I’ve spent my career where medical devices and consumer health meet: first inside some of the largest medtech companies in the world, then building my own. These days, I run FastWave Medical and interview the founders and CEOs creating the next generation of health companies.
Here’s a bit more about how I got here…
Learning the Industry From the Inside
I spent more than 10 years in leadership roles at C.R. Bard, Boston Scientific, Covidien, and Medtronic. I was also an early employee at Touch Surgery, a digital health startup that Medtronic later acquired.
Those years gave me a close look at how large companies develop, sell, and acquire new technology, which turned out to be useful once I was on the other side of the table.
Building a Consumer Health Brand: Joovv
In 2015, I co-founded Joovv and ran it as CEO through 2020. Joovv makes in-home photobiomodulation devices and is now the category leader.
We grew the company from zero to over $100M in revenue, selling directly to consumers.
Developing Medical Devices: Crossfire and FastWave
I co-founded Crossfire Medical and served on its board through its acquisition in 2024.
In 2021, I co-founded FastWave Medical, where I’m CEO. FastWave is developing next-generation intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) systems for treating calcified arteries, and we’ve raised over $50M to date.
Advising Founders and CEOs
I’ve raised money, guided Class II and Class III devices through FDA, built a consumer health brand from scratch, and made plenty of mistakes along the way. Almost every hard lesson I’ve learned, someone else had already learned first. So, I started asking.
Why I Interview Founders and CEOs
I also advise a handful of venture-backed startups, including Solius, Luminance Medical, and others. If you’re building something meaningful and want to talk, please reach out.
Since 2010, I’ve been interviewing founders and CEOs, first through Medsider and now on my personal platform here at SNL. Today, more than 20,000 people read these conversations: founders, operators, investors, engineers, and plenty of people who are simply curious about how new medical device and health technology companies get built.
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