Marcelo Lima, President and CEO
Mr. Lima has more than 25 years of experience in the medical industry, holding positions in engineering, marketing, business development, and general executive management. Previously, he was President of Visage Imaging, a subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems. He was chief executive officer of Opsion Medical, and, prior to that, vice president and general manager for Kodak’s Health Imaging unit in charge of the worldwide laser business. Mr. Lima has also held management positions at Hewlett Packard Medical Products Group and Siemens Medical. He started his career at Johnson & Johnson as a medical device software engineer. Mr. Lima holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago, a Master of Science degree in biomedical engineering from Boston University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Gama Filho University (UGF) in Brazil.
Paul Meadows, CTO and VP of Engineering
Mr. Meadows has more than 30 years of experience in the medical industry, including lead system development positions in spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and insulin pump and glucose sensing markets, as well as research positions at private and public institutes and foundations developing and researching neurostimulation methods. Mr. Meadows has most recently worked for Boston Scientific Neuromodulation and Advanced Bionics Corporations where he was instrumental in their neurostimulation programs, and is Past-President and co-founder of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society. Mr. Meadows has a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California and Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Brian Blischak, VP of Sales & Marketing
Mr. Blischak has nearly 20 years experience in the medical industry holding positions in business development, general management, and marketing. Most recently he was Vice President of Neurological Therapies at St. Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division (formerly Advanced Neuromodulation Systems). Previously, he held senior management positions at Kodak Health Imaging and Johnson & Johnson Medical. Mr. Blischak holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin; a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin; and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.
Jasper Benke, Vice President of RA/QA/CA
Mr. Benke has over fifteen years experience in the medical device industry implementing US and OUS regulatory strategy, FDA and ISO quality systems, and clinical program management for start-up companies in the cardiovascular, orthopedic, wound care, and plastic surgery markets. He has held technical and senior management positions at BlueSky Medical (Smith and Nephew), Skeletal Kinetics (Colson Associates), Alure Medical, and Bioheart. Mr. Benke began his career as a development engineer Arterial Vascular Engineering (Medtronic) and OCLI (JDS Uniphase). Mr. Benke holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial Technology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Terence M. Davidson, M.D., F.A.C.S , Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Davidson is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Section Chief of Head and Neck Surgery at the VA San Diego Healthcare System.
