global medical device company, from June 2008 to September 2011 and November 2012 to June 2021, Iridex Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX), a laser-based medical device company, from April 2018 to June 2020, and Spectranetics Corporation, a cardiovascular medical device company, from November 2010 to July 2017. She received her M.A. in Languages from the University Complutense in Madrid, Spain and a master’s in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management. Ms. Sainz’s international and healthcare industry experience provides her with the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board of Directors.
Class II Directors
Kevin Ballinger. Mr. Ballinger has served as a member of our Board of Directors since May 2023. From July 2020 to September 2023, Mr. Ballinger served as President of Aldevron, LLC (“Aldevron”), a privately held genomics company that was acquired by Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) in August 2021. Prior to joining Aldevron, he spent 25 years at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX). During his last nine years at Boston Scientific, Mr. Ballinger served as Executive Vice President and Global President of the Interventional Cardiology division. Mr. Ballinger has served on the board of directors of Silk Road Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SILK), a medical device company, since December 2020. Mr. Ballinger earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, and his M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. Mr. Ballinger’s healthcare industry experience provides him with the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board of Directors.
Antoine Papiernik. Mr. Papiernik has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2013. Mr. Papiernik has been Managing Partner of Sofinnova Partners since 1997. He has been an initial investor and a board member in public companies, including ProQr Therapeutics N.V. and Mainstay Medical International plc. Mr. Papiernik is also a board member of private companies MayHealth, Highlife, Home Biosciences, MD Start II, Mnemo Therapeutics, Noema Pharma AG, Pi-Cardia, Reflexion Medical, Inspirna, SafeHeal, Tissium, and Moon Surgical SAS. He has served on the boards of EOS (Ethical Oncology Science) S.p.A., CoAxia, Inc., Lectus Therapeutics Ltd, Entourage Medical Technologies, Inc., Corwave SA, Auris Medical Holding and Impatients. Mr. Papiernik previously was an initial investor and a board member of the following companies: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Actelion”), NovusPharma S.p.A. (sold to Cell Therapeutics, Inc.), Movetis NV (sold to Shire Plc), Pixium Vision SA and Stentys SA, which went public, respectively, on the Zürich stock exchange, the Milan Nuovo Mercato, the Belgium Stock Exchange, the Stockholm stock exchange, and EuroNext Paris. He was also a board member for Cotherix Inc. (initially listed on the Nasdaq, then sold to Actelion), CoreValve (sold to Medtronic plc), Fovea Pharmaceuticals (sold to Sanofi-Aventis S.A.) and ReCor Medical, Inc. (sold to Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.). Mr. Papiernik received his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania and his B.S. from Institut Etudes Economiques Commerciales. Mr. Papiernik’s experience in the healthcare industry provides him with the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board of Directors.
Sara Toyloy. Ms. Toyloy has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2021. Ms. Toyloy is currently President of Fabrica Consulting LLC, which she founded in February 2020. From March 2008 to February 2020, Ms. Toyloy served as President, New Therapies and Chief Regulatory Officer and Executive Vice President, Regulatory, Clinical Quality of Elixir Medical Corporation. Prior to this, Ms. Toyloy held several executive management positions at Medtronic Vascular Inc., including Executive Vice President of Biosensors International from February 2005 to August 2007 and Vice President of Regulatory and Clinical Affairs from December 2002 through October 2004. From January 1990 through November 2002, Ms. Toyloy served in a number of positions at Guidant, ultimately as Guidant’s Director of Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Research. Ms. Toyloy has served on the board of directors of Tissium, a private medical technology company, since September 2022. Ms. Toyloy received her B.S. Degree in Biological Sciences from California State University Hayward. She is also a member of the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society and a permanent member of the California Community College Honor Scholarship Society. Ms. Toyloy has been a guest lecturer at the Stanford Biomedical Technology and Innovation Program and in 2019 was recognized as the Distinguished Alumna for the School of Science at California State University East Bay (formerly California State University Hayward). Ms. Toyloy’s experience in healthcare and healthcare regulation provides her with the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board of Directors.
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