EXECUTIVE TEAM

 

Marc P. Flores
President & Chief Executive Officer

Marc P. Flores became our President, Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors in August 2004. Mr. Flores served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Coalescent Surgical, Inc., a company focused on developing advanced technology for blood vessel anastomoses, from March 2000 to August 2004. Prior to joining Coalescent, Mr. Flores was Western Regional Manager of Sales for CardioThoracic Systems, Inc. from June 1997 to March 2000. Before joining CardioThoracic Systems, he held a variety of management and sales positions with Boston Scientific Corporation, GE Medical Systems and Xerox Corporation.

 

Michael A. Brodeur
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Brodeur, age 53, has over 25 years of senior financial leadership in healthcare, medical device, biotechnology and clinical laboratory industries. From December 2005 to August 2007, Mr. Brodeur was a Managing Partner at Prairieview CFO Partners, LLP, a CFO services firm serving public or pre-IPO emerging, middle-market businesses.  From  September 2004 to December 2005, Mr. Brodeur served as the Chief Financial Officer of McKesson Medication Management, Inc., a pharmacy outsource provider to acute care hospitals.  From December 2001 to March 2004, Mr. Brodeur was a Senior Partner at Tatum CFO Partners, LLP, a national CFO services firm serving emerging, middle-market and multinational companies.  Through Tatum CFO Partners, Mr. Brodeur served as Chief Financial Officer of Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. and Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., publicly traded medical device companies. Mr. Brodeur has also served as Chief Financial Officer of Meris Laboratories, Inc. and held senior financial leadership positions with EPS Solutions Corporation and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. Mr. Brodeur is a certified public accountant who began his career at Ernst & Young.

 

Adam L. Berman
Vice President, Research & Development

Adam L. Berman joined MedicalCV in September 2004 as Vice President, Research and Development. Mr. Berman has extensive experience and relationships within the cardiac surgery industry. From July 2001 to August 2004, he was a regional sales manager for cardiac-surgery focused Coalescent Surgical, Inc., a Sunnyvale, California company, whose assets were acquired by Medtronic, Inc. From August 1998 to June 2001, he was a regional development manager for Computer Motion, a company focused on robotic-assisted, minimally invasive approaches for surgery. Before joining Computer Motion, Mr. Berman held various clinical research positions within the field of cardiac surgery.

 

Robert W. Clapp
Vice President, Operations

Robert W. Clapp joined MedicalCV in August 2004 as Vice President, Operations. From March 1993 to August 2004, Mr. Clapp was Vice President of Manufacturing, Quality, and Research/Development for EMPI, where he developed and introduced many new products, improved manufacturing efficiencies and lowered manufacturing costs. From February 1987 to March 1993, he was Vice President of Manufacturing for Dacomed Corporation, where he helped introduce five new products into the marketplace in 18 months. Prior to that, Mr. Clapp held engineering and operations positions at Xerxes Corporation, Medtronic, Inc., Control Data Corporation and AMF Paragon Electric.

 

Gary O. Tegan
Vice President, Marketing

Gary O. Tegan joined MedicalCV in April 2006 as Vice President, Marketing. Most recently, Mr. Tegan served as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for PneumRx, Inc. from September 2005 through April 2006, where he developed and implemented the company’s sales & marketing strategy for its initial product launch. From June 2004 to September 2005, he served as Vice President of Marketing at Curon Medical, Inc., a radiofrequency energy based company focused on the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. Prior to that, Mr. Tegan was the Director of Marketing for Coalescent Surgical (acquired by Medtronic in 2004) from June 2001 to June 2004, where he helped develop the anastomotic device business using a number of groundbreaking, technology-based marketing techniques. Previously, Mr. Tegan held a series of senior sales & marketing positions at United States Surgical and Starion Instruments.