Nalu Medical, Inc. is a privately held early-stage medical device start-up company. Our team of seasoned entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists are developing the next generation of medical devices. Our novel devices will address a number of poorly treated clinical conditions.
Our company is located in Carlsbad, California with a vision to modernize and improve the technology in medical devices, thus improving lives of people.
For more than 25 years, Mr. Harper has a history of building and leading medical device companies across various clinical applications, including electrophysiology, cardiology, pulmonology, biologics, and neurostimulation. A skilled leader, he has assembled world class management teams, structured multiple acquisitions, and closed on 22+ rounds of venture capital investments totaling more than $400 million.
With global sales expertise and demonstrated revenue successes, Mr. Fender has more than 30 years of experience in leading medical technology companies. He served as CEO of Vertiflex, Inc. (Boston Scientific), a chronic pain company, for 12 years before joining Nalu in 2020. Prior to Vertiflex, he served as Vice President & General Manager of Osiris Therapeutics, where in less than two years, he scaled the Osiris Osteocel business to become one of the world’s leading commercialized cellular technologies. Mr. Fender also served as Worldwide President for DePuy Spine where, under his leadership, it became the world’s second largest spinal implant company with global sales growth from $8 million to over $1 billion and company expansion into 54 countries. As head of U.S. sales for Synthes USA, Mr. Fender orchestrated sales force expansion and accelerated revenue growth. He received a B.A. in Business Administration from Thiel College and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.
Mr. Ruais leads the organization’s commercial strategy and possesses extensive experience in neuromodulation and commercialization, from early product concept and development through launch and life cycle management. Before joining Nalu in 2017, he worked in several upstream and downstream medical device commercial roles for companies including Advanced Neuromodulation Systems (St. Jude Medical), Thoratec, Diadexus, and Opsens Medical. Mr. Ruais spent six years in the U.S. Navy serving as a Nuclear Submarine Officer, eventually earning qualifications as a Submarine Warfare Officer and Nuclear Engineer. He received a B.A. in Political Science from The George Washington University, studied P.P.E at Oxford University, and received his MBA from University of West Florida.
Overseeing the organization’s technology roadmap and related infrastructure, Mr. Hartley (a founding member of Nalu) is an accomplished technical executive with a background in research, product development and manufacturing operations. He previously served as Vice President of R&D for both Intersection Medical (a congestive heart failure diagnostics startup) and Advanced Bionics (a cochlear implant company) capping 15 years of ascending medical device technical leadership roles beginning in Systems Engineering. Prior to medical devices, he led an IBM Research mixed signal integrated circuit (IC) design team developing wireless optical communication systems. He holds PhD and MSc Electrical Engineering degrees from the University of Calgary (specializing in hybrid microfluidic IC systems), and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University.
Leveraging a successful background in corporate financing, Mr. Swiecki oversees the organization’s financial operations. Mr. Swiecki joined Nalu in 2020 after 13 years as CFO of Vertiflex Inc. He helped lead the company through successful premarket approval, commercial launch, and acquisition by Boston Scientific in 2019. In earlier roles, he served as Finance Director & Americas Controller for Invitrogen Corporation and spent seven years working for the medical device company, Guidant Corporation. He has also held auditor and consultant roles at Arthur Andersen and Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Swiecki received a B.A. in accounting from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in international business from Pepperdine University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).
With over 25 years of global sales, physician education, and leadership experience, Mr. Meacham is responsible for leading and executing the company’s strategies to drive growth. Before joining Nalu in 2020, he spent 15 years building and directing the Spinal Cord Stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation businesses at Boston Scientific. Prior to joining Boston Scientific, Mr. Meacham worked for Abbott Diagnostics, Bayer Diagnostics, and GSK in various sales, sales management, marketing, and sales training positions. He received a B.S. in Business Administration with honors from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he also played football for the nationally-ranked Razorbacks. He is a 2012 graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.
With a background in engineering and product development, Mr. Mishra participated in the founding of Nalu and leads the organization’s innovative research and development team. Before Nalu, he held several positions during his 14 years at Advanced Bionics, most recently as Senior Director of Systems Engineering. With expertise in engineering and experience in product life cycle management and post-market activities, he has conceptualized, developed, and launched several products throughout his career. Mr. Mishra received a B.E. from Bangalore University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Ms. Sellers has an accomplished background in staff growth and corporate acquisitions and leads the organization’s human resources (HR) team. Before joining Nalu in 2020, she was head of HR at Vertiflex, Inc. (Boston Scientific), where she built and scaled the HR department from the ground up. She has broad experience in all aspects of HR, including merger and acquisition integration, and has held HR leadership roles in medical device, biotech and high-tech companies such as GenMark Diagnostics, Volcano Corporation (Philips), Hewlett-Packard, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, and Guidant Corporation (Abbott). Ms. Bick received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Irvine and an M.B.A. in HR Management and Business Information Systems from Michigan State University.
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