Leading the Charge to EP 3.0
Leadership
Senior Management Team
Takeo Mukai
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Takeo Mukai
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Takeo Mukai joined Acutus in July of 2021 and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer. Takeo brings nearly 20 years of corporate finance and accounting to the company, including 14-years in the medical device industry with Medtronic where he served in financial management roles of increasing responsibility across multiple business units. Prior to this he was with Ford Motor Company
Takeo holds a B.S. from Carnegie Melon University in Business Administration and an M.B.A. from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California
Tom Sohn
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Tom Sohn
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Tom Sohn joined Acutus in March 2020 as the company’s General Counsel and Secretary with more than 17 years of experience in the technology and medical device industries.
Prior to Acutus, he spent over six years as General Counsel for Breg, and previous to that held legal leadership roles for NuVasive and Websense. Before moving to in-house counsel, Sohn spent nearly three years as a practicing attorney for DLA Piper in San Diego.
Sohn earned his JD from the University of San Diego Law School and holds a BA in Organizational Leadership from the University of Michigan.
Diane Flynn
Vice President, Business Development
Diane Flynn
Vice President, Business Development
Diane Flynn joined the company in 2020 and is responsible for leading it’s strategy and business development activities. With over 25 years of business experience, she has extensive expertise in strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, alliances, commercial development, distribution and licensing. Prior to Acutus, Flynn was an Executive in Residence at Cleveland Clinic, where she provided strategic and operational leadership to Cleveland Clinic Ventures Group portfolio companies. Prior to that, Flynn was Associate Vice President of Business Development at Volcano Corporation, and a Business Development Manager at Hewlett-Packard Medical Products Group
Flynn earned her Masters in Management, with emphasis in Marketing and Finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a BA in Literature from Bard College
Board of Directors
Dr. Shaden Marzouk
Chairman of the Board
Dr. Shaden Marzouk
Chairman of the Board
Dr. Marzouk is currently the Chief Executive Officer of GenesisCare, a position she has held since August 2022. Previously, she was President of CareMore Health and Aspire Health, subsidiaries of Elevance; Managing Director, Health and Global Health Innovation, of AXA health insurance and health services business in Asia; and Cardinal Health’s Medical Segment Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Marzouk also served in the U.S. Army on active duty, where she practiced as a neurosurgeon and served in Iraq as a Major. She received an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, an MD from St. Louis University School of Medicine, and a BA from the Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Marzouk also advises health technology companies and serves on advisory boards for the healthcare industry.
Dr. Andrew ElBardissi
Director
Dr. Andrew ElBardissi
Director
Dr. Andrew ElBardissi is an investor on the Private Transaction team at Deerfield Management. Prior to joining Deerfield, Dr. ElBardissi held roles as an early stage life-sciences investor at Longitude Capital and as an Investment Banker at J.P. Morgan’s Healthcare practice. Dr. ElBardissi holds an MD from Mayo Clinic, an MPH in Quantitative Methods from Harvard University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He received residency training in General Surgery at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University. Dr. ElBardissi has been independently funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), has over 30 publications in leading peer reviewed scientific journals, and has presented his research at numerous medical and surgical conferences.
Dr. David Bonita
Director and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Dr. David Bonita
Director and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Dr. David Bonita is a Private Equity Partner at OrbiMed, where he serves on the boards of Loxo Oncology, Kyn Therapeutics, Clementia Pharmaceuticals, Tricida, Prelude Therapeutics, ViewRay, SI Bone and Keystone Heart. He previously served on the boards of Enobia Pharma, CardiAQ and Ambit Bioscience. Prior to joining OrbiMed, Dr. Bonita worked in the healthcare investment banking groups of Morgan Stanley and UBS. He has published several scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals based on research performed at the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bonita received his AB degree magna cum laude in Biological Sciences from Harvard University and his joint MD/MBA from Columbia University where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society.
Niamh Pellegrini
Director
Niamh Pellegrini
Director
Ms. Pellegrini has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry and, since July 2019, has served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Nevro, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to helping patients suffering from chronic pain achieve lasting relief. Ms. Pellegrini has previously served as Vice President of Global Commercial Operations for Abbott Vascular, where she was responsible for driving approximately $3 billion in revenue, and as CEO and President at Autonomic Technologies, Inc., leading a turnaround of its European commercial business and driving U.S. market access. Ms. Pellegrini has also held positions in leadership, global business development, strategy and commercial with Thoratec Corporation and Johnson & Johnson. She earned both a B.S. and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
Member of the Audit CommitteeMember of the Compensation Committee
John Sheridan
Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee
John Sheridan
Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee
Since March 2019, John Sheridan has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., a medical device company specializing in the design, development and commercialization of products for people with insulin-dependent diabetes. He has been a member of Tandem’s Board of Directors since June 2019 and a member of the executive management team since 2013. Prior to joining Tandem Diabetes Care, Mr. Sheridan served as Chief Operating Officer of Rapiscan Systems, Inc., a provider of security equipment and systems, from March 2012 to February 2013. Mr. Sheridan served as Executive Vice President of Research and Development and Operations for Volcano Corporation, a medical technology company, from November 2004 to March 2010. From May 2002 to May 2004, Mr. Sheridan served as Executive Vice President of Operations at CardioNet, Inc., a medical technology company. From March 1998 to May 2002, he served as Vice President of Operations at Digirad Corporation, a medical imaging company. Mr. Sheridan holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of West Florida and an M.B.A. from Boston University.
Chair of the Compensation Committee Jason Garland
Director and Chair of the Audit Committee
Jason Garland
Director and Chair of the Audit Committee
Jason Garland has served as a member of our board of directors and chair of our Audit Committee since August 2022. Jason brings more than 25 years of extensive global financial experience and currently serves as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Integer Holdings Corp (NYSE: ITGR) since 2018. Previously, Garland was Divisional Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for both the Global Sales and Diamond & Jewelry Supply divisions of Tiffany & Co. Prior to that, Garland held progressively challenging leadership roles across multiple complex and diverse GE businesses, including serving as Chief Financial Officer for GE’s Industrial Solutions business, Chief Risk Manager for GE Aviation Services, senior financial leadership roles at GE’s Oil and Gas business, and as a member of GE’s Corporate Audit staff. He completed GE’s two-year manufacturing leadership program and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. Garland received a B.S., Chemical Engineering, from the University of New Hampshire.