CHAIRMAN
SATISH VANKAYALAPATI
CHAIRMAN
Satish is the Founder/CEO of UrbanX Global, which invests in technology-enhanced healthcare and medical devices, platforms for enhancing and securing the online environment, and real estate.
Satish recently served as the President of Capri Capital Partners, the $3.6 billion real estate asset management firm and was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he opened the Firm's Doha office and co-led the real estate and infrastructure practice and served in the technology practice.
ROBERT RUDELIUS
PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Robert is a Managing Partner of UrbanX Global, an investment company focused on innovation markets. Robert also founded Noble Ventures to provide advisory services to medtech, e-commerce and IT companies.
Robert has served as CEO of Media DVX, Inc. (sold to StarNet), President/COO of Control Data Systems (sold to British Telecom), Managing Partner of AT&T Solutions and a partner at McKinsey & Company where he
led the Firms IT/Systems practice in Japan and the UK. Board experience includes PetVivo Holdings, Inc. (PETV) and on Axogen, Inc. (AXGN).
PRESIDENT
EVP SALES & MARKETING
RICHARD C. CARLSON
EVP SALES & MARKETING
Richard has more than 20 years of prostate disease market experience and has been involved in companies focused on the specialty of urology for more than 30 years. Prior to MedicaMetrix, Richard served as the CEO of ProUroCare Medical, Inc., a developer of a tactile imaging device that creates a real-time color image of the prostate.
Richard has brought to market numerous medical devices for industry leaders such as American Medical Systems, C.R. Bard, Boston Scientific, Advanced Surgical Intervention, Medtronic, and Vicon Systems.
BOB RIOUX
EVP ENGINEERING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Bob has over 25 years of experience in developing and commercializing medical devices and capital equipment. He has 130 issued U.S. patents and has developed and commercialized medical devices in the gynecology, orthopedic, oncology, blood processing, surgical, general surgery, and wound care fields. He specializes in minimally invasive devices and the interface between the device and capital equipment, as well as electrosurgical and electromechanical devices. Robert has worked for Boston Scientific, Hologic, and Angio Dynamics.
EVP ENGINEERING
EVP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CHRISTOPHER G. LAFARGE
EVP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Christopher has provided strategic leadership for early stage, life science, and medical device companies in the fields of urology, anesthesiology, intensive care, and neuroscience.
Christopher is the inventor of ProstaMetrix® which he guided through CE Mark certification. He was COO of Bach Pharma, a pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Christopher has an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BA in Biology from Harvard College.
CARLA SIVAK
EVP REGULATORY & QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Carla has more than 25 years leading medical device quality, regulatory and clinical research organizations for companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Edwards Life Sciences, Phillips Healthcare, and C. R. Bard, as well as many startups.
A former Critical Care Registered Nurse with an MS in computer science, Carla advices clients with computer and software-driven medical devices.
Her consulting work has specialized in helping startup medical device companies bring new technologies to market around the world.
EVP REGULATORY