Joe E. Kiani is the founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Masimo Corporation. Mr. Kiani has held these positions since Masimo’s inception in 1989. Mr. Kiani is an inventor on more than 50 patents related to signal processing, sensors, and patient monitoring, including patents for the invention of motion and low-perfusion tolerant pulse oximetry. Prior to founding Masimo Corporation, Mr. Kiani served as regional technical manager for Anthem Electronics, and field applications engineer for Bell Industries, which distributed advanced semiconductor components. He serves on the Board of SABA, a publicly traded software company focused on Human Capital Development and Management solutions, Orange County Section of March of Dimes, and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA). Mr. Kiani has a B.S.E.E. degree and an M.S.E.E. degree from San Diego State University.
About Us - Board of Directors
Chairman
Joe E. Kiani
Chairman & CEO
Masimo Corporation
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Vice Chairman
Eamonn P. Hobbs
President & CEO
Delcath Systems, Inc.
Mr. Hobbs is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH), a medical technology company specializing in cancer treatment, and has over 25 years experience in the medical device industry, including interventional radiology, interventional cardiology and gastroenterology. Prior to his appointment as President and CEO at Delcath Systems Inc., Mr. Hobbs was President and CEO of AngioDynamics, Inc., a company he co-founded in 1988 and which has since grown into a leading medical technology company with a highly diverse product line. Throughout his 20-year tenure there, Mr. Hobbs led its efforts in marketing, strategic planning, product development and general management. Before joining AngioDynamics, Mr. Hobbs was the Director of Marketing and Product Development at NAMIC; founder, President and CEO of Hobbs Medical, Inc.; and a Product Development Engineer at Cook Incorporated. He received a Bachelor of Science in Plastics Engineering with a Biomaterials emphasis at the University of Massachusetts (Lowell). Mr. Hobbs also serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation and is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA). |
Treasurer
Alexis Lukianov
Chairman and CEO
NuVasive, Inc.
Mr. Lukianov serves as Chairman and CEO of NuVasive, a medical device spine company which develops and markets unique minimally disruptive surgery products. Since joining NuVasive as CEO in 1999, he has led the company through venture capital financing, commercialization, initial public offering, public follow-on offering and a convertible debt financing for potential acquisitions. NuVasive has a market capitalization of well over $1 billion. Lukianov has over 25 years of senior management experience in the orthopedic industry and has been associated with building highly-successful companies. He was a founder, chairman and chief executive officer of BackCare Group, which he sold to a Robert Bass company. Lukianov served as a director of the Ilizarov Business Unit of Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, and was directly responsible for bringing revolutionary limb lengthening and tissue regeneration technology out of Russia and establishing worldwide manufacturing, marketing, and sales. He was also a key manager in a sports medicine joint venture in artificial ligaments between Stryker Corporation and Meadox Medicals. Mr. Lukianov serves on several industry trade boards of California Health Institute (CHI), BIOCOM, and Medical Device Manufacturers Association as well as Volcano Corp., and Opthonix. |
Secretary
Kelvyn H. Cullimore, Jr.
President & CEO
Dynatronics Corporation
Kelvyn Cullimore Jr presently serves as Chairman, President & CEO of Dynatronics Corporation, a publicly traded medical device manufacturer with headquarters in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Kelvyn has served as a Director and Officer of Dynatronics since it was founded in 1979. Prominent in the physical therapy market, Dynatronics is known for its advanced technology electrotherapy and ultrasound devices, pain management systems and aesthetic products. Dynatronics equipment is used by top therapists and trainers with a majority of professional sports franchises and college teams owning Dynatronics products. In November 2004 he was elected the first Mayor of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, a new city of approximately 40,000 residents after serving for three years on the committee to incorporate the area. Since 1992, Kelvyn has been a member of the Board and chairman of the audit committee of ITEC Attractions, an entertainment company operating in Branson, Missouri. In 2003 he joined the board of directors of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association headquartered in Washington, D.C. and currently serves on its executive committee. Kelvyn also serves as a member of the Life Sciences Advisory Board for the Utah Technology Council. |
Immediate Past Chairman
Nancy M. Briefs
President & CEO
Eleme Medical, Inc.
Ms. Briefs is the President and CEO of Elemé Medical Inc., a premier, venture backed aesthetics company focused on the body shaping. Elemé Medical is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Merrimack, New Hampshire. SmoothShapes® system with Photomology® is Elemé Medical’s preeminent product to launch. Designed to improve the appearance of cellulite, and perfected after seven years of development, SmoothShapes effectively improves the appearance of cellulite and is a non-invasive method for producing longer lasting results. Thermal and non-destructive, Photomology’s unique mechanism of action combines dynamic laser and light energy with mechanical massage and vacuum. Ms. Briefs’ background includes 25 years in the medical device industry building shareholder value by developing and commercializing innovative paradigm shifting technologies in cardiovascular medicine and aesthetics. Ms. Briefs currently serves on the following boards, Elemé Medical Inc., Medical Device Manufacturers Association, National Judge EOY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Life Sciences. She is listed as an inventor on four issued and five pending U.S. Patents and holds an MBA in Finance & Marketing from Golden Gate University along with a BS in Business Administration and a BA in Psychology from Emporia State University, Kansas. |

















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