Corporate Governance

Jeff Dykan has served on our Board since 2006 and has been its Chairman since 2009. Mr. Dykan has been a director of the corporate general partner of the common general partner of Vitalife and its successor fund, SCP Vitalife, an Israeli venture capital fund, since 2002 and 2007, respectively. Prior to joining Vitalife, from 2001 to 2002, Mr. Dykan was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BitBand Inc. Mr. Dykan is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and holds a B.Sc. in accounting and management and an MBA in computer applications, both from New York University.

Larry Jasinski has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board since February 2012. From 2005 until 2012, Mr. Jasinski served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Soteira, Inc., a company engaged in development and commercialization of products used to treat individuals with vertebral compression fractures, which was acquired by Globus Medical in 2012. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Jasinski was President and Chief Executive Officer of Cortek, Inc., a company that developed next-generation treatments for degenerative disc disease, which was acquired by Alphatec in 2005. From 1985 until 2001, Mr. Jasinski served in multiple sales, research and development, and general management roles at Boston Scientific Corporation. Mr. Jasinski holds a B.Sc. in marketing from Providence College and an MBA from the University of Bridgeport.

Dr. John William Poduska has served on our Board since September 2014 as an external director. Dr. Poduska currently serves as a director of EXA Corporation (NASDAQ: EXA) where he serves as chairman of the compensation committee and a member of the nominating and governance committee. He also serves as a director on the boards of a number of privately-held companies. Dr. Poduska also served as a director of Novell, Inc. until 2011 and of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. until 2009. Dr. Poduska was the Chairman of Advanced Visual Systems Inc., a provider of visualization software, from January 1992 to December 2001. From December 1989 until December 1991, Dr. Poduska was President and Chief Executive Officer of Stardent Computer Inc., a computer manufacturer. From December 1985 until December 1989, Dr. Poduska served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Computer Inc., a computer manufacturer he founded which is the predecessor of Stardent Computer Inc. Prior to founding Stellar Computer, Inc., Dr. Poduska founded Apollo Computer Inc. and Prime Computer, Inc. Dr. Poduska holds a Sc.D. from MIT and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Lowell University.

Randel E. Richner, BSN, MPH began serving on our Board as of Nov. 1, 2020. She has over 30 years of experience in health care policy, reimbursement, economics. She has been active in public policy serving as the first industry representative on the Executive Committee of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee and currently serves on the Executive Dean’s Advisory Board at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. She founded The Neocure Group which provided health economics and reimbursement strategic services to the healthcare industry. Previously she established the global reimbursement functions for Boston Scientific. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health and Bachelors in Nursing from the University of Michigan.

Mike Swinford began serving on our board in April 2024. Mr. Swinford has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and has served as CEO of Numotion since 2014. He has grown Numotion into the largest provider of mobility and independence solutions in the United States, serving over four hundred thousand individuals annually with Spinal Cord Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injuries, ALS, Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Amputees, and many other mobility related disabilities. He has expanded commercial coverage with over 5000 health plans, rehab hospitals, specialty and multi-disciplinary clinics, skilled nursing facilities, primary care and home health providers. He has led efforts for benefit coverage determination for Power Wheelchair Seat Elevation systems in 2023 and is actively leading efforts for Power Standing Wheelchairs and reform of Service and Repair regulations and reimbursement levels. Prior to Numotion, Mike worked at GE Healthcare over a 22 year career where he held multiple leadership commercial and operational roles. He was appointed an officer of the General Electric Company in 2011 as the President and CEO of the $5B GE Healthcare Services global business. Mike also serves as a director of CareATC, a technology enabled population health primary care provider, as well as a director of Aspen Surgical, a global surgical supply manufacturer.

Joseph Turk has served on our Board since April 2022. Mr. Turk has been an Executive Vice President of Fresenius Medical Care North America since 2019, during which he has served as the President of its Renal Therapies group since July 2021 and as the President of its Home and Critical Care Therapies group from February 2019 until July 2021. He held a number of leadership roles, most recently President, at NxStage Medical, Inc. between 2000 to 2019. Prior to NxStage, Mr. Turk also spent time at Boston Scientific and McKinsey and Company. Mr. Turk holds a B.A. from Wabash College and an M.B.A from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Hadar Levy joined our board in 2022. Mr. Levy started his career at Deloitte LLP, and, since then, has had an extensive career in the medical device industry. He has served in key positions at GE Healthcare, Notal Vision, Amdocs and BrainsWay, where he led financial and commercialization activities and oversaw the implementation of growth and development of key products. Mr. Levy holds a BA in Accounting and Economics, an LLM degree from Bar-Ilan University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.