Nalu Medical, Inc. is a privately held medical device company. Our team of seasoned entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists have developed the next generation of medical devices.  Our novel devices address a number of poorly treated clinical conditions.

More than just new technology; it’s a whole new world of opportunities. The small size and extraordinary capabilities of the Nalu Neurostimulation System give patients more options for managing intractable chronic pain. Our company is located in Carlsbad, California with a vision to modernize and improve the technology in medical devices, thus improving lives.

Nalu has been repeatedly recognized for its revolutionary technology and innovation, including being named as one of the top 100 new products in the world by R&D Magazine. Nalu was also named Gold Winner of the 2021 Medical Design Excellence Award and winner of MedTech Visionaries Award for Best MedTech Company and Best Medical Device in the field of neurology.

Executive Team

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Thomas A. West
President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. West has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since August 2022. Prior to joining Nalu, Mr. West served from 2019 to 2022 as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director at Intersect ENT, Inc., a publicly-traded medical device and drug delivery company. Intersect was acquired by Medtronic in May of 2022. Prior to Intersect, Mr. West served as Worldwide President, Diagnostic Solutions at Hologic from 2015 to 2019. Mr. West began his healthcare career at Johnson & Johnson where he assumed roles of increasing responsibility over a twenty-three year tenure including Worldwide President of Strategy and Business Development for the J&J Family of Diabetes Solutions Companies, Division President of LifeScan North America and Division President of LifeScan EMEA. Mr. West also currently serves as an independent member of the Board of Directors of Orthofix, a role he took on in 2021. Mr. West received a B.A. in Politics and Economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School.

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Jeff Swiecki
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Swiecki has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2020. Mr. Swiecki previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Vertiflex, Inc. from December 2006 to April 2020, as Finance Director & Americas Controller at Invitrogen Corporation from 2004 to 2006 and held various roles at Guidant Corporation from 1997 to 2004. Mr. Swiecki received a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a Masters of International Business from Pepperdine University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CA, inactive).

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Jon Ruais
Chief Market Development & Strategy Officer

Mr. Ruais has served as our Chief Market Development & Strategy Officer since December 2017. Mr. Ruais previously served as Vice President of Global Marketing at Opsens Inc., a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of advanced fiber-optic-based pressure guidewires for interventional cardiology, from September 2016 to December 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Ruais served as Vice President of Marketing at Diadexus, Inc. from September 2015 to June 2016, and as Senior Director of Global Strategic Marketing and Senior Business Unit Director of Commercial Operations at Thoratec Corporation from December 2011 to March 2015, and as Director, Chronic Pain Therapy Marketing and Senior Product Manager at St. Jude Medical, Inc. from August 2006 to December 2011. He received a B.A. in Political Science from George Washington University and an M.B.A. from University of West Florida.

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Lee Hartley
Chief Technical Officer

Mr. Hartley co-founded Nalu and has served as our Chief Technical Officer since October 2014. Mr. Hartley previously served as Vice President of Research & Development at Intersection Medical Inc. from January 2014 to October 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Hartley served as the Vice President of Research and Development and held various leadership and engineering positions at Advanced Bionics from 2000 to 2013 (which Boston Scientific Corporation acquired in 2004 and later divested in 2007), and at IBM Research and Manufacturing from 1989 to 2000. Mr. Hartley received his B. Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Queens University and both M. Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Calgary.

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Allen Meacham
Chief Revenue Officer

Mr. Meacham has served as our Chief Revenue Officer since September 2020. Mr. Meacham previously held a number of roles at Boston Scientific Corporation from January 2005 to September 2020, most recently as Vice President of US Neuromodulation, from June 2016 to September 2020. Mr. Meacham previously worked for Abbott Diagnostics, Bayer Diagnostics, and GlaxoSmithKline from 1992 to 2005 in various sales, sales management, marketing, and sales training positions. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

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Bick Sellers
Chief People Officer

Ms. Sellers has served as our Chief People Officer since July 2020. Prior to joining Nalu, Ms. Sellers served as Vice President of Human Resources at Vertiflex, Inc. from September 2017 to May 2020. Ms. Sellers served as Director of Human Resources at GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. from June 2016 to September 2017. Prior to that, Ms. Sellers served as Director of Human Resources at Volcano Corporation from January 2014 to June 2016, and held a number of roles at Hewlett-Packard, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Guidant Corporation from June 2001 to September 2014. Ms. Sellers received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Irvine and an M.B.A. from Michigan State University.

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Patrick Martin
Vice President, Clinical Affairs

Mr. Martin has served as our Vice President of Clinical Affairs since May 2021. He previously served as Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs for Mirabilis Medica from to December 2013 to October 2020. Mr. Martin also worked at SonoSite, LipoSonix, Integrated Diagnostics, and SONUS Pharmaceuticals in various clinical affairs, education, marketing, technical support, and luminary management positions from 1997 to 2013. He received a B.S. in Diagnostic Ultrasound from Seattle University and completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School.

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Chelsea Gutierrez
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance

Ms. Gutierrez has served as our Vice President of Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance since August 2021. Ms. Gutierrez previously held a number of leadership roles in regulatory and quality at Ceremed, Inc. from 2008 to 2021; her most recent position was Executive Vice President. Ms. Gutierrez previously worked for Bioplate, Burton Medical, and Paragon Medsystems. She received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Michael D. Tutera
Vice President, Market Access

Mr. Tutera has served as our Vice President of Market Access since November 2022. Prior to joining Nalu, Mr. Tutera served from 2019 to 2022 as Global Vice President, Market Access and Reimbursement, at Intersect ENT, Inc., a publicly-traded medical device and drug delivery company. Intersect was acquired by Medtronic in May of 2022. Prior to Intersect, Mr. Tutera served as US Head of Market Access at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals from 2015 to 2019. Mr. Tutera began his healthcare career at Forest Laboratories, now AbbVie, where he assumed roles of increasing responsibility over a 15 year tenure including US Area Director of Market Access, Director of Market Access Training and Leadership Development, and various roles in Sales and Sales Leadership. Mr. Tutera received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh.

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J.P. Timm
Vice President, Operations

Mr. Timm has served as our Vice President of Operations since November 2022. He previously served as the Vice President of Operations and Development at Veritflex (acquired by Boston Scientific) from 2015 to 2021, as the Vice President of R&D at Alphatec Spine and Applied spine from 2004 to 2014, and in various R&D roles at Interpore Cross and Biomet from 1997 to 2004. Mr. Timm received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

Contact us

2320 Faraday Avenue, Suite #100, Carlsbad, CA 92008

info@nalumed.com

760.448.2360

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