MANAGEMENT TEAM

Adam Dakin, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Adam has 20 years of experience with early stage and venture-backed medical device companies. From 1998-2004, Mr. Dakin served as the President & CEO of X-SITE Medical, a venture-backed cardiovascular device company which was successfully acquired by Datascope (NasdaqNM:DSCP) in 2004. During his tenure, the company raised approximately $9MM at progressively higher valuations, completed a successful multi-center randomized trial, and received FDA PMA approval. Adam previously served in senior management roles for several venture-backed device companies including Cardiovascular Imaging Systems (Boston Scientific), Birtcher Medical (Conmed), and Moberg Medical.  He started his device career as an orthopedic implant sales representative for Kirschner Medical. Adam holds a BS degree in economics from the Wharton School along with an MBA in finance and marketing from The Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.

Mike Dugery, Co-Founder & VP of R&D and Business Development

Mike previously held senior product and sales management positions with the Cordis division of Johnson & Johnson.  Mike has over 18 years of cross functional experience developing and commercializing medical devices.  While at Cordis, Mike was responsible for the global launch in Europe, the US and Asia of product lines across the balloon expandable stent, PTA balloon and Vena cava filter franchises.  Prior to Cordis, Mike held senior engineering and product development positions at venture-backed Life Medical Sciences, which merged with MedChem Products Inc. and was ultimately acquired by C.R. Bard.  While at Life Medical Sciences, he successfully led the development and launch of multiple products with a team of contract manufacturers, designers and consultants.  Mike holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and a Management & Technology Masters from the Wharton School and the School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

Todd Polk, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance

Todd has over 30 years of executive level regulatory, quality assurance, and research and development experience covering a wide array of medical technology.  Previously, Todd served as VP, Regulatory Affairs/QA for Replication Medical, X-SITE Medical, Circon, and Cabot Medical.  He has been responsible for Premarket Notification 510(k) approvals for over 100 products and has managed submissions for three successful PMA Applications.  Todd has designed and implemented programs for ISO 9000, ISO 13485 certification, and CE Mark.  He holds a BSEE from Drexel University. 

Michael Paris, Director, Product Development

Mike has over 14 years of product development and manufacturing experience in the medical device industry.  Mike has managed numerous Class I, II, and III development programs for cardiovascular and orthopedic products.  Previously, he held the product development manager position at Orthovita and was responsible for the development of disposable and reusable delivery systems/instruments for innovative biomaterials.  Prior to Orthovita, he had developed disposable products for Rex Medical, Kensey Nash, and Martech Medical.  Mike has a BS degree in engineering from Temple University.