Experienced leadership across medical devices, neuroscience and commercialization
Cortigent’s leadership team and board bring experience in neurotechnology, product development, commercialization, finance and public-company governance.
Leadership
Executive Leadership
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Jonathan Adams, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Medical-device and drug-technology commercialization, finance, marketing and public-company experience.
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Jonathan Adams, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Director
- 35+ years of experience in drug and device technology commercialization, finance, marketing, sales and new product launches
- Founded BioVie Inc. and up-listed the company to Nasdaq in 2020
Jerry Culp
Chief Technical Officer
Global medical-device development and new-product platform leadership, including prior work at Stryker.
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Jerry Culp
Chief Technical Officer
- Former VP of Global Development for Stryker and GM, Incubation of Medical Technology business
- Developed multiple new product platforms generating billions of dollars in revenues
John Bowers, MBA
Director
Medical-device commercialization and leadership experience, including prior service at Northstar Neuroscience.
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John Bowers, MBA
Director
- Former CEO, Northstar Neuroscience, Inc.
- Former CCO, Verathon Medical, and SVP, SonoSite
- Commercialized cardiovascular and other devices
Company operations
Operational Leadership
Uday Patel, PhD
Lead Neuroscientist
Long-term Cortigent and Second Sight experience in complex neurological devices and neuro-engineering.
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Uday Patel, PhD
Lead Neuroscientist
- 17 years at Cortigent and Second Sight
- Deep experience in complex neurological devices
- PhD from UCLA in neuroscience and neuro-engineering
Don Malackowski
Senior Product Development Consultant
Electronics design and medical-device development experience, including decades at Stryker.
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Don Malackowski
Senior Product Development Consultant
- Former VP R&D at Stryker for 26 years, with nine years at prior startups
- Specializes in electronics design and medical device development
- 100+ U.S. patents with more pending
Governance
Board of Directors
Jonathan Adams and John Bowers are shown above with their corporate roles. Additional directors bring medical-device, legal, healthcare and public-company experience. Committee assignments, charters and governance documents are available through Investor Relations.
Adam Mendelsohn, PhD
Chair
Medical-device entrepreneur and executive leadership experience.
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Adam Mendelsohn
Chair
- Chief Executive Officer and Director of Vivani Medical Inc.
- Co-founder of Nano Precision Medical, predecessor to Vivani
- Technical Advisor to the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Eric Robinson, JD
Director
Corporate legal and public-company board experience.
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Eric Robinson, JD
Director
- VP Legal Affairs, Our Rescue
- Chairman and Audit Committee Chair of ClearOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRO)
- 33 years in private practice as a corporate attorney
Linda Szyper, MBA
Director
Healthcare commercialization and operating leadership experience.
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Linda Szyper, MBA
Director
- Former Chief Operating Officer of McCann Health
- Former Chief Commercial Officer at Circassia Pharmaceuticals
- Former Chief Development Officer for Publicis Healthcare
Corporate governance
Explore Cortigent’s board committees, committee charters and governance documents.