We are empowering everyday people to do extraordinary things.
Our Story
Rory Beyer, Moseley Andrews, and Sameer Jafri came together with a seemingly simple idea – that anyone can and should be able to positively impact the outcome of a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) rescue.
Pursued by their complementary skills and background, they met at a conference focused on SCA prevention and quickly came together to share a vision for the profound impact that a more effective solution could have on thousands of families every year.
With Rory and Moseley’s technical expertise and a novel AED concept, they had developed at MIT, combined with Sameer’s experience in SCA prevention through his non-profit organization – Saving Hearts Foundation, the three co-founded Avive in 2017.
Our Mission, Vision, and Promise
We strive to increase the survival rate for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by proactively empowering people with reliable life-saving tools. With passion and diligence, we meet people at their level and build technology that is as engaging as it is effective. We transform the SCA rescue scenario from an intimidating call to action into an accessible feat that real people can accomplish without hesitation.
Our Vision: That no witnessed SCA goes untreated.
Promise: To enable anyone to positively impact the outcome of a rescue.
Our Team
We are a diverse and inclusive team of engineers, doctors, first responders, families, and friends driven to create a positive impact. Our story is just beginning, and we hope you’ll come write it with us.
Sameer Jafri
Chief Executive Officer
Sameer Jafri
Chief Executive Officer
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Sameer is one of the Founders of Avive, and serves as the CEO. His most recent role prior to founding Avive was as the Founder & President of Saving Hearts Foundation, a non-profit based in Los Angeles that is focused on Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) prevention. Saving Hearts Foundation provides free preventative heart screenings for youth and also works to place AEDs throughout the community. The foundation has hundreds of volunteers across the Greater Los Angeles Area, and physician support from industry leading cardiologists and electrophysiologists from UCLA, Kaiser Permanente, HCA, and others. Sameer received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from UCLA.
Fun Fact
- During his elementary school years he won the award for best “Storyteller in Texas”. He’s still confused as to why his parents had him compete in that competition…
- Believes that ostriches should be eliminated from the Earth (yes he has somehow managed to be attacked by multiple ostriches).
- He’s such a big sports fanatic that he started watching ESPN religiously as a toddler before he watched more typical shows such as Spongebob, Jimmy Neutron, etc…
Rory Beyer
President / Chief Operating Officer
Rory Beyer
President / Chief Operating Officer
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Rory is one of the Founders of Avive and serves as the President / COO. His most recent role prior to founding Avive was as a product design engineer at Apple, where he contributed to the development and design of future generation accessory products. Rory received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as Mechanical Engineering from MIT. During his time at MIT, Rory held numerous leadership roles in MIT research projects, including among others the electronics development of a car powered completely by Aluminum fuel!
Fun Fact
- Worked four summers as a backpacking guide in Yosemite. Have run to the top of Half Dome and back down in 2:47.
- In middle school planned to run a marathon on every continent by age 20. Have thus far been to each continent but run 0 marathons.
- Frequently sacrifices feeling in fingers for night-time photos in the Sierras.
- Striving to one day break the record for the fastest time to reach the highest peak in all 50 states (currently 21 days!)
Moseley Andrews
Chief Technology Officer
Moseley Andrews
Chief Technology Officer
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Moseley is one of the Founders of Avive, and serves as the CTO. His past experience and passion has revolved around developing innovative healthcare technology. His most recent role prior to founding Avive was working as a researcher at the MIT Media Lab where he helped develop novel sensing and imaging techniques. Moseley received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and while obtaining his degree he led multiple engineering projects that included rehabilitation products for spinal cord, stroke, and brain trauma as well as keyhole neurosurgical instrument design.
Fun Fact
- Made a bet with Rory (CEO) that he will complete a full Ironman before Rory runs the Badwater Ultramarathon.
- Secretly wants to kick his flatmate out of his apartment and turn his room into a fully tricked out dark room to fulfill his film photography dreams.
- Treasures everyday spent hiking or skiing in the Sierra backcountry.
Topher Croddy
Chief Financial Officer
Topher Croddy
Chief Financial Officer
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Topher serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Avive, where he is responsible for the Finance and Accounting functions. Prior to joining the team, Topher was most recently the Corporate Controller for NeoTract, a med-tech company which successfully developed a minimally invasive device to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Topher also served as Corporate Controller of Oclaro, a NASDAQ listed manufacturer of optical networking equipment. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from California State University, Hayward and earned his CPA license working for Arthur Andersen in Silicon Valley.
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Lived the dream on his catamaran sailboat for over three years, sailing 6,000 nautical miles around the Caribbean with his wife and teenage son while listening to way too many Jimmy Buffett and Zac Brown songs to count.
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Has a passion for traveling and has journeyed to all seven continents. Sailed a tall ship to Antarctica, where he once scrambled 30 meters up the rigging above a raging sea off Cape Horn to furl in the highest sails during a storm.
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Enjoys building projects including bathroom remodels, building decks and making an excessive number of trips to Home Depot and Lowes. His favorite tools are his Makita cordless drill and his double compound miter saw.
Jess Koenig
Vice President of People
Jess Koenig
Vice President of People
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Jess is passionate about building out the People function as Head of People at Avive. She has over 8 years of HR experience in growing startups and comes most recently from Concord in the Contract Lifecycle Management space. Prior to finding her love of HR, she taught elementary Art for several years.
Fun Fact
- Every Halloween Jess gets to showcase her art background by carving portraits in pumpkins, some of her favorites include RBG, Frida Khalo, and Steve Jobs.
- An avid traveler, Jess has been to all 7 continents.
- Jess spends her weekends recharging outdoors: hiking, camping, kayaking and exploring the city with her dog.
Katerina Miras
Vice President of Marketing
Katerina Miras
Vice President of Marketing
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Katerina Miras, Vice President of Marketing at Avive Solutions, is a leader in innovative Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and cardiac arrest response solutions. A visionary marketing expert with extensive experience in the medtech sector, Miras is known for her ability to create impactful healthcare brands that drive commercial growth. Previously, she served as Head of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at Medivis, where her efforts earned the company Fast Company’s 2024 Innovation by Design Award and recognition as one of the Most Innovative Companies. As Director of Marketing at Butterfly Network, she played a crucial role in launching the company’s first and second-generation products and contributed to its successful IPO. At Avive, Miras is honed in on enhancing brand identity and driving marketing strategies to expand the reach of Avive’s AEDs while championing the mission to improve Sudden Cardiac Arrest outcomes through faster, more connected care.
Fun Fact
- Katerina proudly embraces her Greek heritage and loves to joke that her Spartan roots make her a descendant of the legendary 300! She even has a textbook image of King Leonidas that looks suspiciously like her dad—coincidence? Not in her book!
- At 16, she discovered her talent for drawing and hasn't looked back since, creating everything from pencil sketches to solar-plate etchings and paintings. One of her pieces even made it to The Metropolitan Museum of Art!
- Oh, and she was an extra on a Jimmy Fallon pilot—unfortunately, it never aired. But you’ll just have to take her word for it!
Mark Peters
Vice President of Sales
Mark Peters
Vice President of Sales
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Mark Peters, Vice President of Sales at Avive Solutions, is leading a knowledgeable, customer-focused sales team while steadfastly promoting the mission to save more lives through greater AED accessibility. With extensive experience in the AED, medical device, and public safety sectors, Peters has a proven track record of building high-performing sales teams and driving strategic growth. His personal journey with Sudden Cardiac Arrest—having lost a close friend in 2000 and surviving his own episode in 2009—has fueled his dedication to increasing the availability of lifesaving devices nationwide.
Fun Fact
- Mark is a family man and loves spending time with his wife and 3 young kids.
- Enjoys volunteering in his local community and is an active School Board member.
- Enjoys working out and weightlifting in his free time.
Meir Berkman
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development
Meir Berkman
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development
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Meir serves as a Public Safety & Healthcare advisor to Avive. With 10 years of service in the 911 industry, Meir offers expertise in digital health, Public Safety, EMS, home health, and healthcare insurance. Meir currently leads healthcare partnerships at Butterfly Network, a recently publicly listed medical device company. He previously led healthcare partnerships and strategy for RapidSOS, which manages the flow of data for over 200M annual 911 calls. Prior to his time at RapidSOS, Meir worked in regulatory affairs at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and served as the Executive Director of an Upstate New York Emergency Medical Service Group. Meir received his bachelor’s degree and Masters in Public Administration from Binghamton University, and continues to volunteer as a medic in New York City.
Fun Fact
- Meir is a volunteer paramedic in New York City.
- His favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate-chip cookie dough with extra chocolate chips and extra cookie dough.
- Meir ran his own business at the age of 11 selling soda to construction workers out of a cooler he mounted to a homemade bike trailer.
Michael Nevares
Vice President of Quality
Michael Nevares
Vice President of Quality
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Mike serves as Vice President of Quality at Avive and brings 25+ years of experience in the medical device industry, with a successful track record of creating, implementing and managing medical devices quality systems, building successful teams, developing people, delivering results, and helping to lead new technologies and companies from start-up to large scale successful businesses (including being part of two $1 Billion acquisitions). Prior to joining Avive, Mike held multiple Quality and Regulatory leadership positions, most recently as VP of Quality & Regulatory for NeoTract (acquired by Teleflex). Mike has also served in various QARA leadership roles with Ventus Medical, AngioScore, Abbott Diabetes Care, TheraSense (acquired by Abbott), and Baxter-Novacor.
Fun Fact
- Founded and runs an annual charity golf tournament for local hospice care. The SLO Golf Trip was established in 1993 and is still running strong, bringing together 60-90 guys each year to meet in San Luis Obispo to raise money for Hospice of the East Bay.
- Is a diehard San Francisco 49er fan… been attending games since Jim Plunkett and Steve DeBerg where the quarterbacks all the way through the dynasty years of Joe Montana and Steve Young.
- In his free time enjoys perfecting his pizza oven cooking skills with his outdoor wood fired pizza oven… cooking pizzas and a whole lot more.
Gaurav Rao
Head of Software
Gaurav Rao
Head of Software
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Gaurav is the Software Architect at Avive, where he leads the development of the product’s backend architecture. Prior to joining the team, Gaurav built up 8 years of valuable experience with software and web development, database management, and data analysis. Gaurav received his Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Computer Applications as well as a Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation in Halifax, Canada.
Fun Fact
- You may find a collection of more than two dozen cellphones in his desk drawers.
- He is surprisingly, a lover of nature over technology.
- Like a true renaissance man, he has modified two cars and one bike.
Jimy Pesin
Head of Hardware
Jimy Pesin
Head of Hardware
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Jimy is the Director of Systems Engineering at Avive Solutions. He has worked both in several start ups as well as large corporations developing medical devices. His past experiences include leading a technical team developing high power laser systems for stone and tissue ablation in the urinary pathway, developing neurostimulation systems for peripheral neuropathy and overactive bladder, and designing a novel respiratory monitoring system for premature infants. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from RIT in Rochester, NY and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel.
Fun Fact
- Loves to cook and experiment in the kitchen which have led to various fermentation projects/explosions.
- Fascinated by linguistics, etymology and their cultural evolution.
- Has a dog, Mango, that managed to eat batteries and a toaster when he was home alone. Mango was unfazed and is happy and healthy.
- “Secretly” wants to buy a plot of land, build his own house with a woodshop and pottery studio, start a small self-sustaining farm and raise alpacas.
Todd Brahana
Head of Manufacturing Operations
Todd Brahana
Head of Manufacturing Operations
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Todd has dedicated his entire professional career to the medical device industry, holding key roles in product realization, including manufacturing, process and new product introduction engineering, and leadership across operations management. His diverse experience spans from nimble startups and rapidly growing small to mid-sized companies, to some of the largest medical device corporations globally. Todd's expertise covers a wide range of medical products, including cardiology, neurology, sports medicine, ENT, spine, enteral nutrition, and consumer medical products. Before joining Avive and starting to really save lives, his proudest accomplishment was being part of the original team responsible for the paradigm-shifting Willow wearable breast pump. Todd lives with his wife (and many pets, now that the children are out of the house) in Menlo Park, CA.
Fun Fact
- I grew up in Nashville, then went to college in San Diego, and except for two years in Minnesota in the middle, have lived in California ever since.
- I'm a huge Stanford Women's Volleyball fan and have pictures of my youngest with Olympic silver medalist Kathryn Plummer.
- For fun, while I mostly just golf and hike these days, in my past I've been a cross country runner, skier, snowboarder, rower, surfer and triathlete.
- We currently have a menagerie of pets, consisting of two cats (sometimes four), a dog and a rabbit. My wife keeps replacing my kids with pets when they go away to school!
Mike Perry
Chairman of the Board
Mike Perry
Chairman of the Board
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Mike is the Chairman of the Board at Avive. He has over 30 years of experience serving as CEO, founder, and senior executive in private and public healthcare technology companies whose successful exits have generated over $1 billion in shareholder value. Mike is also a founding director and serves as the Chairman for Immunicom, a company at the forefront of developing innovative, non-pharmaceutical approaches for treating cancer, inflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases. Mike is a visionary entrepreneur who built two companies from start-ups through to completed acquisitions. He was named San Diego’s 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year for Medical Products and Technology. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University). Mike served on the UCSD Cardiovascular Center Board of Advisors for over 20 years and the Perry family were founders of Pacific Ridge School, a highly successful independent school in North County San Diego.
Fun Fact
- Married the day after graduating college to the love of his life for 40+ years and together they have raised two amazing young women who rock their world!
- Rode motorcycles and flew airplanes when younger and now enjoys golf and hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (Mexico to Canada) in day increments.
- Grew up in southern Ohio and is a fanatic Ohio State football fan. Sparks fly in the Perry household each November when Ohio State plays his wife’s Michigan Wolverines in their annual rivalry.
Darshana Zaveri
Board Member
Darshana Zaveri
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Darshana is a Founder and Managing Partner of CHV. She is actively involved in all aspects of fund management, including investments and capital raising in the medical device, women’s health and diagnostics markets. She led CHV I investments in Augmenix (acquired by Boston Scientific), nVision Medical (acquired by Boston Scientific), and Aria CV. Prior to joining CHV in 2007, Darshana was an Investigator at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and an integral part of drug development programs in oncology, metabolic disease, and immunology. She also has experience in biotechnology and completed an internship at the United Nations. She has authored several publications and scientific journal articles. Darshana currently serves on the Board of several medical device companies, including Avive’s, and is an advisor for various foundations and investment funds. Darshana received an M.P.A. from Harvard University, an M.A. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Boston University, and a B.S. in Biochemistry from Bombay University in Bombay, India.
Fun Fact
- Usually sings Indian classical music but has also been known to belt out Abba’s “Dancing Queen” when pushed to perform.
- Darshana is an avid global traveler but is known to frequently lose her passport, sometimes in foreign lands and has to be rescued by the American consulate.
- Takes pride in cooking at least 4 meals a week, each of a different cuisine as long as the good wine keeps flowing!
Jeff Trost
Board Member
Jeff Trost
Board Member
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Jeff is currently the Managing Partner at Laerdal Million Lives Fund. Formerly, he founded and served as the managing director of Greenbox Venture Partners, while also managing the venture investing at Rock Health. Prior to forming Greenbox, Jeff was the director of healthcare investment banking at GCA Savvian, where he worked with and advised venture-backed, private equity and multinational public companies on fundraising, M&A, joint ventures, partnering and other strategic transactions across various areas of healthcare, including digital health, diagnostic imaging, connected and remote patient monitoring devices and many more. He has specific experience in the cardiac arrest/defibrillator industry, having advised Nihon Kohden on the acquisition of Defibtech, and other industry transactions. Jeff received his Bachelor’s Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Economics from Duke University.
Fun Fact
- Escapes the cold summers of San Francisco for as many Chicago Cubs games as possible.
- Has an overflowing vinyl record collection, but continues digging for near-mint copies of anything in Rod Stewart’s catalog.
- Enjoys viewing the streets of San Francisco through a Canon lens.
Ryan Drant
Board Member
Ryan Drant
Board Member
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Ryan has been actively investing in healthcare since 1996. He specializes in healthcare investments in the medical device, healthcare services, healthcare technology and specialty pharma sectors. During his investment career, he has served on 45 boards of directors and has overseen the deployment of $1.0 billion in equity capital. Ryan has been named four times to the Forbes Midas List of best venture capital investors and most recently recognized as one of the Top 25 Healthcare Investors of 2022 by GrowthCap. Prior to founding Questa, Ryan was a General Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and was with the Health Care Investment Banking Group of Alex. Brown & Sons and Arthur Andersen & Co. Ryan graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Political Science.
Rik Vandevenne
Board Member
Rik Vandevenne
Board Member
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Rik joined RC Capital in 2004 and leads the HCIT practice while supporting Medical Device. Prior to his private equity career, Rik gained experience working with venture backed companies in the strategy group of Scient, a global eBusiness consulting firm. Before Scient, Rik worked for four years at Accenture, first in the healthcare services group and then at the Internet Center of Excellence where he helped launch several venture-backed companies as well as worked on the team that developed the online music platform for BestBuy. Rik serves on the boards of ModifyHealth, Liquibase and Netsertive. He previously served on the board of several additional Medical Device companies. Rik graduated from Vanderbilt University where he received his BE in Mechanical Engineering, and he received an MBA from Duke University.
Megan Moynahan
FDA Strategist
Megan Moynahan
FDA Strategist
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Megan is Avive’s FDA Strategist, and advises the company on its regulatory strategy and participates in all FDA interactions. Most notably, Megan was the former FDA Branch Chief of Cardiac EP Devices, where she led the Cardiac Electrophysiology and Monitoring Network. Specifically, she was responsible for ensuring coordinated regulation of pacemakers, defibrillators, EP devices, and cardiac monitoring systems at FDA.
Darlene Crockett-Billig
Regulatory Advisor
Darlene Crockett-Billig
Regulatory Advisor
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Darlene is Avive’s Regulatory Advisor, and supports Avive’s day-to-day interaction with regulatory agencies. During her 40+ year career in the medical device industry, Darlene has directed over 300 successful submissions, including PMAs, IDEs, 510(k)s, HDEs, De Novos, Technical Files and Design Dossiers. She has been responsible for regulatory affairs, quality systems and clinical research activities for a myriad of products, including implantable and active implantable devices, combination products, in vitro diagnostics, and instruments.
Dr. Ronald Berger
Medical Advisor
Dr. Ronald Berger
Medical Advisor
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Dr. Ronald Berger serves as a Medical Advisor to Avive and is one of the company’s clinical experts for interaction with the FDA. He serves as the Chief of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Berger has nearly 250 papers published in peer-reviewed medical journals and holds over 30 patents in the fields of arrhythmia detection, catheter ablation, defibrillation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitations. Finally, he has received numerous honors including a FIRST award from the NIH and an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association. Dr. Berger received his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT, his M.D. from Harvard University, and completed his Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Fred St. Goar
Medical Advisor
Dr. Fred St. Goar
Medical Advisor
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Dr. Fred St. Goar serves as a Medical Advisor to Avive Solutions. He is known as a an active participant in the medical device industry, and was part of the founding teams at Evalve (acq. by Abbott) and Heartport (acq by Johnson & Johnson). Dr. St. Goar is still a practicing interventional cardiologist at El Camino Hospital and serves as the Medical Director of the Norma Melchor Heart and Vascular Institute based at El Camino. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board at the Fogarty Institute for Innovation. Dr. St. Goar received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and completed his medical and cardiology training at Stanford University.
Dr. Maulik Majmudar
Medical Advisor
Dr. Maulik Majmudar
Medical Advisor
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Dr. Maulik Majmudar serves as a Medical Advisor to Avive Solutions. Known as a renowned cardiologist and “master of bringing technology into the clinic”, Dr. Majmudar was hired by Amazon to help implement and massively scale new healthcare innovation. Prior to his role at Amazon, Dr. Majmudar practiced cardiology and served as the Associate Director of the Healthcare Transformation Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital – where he successfully incubated numerous healthcare technologies and had a specific focus on leveraging technology to improve the experience and value of care for both patients, providers, and the health system. He also served as a lecturer and visiting scientist at MIT, as well as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Majmudar received his M.D. from Northwestern University, completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and completed his cardiology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center and Brigham & Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Joseph Smith
Medical Advisor
Dr. Joseph Smith
Medical Advisor
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Dr. Joe Smith serves as a Medical Advisor to Avive Solutions, and is one of the company’s Key Opinion Leaders in the med tech industry. His current role is as President and Chief Executive Officer of Reflexion Health, a Digital Health Corp company. Dr. Smith’s leadership background also includes serving as Vice President of Emerging Technologies for Johnson & Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Guidant/Boston Scientific’s Cardiac Rhythm Management division, and Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Before that, Dr. Smith was a practicing cardiologist/electrophysiologist for almost twenty years, training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, with subsequent sub-specialty training in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and faculty appointments at Washington University in St Louis and Johns Hopkins University. He also Founded the Arrhythmia Institute, which specializes in interventional cardiac electrophysiology and clinical research. An international speaker on healthcare innovation, Dr. Smith has testified before various Congressional committees on the value of healthcare technology, and has served on the Food and Drug Administration Safety Innovation Act (FDASIA) workgroup. He’s also held various advisory and board roles in an array of start-up companies, foundations, and universities, and is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Ricardo Martinez
Medical Advisor
Dr. Ricardo Martinez
Medical Advisor
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Dr. Ricardo Martinez serves as a Medical Advisor to Avive Solutions. As a nationally recognized emergency physician, he is the company’s Key Opinion Leader to the emergency medicine community. Currently, Dr. Martinez is the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Adeptus Health, a leading patient-centered healthcare services company that is also the parent company of the largest freestanding emergency-room network in the U.S. – First Choice Emergency Room. Among many notable senior roles that he has held in business, academia, and federal government, Dr. Martinez previously served as the Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Schumacher Group, a leading emergency medicine practice management company, and was also appointed Federal Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) by President Clinton. Finally, he has been a senior medical advisor to the National Football League since 1988, facilitating medical care, emergency planning, preparedness and public health for The Super Bowl. Dr. Martinez received his M.D. from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, and completed his residency at LSU-Charity Hospital, where he was Chief Resident.
Mark Hermes
Strategic Advisor
Mark Hermes
Strategic Advisor
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Mark Hermes serves as a Strategic Advisor to Avive, guiding the company on commercialization and sales strategy. Mark has over 14 years of experience in the AED industry at Cardiac Science Corporation. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Sales at Cardiac Science during a time where the Company significantly grew market share and was eventually acquired by ZOLL Medical Corporation in 2019.
Mark Taylor
Strategic Advisor
Mark Taylor
Strategic Advisor
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Mark Taylor serves as a Strategic Advisor to Avive. He began his career in Medical Equipment sales in 1999. In 2011, he founded Master Medical Equipment (MME) with the goal of being able to fill the gap in quality sales and service of small electronic medical equipment, specializing in Professional Grade Defibrillators and AEDs. Over the last 10 years, MME has become one of the leading AED distributors in the country. Mark is also the founder and President of ReNew Biomedical, a Medical Services company specializing in Repair and Service of Electronic Medical Equipment.
Dr. Frank Laws
Clinical Expert & Medical Advisor
Dr. Frank Laws
Clinical Expert & Medical Advisor
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Dr. Frank A. Laws serves as a Medical Advisor to Avive, and is one of the company’s clinical experts for pre-clinical validation work and interaction with the FDA. He is one of a handful of physicians in the country that practices as both an Interventional Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist. Dr. Laws serves as the Director of the Heart and Vascular Institute and Director of Cardiovascular Innovations and Research Institute at Valley View Hospital in Colorado, where they perform some of the most cutting edge cardiovascular procedures in the U.S. Dr. Laws received his M.D from University of West Indies (Jamaica), and he completed his fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from University of Texas – Houston Medical School and his fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology from Tufts University School of Medicine.
Walt Bochenko
R&D / Quality System Advisor
Walt Bochenko
R&D / Quality System Advisor
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Walt serves as an R&D and Quality System Advisor to Avive, and plays an important role in product development and quality system documentation review. He has over 30 years of R&D/Quality System experience in the medical device industry, and during that time has developed and launched over 20 regulated medical devices that had to either go through 510k or PMA approval pathways. His most recent experience was as the VP of Product Development and Quality at CRISI Medical Systems (acq by Becton Dickinson). Walt received his Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Joseph Calabro
Operations/Manufacturing Advisor
Joseph Calabro
Operations/Manufacturing Advisor
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Joe serves as an Operations and Manufacturing Advisor to Avive, and helps the company interface with its various manufacturing partners and suppliers. He has over 30 years of experience working in lead operations/engineering roles for Fortune 50 companies, as well as startups, to bring innovative medical devices to market. His most notable experience was as the VP of Operations at CRISI Medical Systems (acq by Becton Dickinson). Joe received his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and later went on to receive his MBA from Boston University.
Dr. Asif Ali
Medical Advisor
Dr. Asif Ali
Medical Advisor
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Dr. Asif Ali serves as a Medical & Business Development Advisor to Avive, and is influential in connecting Avive with prominent physician and potential industry collaborators across the country. He is one of the leading Cardiologists in the Greater Houston Area, and is a champion for prevention of cardiac arrest (specifically mass AED dissemination), and has served as a Medical Expert for legislative efforts that pertain to this topic in Texas. Dr. Ali received his M.D. from University of Texas – Houston Medical School.
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