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I am the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), the only medical device company focused solely on heart recovery. At Abiomed, we are driven by our four principles: recovering hearts and saving lives, leading in technology and innovation, growing shareholder value and sustaining a winning culture of putting patients first. As a U.S. military veteran, I also serve as Co-Founder and Chairman of the Mentoring Veterans Program (MVPvets), a nonprofit organization committed to helping military veterans network with industry mentors to discover career opportunities in the life sciences industry.

Mark Toland is a Chief Executive Officer at MMI S.p.A., Partner and EIR at BioStar Capital, and Chairman at Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. He has worked as Senior VP:Corporate Accounts at Boston Scientific, President and CEO at Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc, and Sales Representative at Wallace Computer Services. Mark attended University of Louisville between 1987 and 1991.

Gary Burbach is a Chief Executive Officer at Thoratec and is based in Pleasanton, California.

Patricia K. Scheller is a CEO at Prescient Medical, Inc..

Ron Richard is a CEO at SeQual Technologies, Inc. and is based in San Diego, California. He works or has worked at O'Sullivan's Rainbow and works or has worked as Gerente General at Total Sleep Diagnostics, Sr. VP Strategic Marketing at ResMed Inc, and CEO & President at BLD Consulting. Ron studied at Baker University and Wichita South High School.

Nicholas T. Curtis began his career in ophthalmology almost 30 years ago. Beginning as a founding member of the ophthalmic subsidiary of Chiron Corporation, Nick has had increasing responsibilities in sales, marketing and senior management roles participating in many of the major trends in ophthalmology including: the evolution of anterior to posterior segment IOLs; cataract surgery procedures from intracapsular to extracapsular and phacoemulsification to femtosecond; and refractive surgery from RK, and ALK to LASIK. In 1996, Mr. Curtis founded Refractive Surgical Resources, a Company that pioneered transportable surgical services and was acquired by Laser Vision Centers, Inc. in 1998. Mr. Curtis also served as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for STAAR Surgical Company and was the Chief Commercial Officer at WaveTec Vision just prior to joining LENSAR.

Jim Alwan was named Chief Executive Officer in March of 2021. A veteran of more than 25 years in the healthcare space, Alwan most recently served as SVP & GM for Philips’s hospital respiratory care business. He also served as VP of innovation and business development at Becton Dickinson.

Gaurav Agarwal replaces Dave Eckley as the CEO of Vyaire Medical in Jan 2020. Prior to joining Vyaire Medical, Agarwal was president and chief operating officer of Acelity’s KCI. He has also served as president of orthopedic reconstruction at Smith & Nephew and VP and general manager of GE Healthcare.