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The team that brings regeneration technology into practice

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G. Fertram Sigurjonsson

Founder & CEO

Former Head of Wound Management at Össur, the world’s leading noninvasive orthopedics firm
Former VP of Business Development at biotech company Keratec (now Keraplast)
Experience from executive positions and board memberships in Western Europe, Southeast Asia, New Zealand and the United States
2021 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Entrepreneur of the Year in Iceland 2015.
Awards from the President of Iceland on innovation and entrepreneurship

Mike Cadigan

Chief Financial Officer

Former Managing Partner of Cadigan Capital
Former Partner, SMS Display Group
Former Asset Manager, Colony Capital
Former Staff Accountant, Deloitte & Touche
M.B.A. and B.A. from the University of California – Irvine

Klara Sveinsdottir

Executive Vice President
Market & Partner Development

Former Kerecis EVP Product Life Cycle
Former Kerecis account director for the Asia-Pacific region
More than 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in compliance and business development
M.Sc. in Pharmacy from the University of Iceland
M.B.A. from the University of Reykjavik

Steve DiBiasio

Chief Sales Officer

Proven track record of bringing disruptive technologies into the wound-care markets
Former VP of Sales at SteadMed Medical, now Urgo Medical North America
Former sales-management roles at industry giant Smith & Nephew for more than 15 years
On the launch team for the first biologic skin substitute (Dermagraft) in the U.S. market
B.A. from New Hampshire College

Christopher Harte

Chief Operating Officer

Global business development, operations and finance
30 years of business experience
Seven years as a business expatriate in Eastern Europe, Western Europe and India
MBA from the University of South Carolina
Guest professor at Penn State, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and George Mason University.

Gudmundur Oskarsson

Executive Vice President
Medical Affairs, Education & Products

Former Director, Sales & Marketing, VÍS Insurance Ltd.
Former Chief Commercial Officer, Icelandair
Former Head of Marketing and Sales, Air Iceland
Co-Founder, MyTweetAlerts
B.A. in International Communications & Business Economics from Penn State University
Diploma, International Communication, University of Leipzig

Daniel L. Mooradian, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Advisor

30+ years of experience in Global Medical Device R&D/Product Development
Former VP R&D at Synovis Life Technologies (Baxter International)
Former Director of Preclinical Sciences - Interventional Cardiology, Boston Scientific
Former Director of R&D - Cardiac Rhythm, Boston Scientific
PhD. Experimental Pathology (Wayne State University)/BS. Biological Sciences (University of Michigan -Dearborn)

Gunnar Johannsson, MD

Senior Vice President & Medical Director

Former Kerecis SVP, Research & Development
Co-founder of sleep-correction company Somnify
Background in clinical product development
Founding partner of inntaka.is, an interactive e-learning platform for medical students
Research Director for multiple clinical research projects in the U.S., including large-scale, multi-center trials
M.D. from the University of Iceland School of Medicine

Joe Smith

Executive Vice President Research & Product Life Cycle Management

20+ years of experience in medical device development and commercialization
Former EVP Customer Transformation and EVP of Enterprise and Corporate Contracting at Kerecis
Former Technology Innovation Leader and Director of Product Management at Healogics
Former Ecomagination leader for GE Healthcare
BS Mechanical Engineering, BYU. MBA Thunderbird International School of Business

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