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Noel L. Johnson,
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineer - Founder, President & CEO Noel has extensive experience in
designing medical devices as well as operating and managing start-up medical
device companies. He was previously Co-founder and President of HealthTech,
Inc., a medical device
company. Noel also as has vast experience designing and developing pump technologies and implantable devices through a
13-year tenure at Abbott Laboratories. Thomas W. Degen -
Chief Technology Officer Thomas has a long experience in
developing medical devices for portable applications, both in hardware and
software. Prior to joining NovaShunt, he worked at Caditech, a start-up company
which developed a highly cross-linked platform for personal health care
applications, where he designed motor-driver ICs and CMOS imaging chips.
Thomas has a MS in Electronical Physics from the University of Neuchâtel and is
preparing for his Ph.D. exams in EE from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Thomas is fluent in
German, French and English. Pedro Eerdmans, MD,
PhD, MSc.,- Chief Medical Officer Pedro has extensive experience in
clinical research and medical devices. Prior to joining NovaShunt,
he was Medical Director at Biosensors
responsible for the global clinical program which included more than 12.000
patients post marketing registries and over 1800 patients regulatory studies.
Additionally, Pedro spent many years with Medtronic holding positions as manager in clinical research,
ventures and technology development. He holds a PhD in Pharmacology and has more than 5 years
hospital experience in orthopaedics and urology. Pedro has authored many peer reviewed papers and holds
a patent in the area of wireless pH measurement in the oesophagus. Pedro is
fluent in Dutch, German and English. Daniel Rose - Vice
President of Commercial Operations Dan spent the past seven years in a
number of leadership positions at Medtronic.
Most recently, he was Marketing
Director for the Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Division in Western
Europe. Prior to that, Dan was Business Manager of the Vascular Division in
the Nordic region. He also co-founded a medical device company focused on
continuous glucose monitoring technology and spent time working on early stage venture capital opportunities.
Dan has a BA and MA from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the
Darden Business School. Wolfgang Werner - Vice President of Quality
Management & Operations Wolfgang has long experience in the area of
regulatory affairs and quality management in the medical devices industry; as
well as European Regulatory Agencies, mainly dealing with class III devices.
Prior to joining NovaShunt AG he was the Head of
Regulatory Affairs of Berlin Heart
GmbH a leading company of Ventricular Assist Devices. Beside Berlin Heart he held positions at Terumo Heart, Orqis Medical, and TUV
Product Service. He spent nine years working in the United States.
Wolfgang has engineering degree (Dipl.-Ing.) from
the University of Applied Science
in Munich, Germany. Wolfgang is fluent in German and English. |