Primary Job Title Director Primary Organization 
Palmaz Scientific
Gender Male
Christopher E. Banas has over 30 years experience in the chemical, microelectronics and medical device industries, where he has held various engineering and executive management positions at C.R. Bard, Inc., Guidant/ACS, Inc. and W.L. Gore, Inc. Mr. Banas began his career as a polymer chemist at the Roy C. Ingersoll Research Center/Borg
Warner Chemicals. Mr. Banas is currently the president and general manager of the OCT division of Volcano Corporation. Mr. Banas held the position of chairman and CEO of CardioSpectra, Inc., a medical device diagnostic company that was acquired by Volcano Corp. (NASDAQ: VOLC).
Mr. Banas co-founded ABPS and was President and CEO in 2003 when ABPS entered into an exclusive license agreement with Cordis. In addition to his engineering, executive management and business development experience, Mr. Banas holds 31 US patents in the fields of cardiovascular medicine, nanotechnology and thin film deposition of Nitinol.
Intellectual property portfolios developed by Mr. Banas have resulted in two acquisitions and one exclusive licensing arrangement. He has developed intellectual property programs and coordinated technology transfers from both academic and industry institutions, carrying out extensive due diligence on behalf of both buyers and sellers.
Being highly respected and well-connected in the elite bio-medical device community has allowed Mr. Banas to connect with the top medical specialists, academic researchers, intellectual property experts and investors in the bio-medical industry. In addition to his successful business development ventures, Mr. Banas also sits on the board of directors for Resonetics Inc., an excimer laser company supporting the medical device and electronics industry and has an active consulting business, CB Technology Ventures where he provides services to companies like Elliot and Associates, a Wall Street hedge fund.
Mr. Banas has authored book chapters and technical papers and has spoken at the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST), NanoBioTech and Nano Summit.
