Company – Nectero Medical

Management Team

Nectero Medical is led by a highly accomplished, multidisciplinary management team and board of directors with extensive experience in all phases of therapeutic device development. The Nectero Medical team works closely with key opinion leaders in vascular medicine.

Jack Springer

President & CEO

30+ years general management, sales, and marketing. Most recently President, Invatec. Previously worked at Medtronic and Cordis Endovascular. B.A. Political Science.

Jack Miceli

Chief Financial Officer

30+ yrs. of global accounting & executive finance experience. Most recently, Global Vice President of Finance at Clinigen. Previously worked at Stryker and Medtronic. B.S. in Accounting & MBA in Finance.

Wenda Carlyle, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

40+ years in research and development. Most recently, Principal Regulatory Consultant for CardioMed Device Consultants. Previously worked for St. Jude Medical, Medtronic and Edwards Lifesciences. Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Biochemistry.

Kelvin Ning

Sr. Vice President – Technology

20+ years of building medical device startups including Bacchus Vascular (Covidien / Medtronic), PneumRx (BTG / BSC) and SI-BONE. B.S. in Chemical / Biomedical Engineering & MBA.

Kim Williams

Sr. Vice President – Operations

17+ years operations experience. Most recently VP of Operations, Micell Technology. Previously worked at CR Bard, Kimberly Clark and J&J. B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, M.S. in Industrial Engineering & MBA.

Randy Bassett, Ph.D.

Vice President – Medical Science

25+ years developing cardiovascular therapies. Most recently, President & Chief Science Officer for CyndRx, LLC. Previously worked for Medtronic Aortic and GE Healthcare. Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Sciences.

Amy S. Blawas, Ph.D.

Vice President – Regulatory Affairs

25+ years in Regulatory Affairs and Pharmaceutical development. Most recently, Principal Regulatory Consultant for NDA Regulatory, Inc. Previously worked for Bavarian Nordic, Argos Therapeutics and Cato Research. Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering.

Kathleen Hess

Vice President – Development and Program Management

30+ years of product development experience. Most recently VP Program Management for Avania. Previously worked at Boston Scientific, Atrium Medical/Getinge, Aeris Therapeutics and Creganna Medical. B.S. in Biomedical Engineering & MBA.

Charlene Knape

Vice President – Clinical Affairs

30+ years clinical trial experience. Most recently SVP Clinical Programs at Inivata/NeoGenomics. Previously worked at Kiyatec, Becton Dickinson, Micell Technologies, LabCorp, EVT and others. B.S. in Medical Laboratory Sciences.

Julie-Lea Lipszyc

Vice President – Quality

25+ years in Quality and Compliance. Most recently, Principal Quality & Compliance and VP for BioAcuity Consulting, Inc. Previously worked in the industry and as a consultant in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia (South Korea, Taiwan). M.S. in Quality Assurance.

Alex Schwarz, Ph.D.

Vice President – CMC

30+ years drug development experience. Most recently, VP, CMC TriSalus Life Sciences. Previously worked at Pluromed, Novartis, Endo Pharmaceuticals, MedImmune and others. Ph.D. in Biochemistry.

Inessa R. Wheeler

Vice President, Marketing

20+ years of medical device/biotech marketing and strategy experience. Most recently, VP of Strategy & Marketing for Orchestra BioMed. Previously worked at Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson Company, and LifeCell Corporation. B.S. in Chemistry & MBA