Inari Medical Leadership

Bill has focused on early stage companies with novel devices in new markets. Prior to Inari Medical, Bill served as CEO of Visualase, Inc., which developed and sold lasers for minimally invasive neurosurgery. The company was acquired by Medtronic for $105M in July, 2014, having raised less than $10m in equity funding. Prior to Visualase, Bill was Vice President of Sales at FoxHollow, Inc., helping to build a commercial team and revenue ramp that led to a successful IPO in 2004 and an acquisition by EV3 in 2007. Bill’s first early stage med tech experience was as head of sales at RITA Medical Systems, an interventional oncology company that enjoyed a successful IPO in 2000. He spent the early part of his career in various sales roles at Ethicon and Medtronic.

Mitch has extensive experience leading financial functions at both large and small companies. With senior executive experience at a number of private equity and venture capital-backed companies in medical device and health care services, Mitch has led many organizations to scale their financial strategies during rapid growth, such as Cameron Health which was acquired by BSX and Visiogen which was acquired by ABT. Prior to entering the health care industry, served as CFO of Walt Disney Imagineering and as President and CFO of Buy.com, Inc., including at the time of its initial public offering in February 2000. Mitch brings a wealth of financial knowledge and experience from high growth industries and an understanding of the challenges and landscape of modern healthcare. He earned a BS in Accounting from Brigham Young Univ. and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Drew is a proven medical device operating executive with broad functional, geographic and sector experience. From 2012-2016 Drew served as the VP of Commercial Operations at Sequent Medical where he led the commercialization strategy for the WEB Aneurysm Embolization system from early prototype to broad adoption in the European market. Sequent was acquired by Terumo Corporation in July 2016 for $380 million. Prior to Sequent, Drew spent 11 years at Medtronic. His roles at Medtronic included the VP of Marketing for the AF Solutions business, VP of Clinical and Regulatory for the AF Solutions business and Director of Investor Relations. Drew also spent three years on an expatriate assignment in Europe leading the launch of Medtronic’s first drug eluting coronary stent. Prior to Medtronic, he spent four years at ABN AMRO bank in Chicago focused on healthcare transactions. He earned a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Dr. Thomas Tu joins Inari Medical after practicing Interventional Cardiology for 16 years. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was trained in Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Intervention, and Structural Heart Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Most recently, he was the Cath Lab director and leader of the Pulmonary Embolism, complex PCI, and TAVR programs at Baptist Health Louisville. Dr. Tu helped develop the early phase technology that allowed Inari Medical to optimize patient outcomes. He also served as the presenter for the FLARE IDE trial of the Inari FlowTriever Retrieval/Aspiration System. This study led to FDA 510 (k) clearance for treatment of pulmonary embolism, the first thrombectomy device cleared for that indication.

Bill has focused on early stage companies with novel devices in new markets. Prior to Inari Medical, Bill served as CEO of Visualase, Inc., which developed and sold lasers for minimally invasive neurosurgery. The company was acquired by Medtronic for $105M in July, 2014, having raised less than $10m in equity funding. Prior to Visualase, Bill was Vice President of Sales at FoxHollow, Inc., helping to build a commercial team and revenue ramp that led to a successful IPO in 2004 and an acquisition by EV3 in 2007. Bill’s first early stage med tech experience was as head of sales at RITA Medical Systems, an interventional oncology company that enjoyed a successful IPO in 2000. He spent the early part of his career in various sales roles at Ethicon and Medtronic.