Bigfoot Biomedical CEO and leadership

Jeffrey Brewer is founder and CEO of Bigfoot Biomedical. Since his son’s 2002 diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Jeffrey has been a thought leader and influencer in the diabetes community, first as a philanthropist who funded and launched the Artificial Pancreas Project along with JDRF Intl., then as JDRF’s CEO where he forged partnerships with industry to drive medical device innovation in diabetes. Jeffrey spearheaded US regulatory reform and elevated JDRF’s strategic priorities to include healthcare policy, reimbursement, and technology access. Previous to his work in diabetes, Jeffrey was an active entrepreneur where he founded and led highly successful dot-com start-ups including CitySearch and Overture / GoTo.com.

Brett has over 20 years of experience as a financial professional, more than 15 of which have been in the medical device sector. Brett's strong finance and operations background in life science and medical device provide increased depth and breadth to the management team. He has experience in a range of different environments ranging from startups through established profitable businesses. Brett has served as the CFO at Cardiokinetix, Inc., Vibrynt, Inc., and Concentric Medical, Inc. Prior to his tenure as CFO for these organizations, Brett held the positions of Sr. Director of Finance & Administration at Concentric Medical, Inc. and Corporate Controller at Emphasys Medical. He spent five years at Guidant Corporation (now Boston Scientific) in strategic planning, sales finance, financial planning, and internal audit, as well as serving as Assurance Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago. Brett holds a B.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. from Indiana University and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Jim Malone is a Chief Medical Officer at Bigfoot Biomedical.

Jeffrey Brewer is founder and CEO of Bigfoot Biomedical. Since his son’s 2002 diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Jeffrey has been a thought leader and influencer in the diabetes community, first as a philanthropist who funded and launched the Artificial Pancreas Project along with JDRF Intl., then as JDRF’s CEO where he forged partnerships with industry to drive medical device innovation in diabetes. Jeffrey spearheaded US regulatory reform and elevated JDRF’s strategic priorities to include healthcare policy, reimbursement, and technology access. Previous to his work in diabetes, Jeffrey was an active entrepreneur where he founded and led highly successful dot-com start-ups including CitySearch and Overture / GoTo.com.

Jeffrey Brewer is founder and CEO of Bigfoot Biomedical. Since his son’s 2002 diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Jeffrey has been a thought leader and influencer in the diabetes community, first as a philanthropist who funded and launched the Artificial Pancreas Project along with JDRF Intl., then as JDRF’s CEO where he forged partnerships with industry to drive medical device innovation in diabetes. Jeffrey spearheaded US regulatory reform and elevated JDRF’s strategic priorities to include healthcare policy, reimbursement, and technology access. Previous to his work in diabetes, Jeffrey was an active entrepreneur where he founded and led highly successful dot-com start-ups including CitySearch and Overture / GoTo.com.