From 2010 to 2021, John was CEO and board member of two consecutive venture-backed companies. Most recently, John was CEO of Cardiva Medical, where he led the company to develop the first multi-vessel closure system for cardiac ablation procedures, and achieve the first labeling for same day discharge for these procedures. Cardiva was acquired by Haemonetics in 2021 for $510 million. Prior to Cardiva, John was CEO of Corventis, Inc – which developed the industry’s first wearable and wireless cardiac monitoring patch. Corventis was acquired by Medtronic in 2014 for $130 million.

Before his private company experience, John held senior level positions with Guidant / Boston Scientific in their Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) division. He was head of US CRM sales, where he led a team of 1,300 to achieve $1.6 billion in revenue and market leading growth. Prior to that he was general manager of the LATITUDE Patient Management business – where he led a team of 400 to deploy the industry’s first wireless remote monitoring system to 80,000 cardiac patients over 2 years. John was also head of new product planning, where he led R&D product strategy and all new product definitions for the $2.5 billion CRM division.

Earlier in his career, John held the roles of sales representative, regional sales manager, and sales director with Guidant CRM – during introduction of the first transvenous implantable defibrillators and the first cardiac resynchronization therapy devices. He also was a research and development engineer for Edwards Lifesciences. 

John serves as Executive Chairman of the board of Directors of Ultromics, Ltd.  

John holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Duke University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

EXPERTISE

Sales Leadership

Research & Development

Strategic Planning

Cardiovascular

Digital Health

EXPERIENCE

Cardiva Medical, Inc.

President & CEO

Corventis, Inc.

President & CEO

Boston Scientific

Head of US CRM Sales

Guidant Corporation

GM, LATITUDE Patient Managment

New Product Planning

EDUCATION

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MBA

Duke University

BSE, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science