Medical devices
10 CFOs in Medical Devices
These ten professionals serve as chief financial officers of medical device and medical technology companies. A reader can learn from them how device makers plan for product launches, reimbursement and payer relations, manufacturing costs and capital raising or acquisitions.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chad Spooner
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · MiniMed
Chief Financial Officer at MiniMed since March 2026, after serving as CFO, Medtronic Diabetes at Medtronic (2025–2026); the profile describes MiniMed as a Medical Equipment Manufacturing company. Earlier roles include Chief Financial Officer at BIC (2020–2025) and Chief Financial Officer at Slingshot Health (2018–2019).
Christopher Scully
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Cordis
Chief Financial Officer at Cordis since December 2021; the profile describes Cordis as a global interventional cardiovascular technology company. Before that, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at PPD (2018–2021), and at Pfizer roles including Chief Commercial Officer, Global Established Pharmaceuticals Business (2014–2017) and Vice President Finance - Established Products Business Unit (2008–2010).
Elaine Birkemeyer
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Tactile Medical
Chief Financial Officer at Tactile Medical since March 2023, leading Finance, Investor Relations, Revenue Cycle and Payer Relations; the profile describes Tactile Medical as a Medical Equipment Manufacturing company. Before that, CFO, Optum Care Solutions at Optum (2021–2023), Chief Financial Officer at Rally Health (2020–2021) and SVP Finance, Optum at UnitedHealth Group (2014–2020).
Ernie Orticerio
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Candela Medical
Chief Financial Officer at Candela Medical since November 2019; the profile describes Candela as a US-based manufacturer of FDA-cleared laser, IPL, RF microneedling and hydro-infusion microdermabrasion devices. Before that, Chief Financial Officer at Quanterix (2012–2019) and V.P. Finance, Corporate Operations at EMD Millipore (2008–2011).
Julie Andrews
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Orthofix
Chief Financial Officer at Orthofix since January 2024; the profile describes Orthofix as a global medical technology company whose technologies heal musculoskeletal pathologies, with a portfolio that includes spinal hardware. Earlier roles include Chief Financial Officer at Smart Wires Inc. (2021–2023) and SVP, Global Finance at Wright Medical (2019–2020); since 2021 the profile also lists Board Member and Audit Committee Chair at RxSight, Inc.
Kathie Lenzen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Safeguard Medical
Chief Financial Officer at Safeguard Medical since November 2021; the profile describes Safeguard Medical as a Medical Device company that brings together life-saving products and knowledge of emergency medical skills. Earlier roles include VP & General Manager (2021) and Chief Financial Officer (2019–2021) at Key Surgical, and Chief Financial Officer, SVP Finance & Administration at Xtant Medical (2018–2019).
Mark Slicer
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Sequel Med Tech
Chief Financial Officer at Sequel Med Tech since January 2026; the profile describes Sequel as a Medical Equipment Manufacturing company focused on people with diabetes that provides automated insulin delivery. Before that, Chief Financial Officer at Onto Innovation (2022–2025), and at Boston Scientific SVP & Global Operations CFO (2019–2022), SVP & Corporate Controller (2014–2019) and Global Vice President, Finance - Endoscopy, Urology and Women's Health (2012–2014).
Mike Bushlack
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · OrthAlign, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer at OrthAlign, Inc. since April 2017; the profile describes OrthAlign as a Medical Equipment Manufacturing company that provides orthopedic surgeons with ASC technology. Earlier roles include Chief Financial Officer at Blue Belt Technologies (2015–2016), Controller, Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions at Medtronic (2014–2015) and VP Finance and Controller at Covidien (2010–2014).
Patrick F. Williams
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · NeuroPace
Chief Financial Officer at NeuroPace since June 2025; the profile describes the NeuroPace RNS System as an FDA-approved epilepsy device that responds to abnormal brain activity. Before that, Chief Financial Officer at STAAR Surgical (2020–2025), and Chief Financial Officer (2016–2018) and SVP & General Manager miraDry Business Unit (2018–2019) at Sientra.
Tony Collins
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Distalmotion
Chief Financial Officer at Distalmotion since September 2025; the profile describes Distalmotion as a Medical Equipment Manufacturing company and says DEXTER Robotic Surgery by Distalmotion empowers access to robotic surgery. Before that, Chief Financial Officer at Exactech (2022–2025) and Xenter (2021–2022), and Group CFO (2019–2021) and Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (2015–2019) at Zimmer Biomet.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's company stage to yours, since a venture-backed device start-up, a private equity-owned manufacturer and a large public medtech company face different funding and reporting demands. Also look at whether a person's earlier rows include finance roles inside large device makers, which suits questions about scaling operations and integrating acquisitions.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build a financial plan around a new device launch when reimbursement and adoption timing are uncertain?
- 02Which operating metrics do you watch most closely to manage gross margin as manufacturing volume grows?
- 03How did you prepare the company for a financing round, acquisition or public listing, and what would you do differently?
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