Frank Fischer has more than 25 years of senior management experience in
the medical device industry. He has served on the NeuroPace Board of
Directors since 1998 and joined the Company as its Chief Executive
Officer in January 2000. Prior to joining NeuroPace, Mr. Fischer was
President and Chief Executive Officer of Heartport, Inc., a cardiac
surgery company, from May 1998 until September 1999 and served on
Heartport's Board of Directors. Mr. F...
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Frank Fischer has more than 25 years of senior management experience in
the medical device industry. He has served on the NeuroPace Board of
Directors since 1998 and joined the Company as its Chief Executive
Officer in January 2000. Prior to joining NeuroPace, Mr. Fischer was
President and Chief Executive Officer of Heartport, Inc., a cardiac
surgery company, from May 1998 until September 1999 and served on
Heartport's Board of Directors. Mr. Fischer was President and Chief
Executive Officer and a director of Ventritex, Inc., a company that
pioneered implantable cardiac defibrillators, from 1987 until the sale
of the company to St. Jude Medical, Inc. in early 1997. Before joining
Ventritex, he spent ten years in various management positions at Cordis
Corporation in the cardiac and neurosurgical device areas, serving most
recently as President of the Implantable Products Division. Prior to
that, he spent seven years with General Electric Company in a variety
of operating positions. Mr. Fischer holds an M.S. in Management from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Currently, he serves on the boards of
several privately held medical device companies.
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