Location California, United States, North America Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Male Also Known As Jim
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Jim is a medical device entrepreneur who, over the past 20 years, has founded and helped launch a number of highly valued start-ups, including General Surgical Innovations, Inc. (GSI), Embolic Protection, Inc. (EPI), AccessClosure, Inc. and HotSpur Technologies. GSI went public in 1996 and was acquired by Tyco Healthcare in 1999. EPI was acquired
by Boston Scientific in 2001. HotSpur Technologies was acquired by Teleflex in 2012 and AccessClosure was recently acquired by Cardinal Health in April, 2014. Jim is currently Founder & Managing Partner of Option3, a medical device incubator focusing on fast-to-market technologies. Option3’s first two spin-out companies, Axiom Technology Partners & Atsina Surgical, were also acquired by Teleflex (Axiom in 2012 & most recently Atsina in August of 2015). When Jim is not playing hockey, baseball, or basketball with his son Dash, he also serves as an Advisor to UCLA's Technology Development Group (TDG) as well as the University of Utah’s Center for Medical Innovation (CMI). Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Jim held various US and International Senior Management positions at Johnson & Johnson and Baxter Healthcare. Jim has authored and co-authored a number of patents and patent applications. He attended the Sorbonne University in Paris and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wabash College, where he also serves on the College's Advisory Board for The Center for Innovation, Business, and Entrepreneurship (CIBE).
