial officer (CCO), effective immediately. Mathias brings 30 years of experience leading commercial organizations within the cardiovascular area. He most recently served as VP of commercial operations at Limflow. He held that role from 2022 until Inari Medical acquired the chronic limb-threatening ischemia […]