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Amr is a seasoned medical device entrepreneur with over 30 years of healthcare experience. He is the founder and CEO of Shifamed LLC, a successful and well-established medical innovation hub headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley. Legacy portfolio companies that Amr has held a leadership role in include Embolic Protection Inc. (acquired by Boston Scientific, 2001), Sadra Medical (acquired by Boston Scientific, 2011), Maya Medical (acquired by Covidien, 2012), Kalila Medical (acquired by Abbott, 2016), Apama Medical (acquired by Boston Scientific, 2017) and NuVera Medical (acquired by Biosense Webster, a Johnson & Johnson company, 2020).

Shifamed and its dedicated management team have raised over $800M to date for its portfolio companies. Current portfolio companies include five focused in cardiovascular, two in ophthalmology and one enterprise software company. All portfolio companies are founded within Shifamed, with Amr serving as the Chairman of the Board. Each company is an independent Delaware entity led by an experienced CEO or General Manager, with a focused team and strategically structured for rapid integration upon acquisition. To date, Shifamed has grown to over 350 employees across its nine-building campus and over 50 OUS employees.

Amr is the inventor or co-inventor on over 400 issued and pending patent applications worldwide. He holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Mariam has over fifteen years of experience in increasingly responsible roles within business strategy, finance, R&D, and operations in the medical device and diagnostic sectors. Currently, she is Chief Business Officer of Shifamed and CEO of Atia Vision and Tioga Cardiovascular, both portfolio companies of Shifamed. Prior to Shifamed, she served as the Chief Operating Officer for deltaDOT QSTP-LLC, a joint venture between Imperial College of London and Qatar Foundation. Prior to that, she was Principal Engineer at Johnson & Johnson, where she co-founded JJ MeMs, an early stage medical microsystems incubator. Prior to Johnson & Johnson, Mariam was a Research Scientist at the Center for Micro and Nano Technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories where she was a technical lead on the Department of Energy’s Retinal Prosthesis Project. Mariam is an inventor on 21 issued US patents. She holds a B.S. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Biomedical engineering from University of California, Davis. She also earned dual M.B.A degrees from Columbia Business School and the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

David joined Shifamed as Chief Financial Officer in January of 2019 and serves as the CFO for each of Shifamed’s portfolio companies.  He brings over 25 years of experience in financial and operating executive leadership roles for early-stage and mid-sized medical device and life science companies. His experience includes a significant number of equity, debt, and shareholder liquidity transactions, the establishment and oversight of financial and operating controls and information systems that enable rapid scaling, and direct operational accountability.  Most recently David served as CFO and COO of Optovue, Inc.  a medical device company that rapidly emerged as a leader in Ophthalmology imaging.  David also served as CFO for Laser Diagnostic Technologies up until its sale to Carl Zeiss Meditech. David is a certified public accountant and began his career at Deloitte in the Emerging Business Services group.

Debbie has over 25 years of experience establishing and managing innovative corporate infrastructures and systems within the medical device industry. Debbie is recognized as a human resources and administrative start-up expert and an integral part of the management team for both initial public offerings and corporate acquisitions.  Currently Debbie serves as Chief People Officer for Shifamed and its portfolio companies.  Prior to joining Shifamed, Debbie was VP of Human Resources and Administration at Benvenue Medical.  Prior to Benvenue Medical, Debbie led the human resources and administration functions at various medical device start-ups including Spiracur Inc. (acquired by Kinetic Concepts), Cryovascular Systems, Inc. (acquired by Boston Scientific) and CardioThoracic Systems, Inc. (acquired by Guidant following IPO).  Debbie holds a B.A. degree in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Robert has over 15 years of experience advising both large companies and startups in the life sciences field. Robert previously served as Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property for Thoratec Corporation, a global leader in pump technology to address advanced heart failure, prior to its acquisition by St. Jude Medical for $3.4 billion and St. Jude’s subsequent acquisition by Abbott one year later for $25 billion. At Thoratec, Robert led a turnaround of the IP function as the company doubled revenues and launched two major products. At Abbott, Robert was part of the IP Litigation group where he was responsible for managing high-impact IP and technology cases. Prior to Thoratec and Abbott, Robert worked at a global law firm and a medtech patent boutique firm where he successfully advised a number of startups through successful exits. Robert has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University and a J.D. and M.B.A. from DePaul University.

Katie has 20 years of experience in healthcare and has worked with a variety of medical technology companies ranging from venture-backed start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Katie founded and leads SPRIG Consulting, LLC providing strategic marketing services. Katie works closely with the Shifamed team on strategic marketing and branding initiatives. Key projects with Shifamed and its companies have included development of the Shifamed website as well as consulting on market development, investor presentations and commercialization strategies. Prior to founding SPRIG, Katie’s career included sales and marketing roles with Guidant Corporation and Kensey Nash Corporation. Katie holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.A. from the University of Vermont. Currently, Katie is a Kellogg lecturer and teaches the course medical product commercialization to future healthcare leaders.