Andre Moura

Andre Moura is a Managing Director at New Mountain Capital, which he joined in 2005. New Mountain Capital manages private equity, public equity and credit capital with aggregate assets under management totaling more than $20.0 billion. Mr. Moura has also been the Chairman of Topix Pharmaceuticals since 2016, when New Mountain Capital acquired a controlling…

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Gordie Nye

Gordie Nye

Gordie has been the CEO for five companies, plus the President & COO, VP of Sales & Marketing, and has held various leadership roles in the Sales and Marketing Functions. Industries: consumer products (health & beauty), sporting goods, ski equipment, athletic footwear, orthodontic appliances, patient monitoring, cardiovascular devices, aesthetic devices (former CEO of ZELTIQ) and…

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Craig Drill

Craig Drill

Craig A. Drill is the portfolio manager of Craig Drill Capital, a private hedge fund and venture capital group he founded in 1988. He was employed at The First Boston Corporation from 1973 through 1987 and at Burnham and Company from 1969 to 1973. Mr. Drill is a member of the Board of Directors of…

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Murthy Simhambhatla, PhD

Murthy Simhambhatla

Dr. Simhambhatla joined Evolus from Strathspey Crown. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President at Abbott Laboratories and President of Abbott Medical Optics (AMO), with operating responsibility for the global cataract, LASIK and OTC corneal businesses. Prior to AMO, Dr. Simhambhatla led Abbott’s Ibis Biosciences business focused on the rapid and broad detection of…

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Aubrey Rankin

Aubrey Rankin

Aubrey is the Co-Founder and CEO of HintMD, Inc., a technology start-up based in Silicon Valley that is bringing dynamic Aesthetic Subscriptions to market through its innovative ExpertCommerce™ Platform. Prior to co-founding HintMD, Aubrey was the Vice President of Asia-Pacific at ZELTIQ Aesthetics. During his time at ZELTIQ, the management team executed on one of…

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Karen Cronholm

Karen Cronholm

Karen has more than 25 years’ experience in the life sciences and medical device industry. She managed the body contouring franchise at Cynosure, directing marketing and product management of several aesthetic product lines for treatment of cellulite and fat reduction. She has a track record of launching exceptionally successful products and building commercial teams while…

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Dan Holton

Dan Holton

Dan Holton is CEO of Cypris Medical, a startup focused on improving outcomes in plastic surgery by developing and commercializing medical devices that enable minimally invasive surgery. Cypris Medical’s core technology, Xact, replaces two of the oldest technologies in surgery, the 100-year-old needle holder and the 70-year-old forceps. The first application of Xact will change…

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Travis Schneider

TRAVIS SCHNEIDER

As a Co-Founder and CEO of PatientPop, Travis oversees all aspects of strategy, sales and business development. Prior to starting PatientPop, Travis co-founded and served as the CEO of ShopNation, a digital marketing platform that enabled media publications to create an online marketplace for products featured in their publications. ShopNation was acquired by Meredith Corporation,…

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Tim Lugo

Tim Lugo, partner, joined William Blair in 2005 and focuses on the therapeutics space. Mr. Lugo is the co-head of therapeutics and biotechnology research at William Blair. Before joining William Blair, he worked at Pacific Growth Equities as a junior analyst on a number of specialty pharmaceutical companies. Mr. Lugo was named No. 1 stock…

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Jeffrey Hoffman

Jeffrey Hoffman

Jeff Hoffman is a Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Securities, LLC. He has more than 26 years’ experience in the full range of investment banking activities including financial advisory services, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, and private equity and venture capital investments. Prior to joining Guggenheim, Mr. Hoffman was Head of West Coast…

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