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Penumbra CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Adam Elsesser is the Penumbra's CEO. Penumbra has 2,200 employees, of which 30 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Penumbra executive team is 43% female and 57% male.
  • 55% of the management team is White.
  • 7% of Penumbra management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 9% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Adam Elsesser

CEO / President

Adam Elsesser's LinkedIn

Adam Elsesser co-founded Penumbra and has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board since our inception in June 2004 and as President and Chairman of the Board since January 2015. Prior to Penumbra, Mr. Elsesser led SMART Therapeutics, Inc., a medical device company focused on devices for neuro-intervention, as its Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2002 and, after its acquisition by Boston Scientific Corporation, President of SMART Therapeutics within Boston Scientific Corporation from 2002 to 2005. Before his work in the medical device industry, Mr. Elsesser was a partner in the law firm of Shartsis Friese LLP. Mr. Elsesser received a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law.

Arani Bose M.d

Board Member

Arani Bose, M.D., co-founded Penumbra in June 2004 and has served as a member of the Board since our inception. Dr. Bose was Chairman of the Board and Chief Medical Officer from 2005 until 2015 and currently serves as Chief Innovator. Prior to founding Penumbra, Dr. Bose was an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Neurology at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine from 1997 to 2004, where he also had a clinical practice. While at NYU, Dr. Bose co-founded SMART Therapeutics. Dr. Bose received a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.D. from the University of Colorado School of Medicine with residency and fellowships at Yale University School of Medicine and NYU Medical Center.

Lambert Shiu

Vice President of Finance & Accounting

Lambert Shiu is a Chief Accounting Officer at PENUMBRA INC.

Maggie S. Yuen

Chief Financial Officer

Maggie S. Yuen's LinkedIn

Ms. Yuen is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience scaling finance organizations, processes, and infrastructure within the Manufacturing, Medical Devices, and Life Science industries. Over the course of her career, she has developed financial and operational expertise at both multi-billion dollar public companies and entrepreneurial start-up ventures. Most recently, Ms. Yuen was at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (NYSE: TMO) serving as Vice President, Finance of the Genetic Science Division where she directed finance operations, strategic planning and BD activities, among a number of other executive functions.

Johanna Roberts

EVP

Ben Sorci

Executive Vice President-Operations

Ben Tompkins

Executive Vice President-Development

Gita Barry

Executive Vice President & General Manager

James F. Benenati

Chief Medical Officer

Pankaj Tiwari

Vice President-Information Technology

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Name & TitleBio
Adam Elsesser

CEO / President

Adam Elsesser's LinkedIn

Adam Elsesser co-founded Penumbra and has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board since our inception in June 2004 and as President and Chairman of the Board since January 2015. Prior to Penumbra, Mr. Elsesser led SMART Therapeutics, Inc., a medical device company focused on devices for neuro-intervention, as its Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2002 and, after its acquisition by Boston Scientific Corporation, President of SMART Therapeutics within Boston Scientific Corporation from 2002 to 2005. Before his work in the medical device industry, Mr. Elsesser was a partner in the law firm of Shartsis Friese LLP. Mr. Elsesser received a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law.

Arani Bose M.d

Board Member

Arani Bose, M.D., co-founded Penumbra in June 2004 and has served as a member of the Board since our inception. Dr. Bose was Chairman of the Board and Chief Medical Officer from 2005 until 2015 and currently serves as Chief Innovator. Prior to founding Penumbra, Dr. Bose was an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Neurology at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine from 1997 to 2004, where he also had a clinical practice. While at NYU, Dr. Bose co-founded SMART Therapeutics. Dr. Bose received a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.D. from the University of Colorado School of Medicine with residency and fellowships at Yale University School of Medicine and NYU Medical Center.

Penumbra board members

Name & TitleBio
Adam Elsesser

CEO / President

Adam Elsesser's LinkedIn

Adam Elsesser co-founded Penumbra and has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board since our inception in June 2004 and as President and Chairman of the Board since January 2015. Prior to Penumbra, Mr. Elsesser led SMART Therapeutics, Inc., a medical device company focused on devices for neuro-intervention, as its Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2002 and, after its acquisition by Boston Scientific Corporation, President of SMART Therapeutics within Boston Scientific Corporation from 2002 to 2005. Before his work in the medical device industry, Mr. Elsesser was a partner in the law firm of Shartsis Friese LLP. Mr. Elsesser received a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law.

Arani Bose M.d

Board Member

Arani Bose, M.D., co-founded Penumbra in June 2004 and has served as a member of the Board since our inception. Dr. Bose was Chairman of the Board and Chief Medical Officer from 2005 until 2015 and currently serves as Chief Innovator. Prior to founding Penumbra, Dr. Bose was an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Neurology at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine from 1997 to 2004, where he also had a clinical practice. While at NYU, Dr. Bose co-founded SMART Therapeutics. Dr. Bose received a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.D. from the University of Colorado School of Medicine with residency and fellowships at Yale University School of Medicine and NYU Medical Center.

James F. Benenati

Chief Medical Officer

Harpreet S. Grewal

Board Member

Don W. Kassing

Board Member

Surbhi Sarna

Board Member

Thomas C. Wilder

Board Member

Bridget O'Rourke

Board Member

Janet Leeds

Board Member

Penumbra leadership demographics

Penumbra gender distribution in management team

  • The Penumbra executive team is 43% female and 57% male.
  • Penumbra is 40% female and 60% male company-wide.
Male
Male
57%
Company-wide: 60%
Female
Female
43%
Company-wide: 40%

Penumbra executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Penumbra executive officers is White.
  • 55% of the management team is White.
  • 26% of Penumbra's management is Asian.
  • 9% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 38% of employees are White.
  • 26% of employees are Asian.
  • 26% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
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What employees say about the executives at Penumbra

Employee reviews
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1.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2024
Pros of working at Penumbra

The benefits were good

Cons of working at Penumbra

Work environment was unfriendly. Specifically the leads were terrible.

Penumbra benefits

The medical and dental insurance.

What do you like best about Penumbra's CEO and the leadership team?

Leads were terrible and some of the managers as well.

How would you improve Penumbra's culture?

Make the leads and management more diverse.

How did you prepare for the Penumbra interview?

Researched the company

How does your compensation at Penumbra compare to the industry average?

I feel it was average

What's the diversity at Penumbra like?

I feel it is not represented well.

What brings you the most joy at Penumbra?

Making medical devices that saves lives

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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2024
Pros of working at Penumbra

Young executive team so immensely open to innovation and streamlining processes

Cons of working at Penumbra

Rampant nepotism, politics that are heavily influenced by personal feelings and relationships, inexperienced young executives

Penumbra benefits

Work from home 2/5 days a week unless we are being audited (excluding production staff it is impossible to physically build our products from home)

How would you improve Penumbra's culture?

More transparency

How did you prepare for the Penumbra interview?

N/a I was temp to hire

What do you like best about Penumbra's CEO and the leadership team?

A genuine desire to develop products that save lives and help in the recovery process

How does your compensation at Penumbra compare to the industry average?

I feel it's comparable but it's still lacking for the area and inflation.

What's the diversity at Penumbra like?

We are majority APPI, specifically Birmese and in some departments it's a problem

What brings you the most joy at Penumbra?

Being of service to make products that save people

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