Course Overview
Needs and Markets
Intellectual Property
Regulatory and Reimbursement
Company Formation
Funding
Financials
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President & CEO
NeuroPace, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA |
Frank Fischer has more than more than 20 years of
senior management experience in the medical device industry. He
joined NeuroPace as President and Chief Executive Officer in January
2000 and has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since
1998. 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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