About Us
Entellus Medical delivers innovative, high quality minimally invasive therapeutic solutions to healthcare providers and their patients who suffer from sinusitis. Based in Maple Grove, Minn., Entellus Medical offers novel balloon dilation technologies to treat sinusitis. For more information about Entellus Medical, FinESS Sinus Treatment, or XprESS Multi-Sinus Dilation Tool, please contact us at 763/463-1595.
Brian Farley / President and CEO
bfarley@entellusmedical.com
Brian E. Farley is President and CEO of Entellus Medical, Inc. He was the President and CEO of VNUS® Medical Technologies, Inc. beginning in 1995 as the first employee and ending in 2009 when VNUS was acquired by Covidien for over $500 million. Mr. Farley previously held various management and executive positions in research and development, clinical research and business development at Guidant Corporation, and in the medical device division of Eli Lilly & Co.
Thomas Ressemann / Chief Business Development Officer and Co-founder
tressemann@entellusmedical.com
Thomas Ressemann is the Chief Business Development Officer and former President and CEO of Entellus Medical, Inc. He brings 21 years of experience to Entellus Medical, including medical device engineering, product creation, operations, fundraising and sales/marketing. Mr. Ressemann previously worked at Boston Scientific/SCIMED, TeraMed and Velocimed.
Peter Keith / Co-founder and Technical Consultant
pkeith@entellusmedical.com
Peter Keith is co-founder of Entellus Medical Inc., and currently serves as a technical consultant. He brings 22 years of experience to Entellus Medical, including medical device engineering, technical consulting, product creation and intellectual property. Mr. Keith previously worked at SCIMED/Boston Scientific, TeraMed, Myocor, Coaxia, Aetherworks and Velocimed.
Thomas E. Griffin / CFO
tgriffin@entellusmedical.com
Thomas Griffin is the Chief Financial Officer of Entellus Medical, Inc. He brings 20 years of experience to Entellus Medical, including as co-founder of Green Point Partners, a management advisory firm, CFO and Secretary for Digital Gene Technologies, Inc., and Controller for Spine-Tech, Inc. (now Zimmer, Inc.) and CIMA Labs, Inc. (now Cephalon, Inc.).
Stephen Paidosh / VP of Operations
spaidosh@entellusmedical.com
Stephen Paidosh is the Vice President of Operations at Entellus Medical, Inc. He brings 20 years of experience to Entellus Medical, including operations, quality and management. Mr. Paidosh previously worked at Myocor, Boston Scientific/SCIMED, Schneider USA and St. Jude.
tpetrick@entellusmedical.com
Tim Petrick is the Vice President of Research & Development at Entellus Medical, Inc. He brings 16 years of experience to Entellus Medical, including product development, engineering management and regulatory. Mr. Petrick previously worked at St. Jude/Velocimed, Teramed and Mentor.
mboiano@entellusmedical.com
Margaret Boiano is the Vice President of Healthcare Policy and Reimbursement for Entellus Medical, Inc. She brings over 25 years of healthcare experience to her role including areas of health economics, cost-effectiveness, reimbursement and medical coverage policy in both the US and global markets. Ms. Boiano previously held various management positions at Covidien Vascular Therapies/VNUS Medical Technologies Inc., Sleep Solutions, Lifewatch and Matria Healthcare Inc.
Karen Peterson / VP of Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, and Quality
kpeterson@entellusmedical.com
Karen Peterson is the Vice President of Clinical, Regulatory, and Quality for Entellus Medical, Inc. She brings over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry and has held executive leadership roles in clinical, regulatory, and quality. Ms. Peterson previously worked at Leptos Biomedical, Impress Medical, Carbon Medical Technologies, XRT Corporation and Guidant Corporation.
Thomas Patzelt / VP of Marketing
tpatzelt@entellusmedical.com
Thomas Patzelt is the Vice President of Marketing for Entellus Medical, Inc. He brings 21 years of experience in marketing, sales and engineering to his role. Mr. Patzelt has been involved with driving the adoption of 6 different “disruptive technologies” in life science products with Medtronic, Guidant and Merck.
James Surek / VP of Sales
jsurek@entellusmedical.com
Jim Surek is the Vice President of Sales for Entellus medical, Inc. He brings 17 years of diverse medical device experience in sales and sales management. Jim has been involved with building regional to national sales teams for Medtronic and startup medical device company Advanced Bionics that led to two successful acquisitions by Boston Scientific and Sonova Medical.
Brian Farley / President and CEO, Executive Chairman of the Board
bfarley@entellusmedical.com
Brian E. Farley is President and CEO of Entellus Medical, Inc. He was the President and CEO of VNUS® Medical Technologies, Inc. beginning in 1995 as the first employee and ending in 2009 when VNUS was acquired by Covidien for over $500 million. Mr. Farley previously held various management and executive positions in research and development, clinical research and business development at Guidant Corporation, and in the medical device division of Eli Lilly & Co.
Josh Baltzell / Split Rock Partners
www.splitrock.com
Josh Baltzell joined Split Rock Partners at the firm's inception as a Principal with the healthcare investment team. He has been involved in virtually all aspects of medical devices companies, ranging from product development to the acquisition and sale of mature organizations. Previously, Mr. Baltzell worked at Piper Jaffray in their healthcare investment banking group and has also held various marketing and business development positions at Boston Scientific’s cardiology division.
Dave Milne / SV Life Sciences
www.svlsa.com
David Milne joined SVLS in 2005. David has over 21 years of operating experience in leading therapeutic and diagnostic medical technology corporations. David currently sits on the board of directors for, AqueSys, CardioMind, EBR, Entellus, Novalign, ReShape, Sadra, Spinal Kinetics, and TransEnterix. He is also on the boards of Mindframe and Altura Interventional which reside in the incubator medical technology incubator Intersect Partners. From 1999, until joining SVLS, he held the position of Vice President of Corporate Business Development at Boston Scientific Corporation and was responsible for over 50 transactions totaling nearly $2 billion in acquisitions, equity investments and development partnerships. Prior responsibilities included executive level positions in marketing, Corporate Planning, and Sales with Boston Scientific, Becton Dickinson and Parker Laboratories. David holds an MBA from New York University and a BS in Biochemistry from Rutgers University.
Thomas Ressemann / Chief Business Development Officer and Co-founder
tressemann@entellusmedical.com
Thomas Ressemann is the Chief Business Development Officer and Former President and CEO of Entellus Medical, Inc. He brings 21 years of experience to Entellus Medical, including medical device engineering, product creation, operations, fundraising and sales/marketing. Mr. Ressemann previously worked at Boston Scientific/SCIMED, TeraMed and Velocimed.
Guido Neels / Essex Woodlands
www.essexwoodlands.com
Mr. Guido Neels is a partner at Essex Woodlands. Mr. Neels served as Chief Operating Officer of Guidant Corporation. At Guidant, he was Group Chairman, Office of the President. At Eli Lilly and Raychem, he held various general management, sales and marketing, information technology, finance and manufacturing positions. He holds a MBA degree from Stanford and a Business Engineering degree from University of Leuven in Belgium.
Dr. Theodore Truitt
Co-founder, Entellus Medical
Otolaryngologist, St. Cloud ENT, St. Cloud, MN
Dr. James Atkins
Otolaryngologist, Texas Sinus Center, San Antonio, TX
Dr. Jeffrey Cutler
Rhinologist, Colorado Sinus Institute, Denver, CO
Dr. Richard Orlandi
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Thomas Tami
Otolaryngologist, Cincinnati Sinus Institute, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Todd Kingdom
Associate Professor, Director, Rhinology and Sinus Surgery, University of Colordo, Denver, CO
Dr. James Duncavage
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
