Board of Directors
Henry A. Plain, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Henry A. Plain, Jr. has served on XTENT's board of directors since June 2002 and as Chairman of XTENT's board of directors since October 2004. Mr. Plain also served as XTENT's President and Chief Executive Officer from June 2002 to October 2004. Mr. Plain joined Morgenthaler Ventures as Partner in September 2007 and has been the Vice Chairman of the board of directors of The Foundry since July 2000. From February 1993 to November 1999, Mr. Plain was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Perclose and directed Perclose through an initial public offering, a secondary offering and an acquisition by Abbott Laboratories in November 1999. Following the acquisition of Perclose by Abbott Laboratories, Mr. Plain served as the President of Perclose and Vice President of Hospital Products Division at Abbott Laboratories until May 2000. Mr. Plain also serves on the boards of several privately-held medical device companies. Mr. Plain holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Missouri, Columbia.Michael A. Carusi
Director
Michael A. Carusi has served on XTENT's board of directors since May 2003. He has been a General Partner at Advanced Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm, since October 1998. Mr. Carusi also serves on the board of TranS1, Inc., a public medical device company, and on the boards of several privately-held life sciences and medical device companies. Mr. Carusi holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.Gregory D. Casciaro
Director
Gregory D. Casciaro has served as XTENT's President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of XTENT's board of directors since September 2004. From February 2000 to August 2003, Mr. Casciaro was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Orquest, a medical technology company acquired by Johnson & Johnson. His career includes positions with General Surgical Innovations (acquired by United States Surgical) and vice president of sales for Guidant Corporation. Mr. Casciaro holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Marquette University.Michael L. Eagle
Director
Michael L. Eagle has served on XTENT's board of directors since August 2007. Mr. Eagle has over 30 years of experience in manufacturing and general management. Prior to serving at Eli Lilly and Company for eight years as Vice President of Manufacturing, Eagle was Chief Executive Officer of IVAC Corporation, and served as the Senior Vice President of Operations of the Medical Devices and Diagnostics Division of Eli Lilly, which became Guidant Corporation after its 1995 spinoff from Eli Lilly. Mr. Eagle is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Favrille, Inc., and also serves on the board of Somaxon Pharmaceutical, Micrus Endovascular and a privately-held manufacturing corporation. Mr. Eagle received his B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and his M.B.A. from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.![]()
Robert E. Flaherty
Director
Robert E. Flaherty has served on XTENT’s board of directors since January 2007. Mr. Flaherty served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Athena Diagnostics, a commercial laboratory company, since 1992. Athena Diagnostics was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in November 2006. Prior to Athena Diagnostics, Mr. Flaherty was employed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, a medical technology company, and held various positions including President of the Becton Dickinson Division. Mr. Flaherty currently serves on the board of directors of AngioDynamics and is the Chairman of its compensation committee. He also serves on the board of one privately-held corporation. Mr. Flaherty holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Christopher M. Smith
Director
Christopher M. Smith has served on XTENT’s board of directors since June 2008. He is currently president of Cochlear Americas, a developer of implantable hearing devices. From October 2003 to August 2004, he was a consultant for Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Smith served as group president for Gyrus Group Plc, (a UK listed company), and as president and CEO-Director of Gyrus Medical. Smith, who currently serves on the board of a private company, received his B.S. in Journalism and Marketing from Texas A&M University.
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Arthur T. Taylor
Director
Arthur T. Taylor has served on our Board since June 2008. He served as a senior executive at Kyphon Products, Spinal & Biologics Business at Medtronic Inc. from November 2007 to May 2008. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer of Kyphon, a medical device company, from 2006 until the company's acquisition by Medtronic in November 2007, having served as chief financial officer of Kyphon from 2004 to 2006. Prior to joining Kyphon, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Terayon Communication Systems (subsequently acquired by Motorola), a broadband access and video processing technology company. Taylor holds a B.S. in Business Administration from San Diego State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.




