With 18 years experience in the medical device industry, he has overseen the successful launch of seven electronic medical device products in the past thirteen years. He co-founded Caradyne, an Irish respiratory medical device company in 1998, which was selling products in 30 countries prior to its acquisition by Respironics Inc. in 2004. Prior to founding Crospon, he served as General Manager of Respironics Ireland. In the past 20 years he has held R&D management positons in Nellcor Puritan Bennett and engineering positions in Digital Equipment Inc. and Dataproducts Inc. . He is a named author on six U.S. patents. He is currently Chairman of the R&D Working Group of the Irish Medical Device Association. He has been twice a finalist in the Irish Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition. He holds Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Electronics Engineering all from University College Dublin.

Mr. Kavanagh is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, having trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse. He has 19 years experience in a variety of companies in Medical and High Technology industries. He joins Crospon from Abbott Ireland Vascular Devices in Galway where he was Finance Director. Prior to that he served for six years as Managing Director at the Irish facility of RSA Security. At RSA, he was responsible for establishing the operation in Ireland, which services the company’s customers in the Europe and Asia Pacific regions, generating 40% of RSA’s worldwide revenues. He has also held senior Finance management positions in Tyco Healthcare, Transitions Optical and Oracle. In addition to his professional accounting qualification, he holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting from University College Dublin.

Mr. McHugh has 13 years experience in electronics design and design management. Prior to joining Crospon he has worked with such companies as Space Technology Ireland, Nortel Networks and Respironics. Most recently he spearheaded the successful introduction of a non-invasive ventilator to the European and U.S. markets. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science degree from Trinity College Dublin.

Ms. Sherlock has ten years experience in the medical device industry, and has held finance, quality and operational management roles with such companies as Caradyne and Respironics. Most recently she served as Quality Manager in Respironics Ireland, where she led the company’s efforts in securing ISO13485 certification and in developing and maintaining an FDA QSR compliant facility. She has strong and diverse experience in the disciplines required to succesfully launch an early stage medical device company. Ms. Sherlock holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Galway and a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies from the University of Limerick.

Mr. Bouchier-Hayes has over 12 years experience in the medical device industry and has held a variety of sales, marketing and business development roles for a mixture of early stage medical device companies and established distribution companies such as Autosuture, Genzyme, Advanced Surgical Concepts, Proxy Biomedical and Fannin Healthcare. Most recently he has spearheaded the establishment of a new endosurgery division in both Ireland and the UK for Fannin, involving two company acquisitions. He holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree and MBA, both from University College Dublin.

John O’Shaughnessy has twenty five years experience in the medical device industry in top level general management, senior operations and commercial management positions. He founded MedNova Limited in 1997, a company which pioneered the development of embolic protection and carotid stent medical devices from concept stage to final FDA PMA approval in 2005. Prior to MedNova he was President and Managing Director of C.R. Bard Ireland (now Medtronic); where he was responsible for the development of the Bard facility from a manufacturing operation to a strategic business centre employing approximately 1,200 staff at time of leaving. He was a Board Director of the Irish Development Authority (IDA) from 1996 till 2000.

Michael Quinn is a non-executive director of Bank of Scotland (Ireland) and a number of the Bank’s subsidiaries. Prior to his appointment as non-executive with the Bank, he served as Managing Director of ICC Bank for 10 years. He is also Chairman of Framework Solutions Ltd, Datalex Ltd, and a non-executive director with Uniphar plc. Michael is a commerce graduate and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). He is a former President of the Republic of Ireland Council of CIMA.

Conor McNamara is an Investment Executive with the WDC Investment Fund which operates as a Venture Capital Fund in the Western Region of Ireland. He has spent the past 15 years in various senior financial positions, primarily with Mazars (Dublin), ING Furman Selz and with Boston Scientific Corporation in its Galway, Ireland facility. He has also worked with a number of Irish start-ups primarily in the software development sector. Conor is a business graduate from the University of Limerick and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant in Ireland. He currently represents the WDC Investment Fund on the Boards of Crospon, Lightstorm Networks and Stamford Devices.