The team that brings regeneration technology into practice

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G. Fertram Sigurjonsson

Founder, Chairman & President

  • 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)
  • Former executive positions and board memberships in Western Europe, Southeast Asia, New Zealand and the United States
  • 2021 EY Entrepreneur of the Year. Entrepreneur of the Year in Iceland 2015.
  • Three awards from the President of Iceland, including for innovation and entrepreneurship in 2015 and 2018.

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

Steve DiBiasio

EVP Commercial Operations

  • 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

VP Marketing & 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

Klara Sveinsdottir

GM Product & Businesses Development

  • 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

Mark Maghie

Corporate Counsel

  • Former partner at the Seattle legal firm Riddell Williams
  • More than 30 years of experience as a private practice attorney focusing on business, corporate, and transactional law
  • Former counsel to the Washington Wine Commission and the Washington Wine Association
  • A.B. from Duke University
  • J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law

Baldur Tumi Baldursson, MD, PhD

Co-founder & Medical Director

  • Chairman of the Dermatology Department of the National University Hospital of Iceland
  • Former President of the Nordic Dermatology Association
  • Former Head of Clinical Trials at Össur
  • Practicing M.D. for 30 years, dermatologist for 20

Hilmar Kjartansson, MD

Co-founder & Medical Director

  • Former clinical trial advisor at biotech company Keratec (now Keraplast), responsible for designing and running clinical programs and tests
  • Chairman of the Emergency Department of the National University Hospital of Iceland (on leave)
  • Emergency medicine and internal medicine specialist
  • M.D. from the University of Iceland

Gunnar Johannsson, MD

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
  • Managed multiple clinical research projects in the U.S., including large-scale, multi-center trials
  • M.D. from the University of Iceland School of Medicine

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