Board of Directors
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Kenneth
Fallon III
Chairman of the BoardMr. Fallon has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2005, including as Chairman of our board of directors since February 2015. Mr. Fallon retired from active employment in March 2003. From time to time between March 2004 to June 2009, Mr. Fallon served as an advisor to Kairos Partners, an investment firm. Mr. Fallon retired as the chairman of the board of Axya Medical, Inc., a medical device company, in March 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Fallon also served as the chief executive officer of Axya Medical, Inc.; as president of the surgical business at Haemonetics Corporation, a manufacturer of blood processing technology; as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of UltraCision, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of ultrasonically powered surgical instruments; as president and chief executive officer of American Surgical Technologies Corporation, a company that manufactures laparoscopic viewing systems; as president, U.S. operations of Zimmer, Inc., a joint replacement company and then a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; as president of Zimmer’s Orthopaedic Implant Division and as its vice president of marketing and positions of significant responsibility with the Codman and Orthopaedic Divisions of Johnson & Johnson, a global healthcare company. Mr. Fallon also served as a member of the board of directors of Osteotech, Inc.,a company that produces bone graft materials for spinal procedures, between 1995 and 2010, including serving as chairman from April 2005 to August 2010, until it was acquired by Medtronic, Inc. Mr. Fallon has a B.B.A. degree in marketing from the University of Massachusetts and an M.B.A. from Northeastern University.
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Mark
Augusti
Chief Executive Officer, President and DirectorMr. Augusti has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since November 2016. Prior to joining us, Mr. Augusti was Integra LifeSciences Corporation’s Corporate Vice President, and President of Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies. Mr. Augusti was responsible for the management of the Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies global division, which includes extremity implants, tissue products, and the Private Label business. His responsibilities included U.S. commercial leadership, global portfolio management, evaluation of corporate development opportunities and overall strategic direction. He joined Integra in April 2014 as Corporate Vice President and President of Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies, and brings over 25 years of executive management experience in medical technology. Prior to joining Integra, Mr. Augusti served as Chief Executive Officer at Bioventus LLC, from May 2012 to August 2013, and was a member of the company’s Board of Directors during the same period. Prior to that Mr. Augusti spent nine years with Smith & Nephew, from April 2003 to April 2012, in a series of leadership roles, including President of Smith & Nephew’s Biologic Division, where he was appointed to lead Smith & Nephew’s new biologics initiative. He also served as Smith & Nephew’s President of the Orthopaedic Trauma & Clinical Therapies Global Business and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Trauma business. Prior to that, from 1987 to 2000, he spent 13 years at GE Medical Systems, where he held various sales, marketing and strategic management roles, both in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Augusti received his M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and his B.S. in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.
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Carrie
Bienkowski
Director
Ms. Bienkowski has served as a member of our board of directors since July 31, 2018. Since March 2020, Ms. Bienkowski has served as Chief Marketing and Digital Experience Officer of Athletico, Ltd. Prior to joining Athletico, Ms. Bienkowski acted as Chief Marketing Officer for online grocer Peapod, LLC from 2014 to December 2019. Other prior roles included serving as the Head of Buyer Experience for eBay Inc.’s Fashion vertical in the European markets. From 2002 to 2009, at C&E Advisory in London, Ms. Bienkowski counseled businesses and brands including L’Oreal, Sky Media, HSBC, Boots Pharmacy and Vodafone in sustainability strategies. Earlier in her career, Ms. Bienkowski spent nearly a decade at Procter & Gamble, where she served in various brand management roles. Ms. Bienkowski received her degree in finance and business economics from the University of Notre Dame. We believe that Ms. Bienkowski is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her extensive experience in e-commerce, strategic business planning, new product development, customer experience strategy and brand management.
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Gary P.
Fischetti
DirectorGary P. Fischetti was elected to serve as a new member of our Board of Directors at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Fischetti currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for Orchid Orthopedic Solutions and board member for Extremity Medical. Mr. Fischetti retired from active employment in January of 2018. Prior to retirement, Mr. Fischetti served as the Company Group Chairman – NA Medical Devices for all Johnson & Johnson Medical Device businesses from 2015 to December 2017. In this role, he oversaw all aspects of sales and marketing strategy and execution as well as commercial operations and full P&L responsibility in the US and Canada. During his 35 years tenure at Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Fischetti served in many leadership roles in multiple businesses and holding various roles with both domestic and worldwide responsibilities. Mr. Fischetti also served as the WW Company Group Chairman for the Family of DePuy Synthes Companies, which included Joint Reconstruction, Spine, Trauma, CMF, and Powertools. Prior to that he was the WW Company Group Chairman for all the DePuy Orthopaedic businesses and the Codman franchise. Prior to that, Mr. Fischetti had been Worldwide President of DePuy Spine from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Fischetti has a BSBA degree in finance from Villanova University and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University. We believe that Mr. Fischetti is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his experience in the medical device industry, particularly his extensive experience in strategic planning, organizational change, management responsibilities, and as Company Chairman of medical device companies.
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Philip
W.
Johnston
Director
Mr. Johnston has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2017. Mr. Johnston is the President and Founder of Philip W. Johnston Associates, LLC, a communications and public affairs consulting firm he established in 1996. Mr. Johnston has served in senior positions in the Massachusetts legislature, the Massachusetts State cabinet, and the United States government, including as the New England Administrator of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Clinton, and twice as Chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. Additionally, Mr. Johnston has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts, the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the University of Massachusetts Building Authority Board of Directors, the Vice Chair of the University of Massachusetts Foundation.
Since 1998, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and in 2002, he was appointed as Chair the Board of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, and he currently serves as the Board Chair of the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum. Mr. Johnston has held a number of other roles in the public and private sector.
Mr. Johnston has a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a M.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in addition to holding honorary degrees from the University of Massachusetts Boston, Bridgewater State College, and Curry College.
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Brad
Langdale
DirectorMr. Langdale has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2008. From February 1996 until his retirement from active employment in December 2007, Mr. Langdale served in various roles at Masimo Corporation, a noninvasive monitoring technology company, including executive vice president, chief financial officer and executive vice president, chief marketing officer. From November 2015 until August 2018, Mr. Langdale served as a Director of Neurorecovery Technologies, Inc., a medical technology company focused on the design and development of devices and applications to help restore function & movement in patients with paralysis. In addition, Mr. Langdale previously served as director of finance for CareLine, Inc., an emergency medical services provider; manager of financial forecasting for Sunrise Company, a private real estate development company; and as a senior accountant for Price Waterhouse & Company LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), a global professional services organization. Mr. Langdale is a Certified Public Accountant and has a B.A. in Economics/Business from the University of California, Los Angeles.Financial Expert