Management & Boards

We have carefully selected our board members to include a cross section of community, medical technology and clean technology leaders.  Through our board members, NTEC provides a broad base of support, both internally and through our extensive rapid plug-in network.

Management

• Larry Calton  Executive Director , NTEC
• Theresa Dennig  Office Administrator, NTEC
• Jill Hoersten  Senior Manager Marketing & Operations, NTEC
• Greg Roach, MBA, CBDS, MT (ASCP)  Director of Education and Laboratory Services, NTEC
• Pajaree Thongpravati  Marketing Intern , NTEC
• Hubert Zajicek, MD, MBA  Managing Director - Medical Technology, NTEC

Board of Directors

• Doug Brenner  Executive Vice President & General Manager, Avail Medical Products
• Phil Buttell  Chief Operating Officer, Centerpoint Medical Center
• Jim Gandy, CEcD, CCIM  President, Frisco Economic Development Corporation
• Kenneth Hawari  Former General Counsel and Executive Vice President - Business Development, ANS, now known as the Neuromodulation Division of St. Jude Medical
• Jaime Ronderos, M.D.  Anesthesiologist,
• Jeff Snowden  Principal, Capex Consulting Group

Board of Advisors

• Carol Ansley, MBA  Strategy and Marketing Executive, Independent
• Mike Bartlett  Vice President (retired), Texas Instruments
• Donald Braun  President, Hall Financial Group
• Richard Carrington  CFO,
• Dave Clements  CEO, First Care Inc.
• Terry Crabtree  Former President & CEO, Inoveon Corporation
• Pat Custer  Chairman, Venture Pacific Group
• Jeff Evanson  Global Director of Pharmaceutical Retina, Alcon Laboratories
• Tom Franklin, PhD  Senior Scientific Advisor, NTEC
• Jim Galis  Video Game, Entertainment and Mobile Executive, Independent
• Peter Gudmundsson  CEO, Priceless Legacy Company
• Michael Harbut  Business Development Executive, Private Marketing & Capital Associates, Dallas, TX
• Matt Harrison  General Manager Medical Business Unit, Texas Instruments
• Jim Kildebeck  President, Appointment Desk Inc.
• Robert I. Kramer, MD  Senior Medical Advisor, NTEC
• Ed Maier  Owner , Think Straight. Talk Straight.
• Felipe Mendoza  Director, GLP Advisors
• Jim Minyard  Sales and Marketing Executive, Independent
• Bob Robb  President, Venture Development Associates
• Brady Shirley  President and CEO, Innovative Medical Device Solutions (IMDS)
• Mike Short  Principal, Short & Associates
• Mark Wagar  President, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Jerry White  Director, Caruth Institute at Southern Methodist University
• Jeff Williams  Managing Director, Hunt Ventures

Scientific Advisors

• Sukanya Ambavaram, MD, MPH  Occupational Medicine Physician, Independent
• Azam Anwar, MD  Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Baylor Medical Center
• Victor Babich, PhD  Junior Faculty, Department of Mineral Metabolism at UT Southwestern
• Douglas Ball, MD  Founder, BioForge Corporation
• Paula Barton, PharmD, JD  Consulting Services, Pharmacy Healthcare Solutions
• Brian Berger, MD  Founder and CEO, 81 Octaves Limited
• Sheila Beuerlein, MBA  Consultant, Independent
• Arthur Bollon, PhD  Chairman and CEO, Hemobiotech
• Doug Brenner, PhD, MBA  Former President, Elcoteq SE
• George Brody, MS  Founder and CTO, GlobeRanger Corporation
• Bob Brousseau  Co-founder, Fidelis Consulting Group
• Keith Brown, MBA  Chief Executive Officer, TissueGen
• Scott Bundy, MD  Neuro-Radiologist, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
• B. Melina Cimler, Ph.D.  President, PandiaDx Consulting
• Adam Cohen  , Founder and CEO, innoNovo LLC
• Gregg Cohen, PhD  Director of Medical Technology, Abrio Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
• Mark Colangelo  Healthcare Marketing Consultant, Independent
• Gary Cole  Vice President of Sales, Humana
• Kenneth Diller, PhD  Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering at UT Austin
• Kristin Drake, PA, MA  Director, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs for Organ Transport Systems
• Rebecca Dubowy, MD, MBA  Principal, H*Works
• Bob England  Former President & CEO, Cumbre Pharmaceuticals
• Thomas Franklin, PhD  Former President, Texas Health Research Institute
• Dale Fuller  MD, Former American College of Surgeons
• Dale Fuller, MD  Radiation Oncologist, ret.
• Susan Garstang, MD  Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at UT Southwestern Medical
• Joe Gatewood, PhD  Founder and President, SeiraD
• Ted Gaubert, PhD, MBA  Founder, XenTec Systems Inc.
• Scott Giambalvo, MBA  President, Scott Alan Enterprises, LLC
• Ronald Goode, PhD  VP of Clinical Research and Scientific Affairs (retired), Pfizer
• Mikhail Gorbatenko, MBA  Consultant of Health & Life Science Practice, Accenture
• Joel Granier, MBA  Marketing Manager, Sleep Disordered Breathing Medtronic
• Kathleen Hamilton, DDS, MBA  President, Electro Medical Systems Corporation
• Christopher Hanna, MBA  Director of Manufacturing and IT, Neuro Resource Group
• Jack Hart, PhD  Assistant Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering at UT Austin
• Robert Hendler, MD  Vice President of Clinical Quality and Chief Medical Officer, Tenet Healthcare
• James L. Hinson  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Blake Hlavaty  MBA, Fortune 500 Telecommunications Firm
• Steve Howe, PhD  Director, Center for Space Nuclear Research (CSNR)
• Donald Hults  IDF Enterprises, Owner
• Andrew Johnson, MBA  VP of Regulatory & Clinical Affairs, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems
• Jim Kerins  Manager of Business Analysis, St. Jude Medical, Incorporated - Neuromodulation division
• Bob Kramer, MD  CEO, Decision Health
• Stephanie Kreml, M.D.  Principal, Popper and Company
• Jimmy Laferney, MD  Vice President for Medical Staff Affairs, Baylor Medical Center at Frisco
• Michael Lang, MBA  President, Galt Medical Corporation
• Rich Mah, PhD  Director of Weapons Design and Manufacturing, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• R. Michael Martin  Consultant, Independent
• Michael W Maughan, Ph.D.  President, Chiron Consulting Group
• Alan Menter, MD  Principal, Texas Dermatology Associates
• Ken Merte  President and CEO, Coltrix Biomedical
• Toby Miles  Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, OsteoMed
• Gregory Miller, PhD  Biomedical Engineer, Cumbre Pharmaceuticals
• Siroos Mirzaei, MD  Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Wilhelminenspital, Austria
• Clyde Musgrave, MBA, PhD  www.DrClydeM.com, Independent
• Tom Myers, MD  Orthopedic Surgeon, American Sports Medicine Institute
• *Krista Oakes  Principal, Amica Solutions
• John Peloza, MD  Orthopedic Surgeon, Frisco Medical Center
• Eldon Petersen  Former President, Provista
• Raghu Raghunathan, MSEE  Director, Couth Infotech
• Michael Ramsay, MD  President, Baylor Research Institute
• Robert Rawitscher, MD  Cardiothoracic Surgeon, ret.
• Homero Rivas, MD  Director of Innovative Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Irene Rombel, PhD, MBA  Founder and Principal, Biomedical Intelligence LLC
• Ronald Schachar, MD, PhD  CEO, Velatec
• Alison Schmidt, PhD  President, ALS Group
• Ryan Scripps  MBA,
• Michael Sills, MD  President, Cardiology Consultants of Texas
• Michael Simpson, MD  Plano Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center, Independant
• Steffini Stalos, DO, MS  CEO, Blood Associates
• Edic Stephanian, M.D., M.B.A.  North Dallas Surgical Specialists, Independant
• Malcolm Stewart, MD  Director of Parkinson Disease Center, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
• Kelley Stone, MBA  Director of Homeland Security, Collin County
• Rick Thomson  Chief Executive Officer, Life Warmer
• Daniel Tobey, MD, JD  Founder and Executive Consultant, FlashLaw, LLC and Wolters Kluwer
• Richard Treharne, PhD, MBA  VP of Orthopaedic Research, Active Implants Corporation
• Lihong Wang, PhD  Director, Optical Imaging Laboratory at Texas A&M University
• Richard Wood, MD  Chief of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, North Texas Cardiovascular Surgical Association
• John Zehmer, PhD  Director of Research and Development, APC Biotechnology