Jay D. Ewers

IRIS International, Inc. engages in the manufacture of surgical and medical instruments. Its products include in vitro diagnostic systems. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Brea, CA.

United States Surgical Corp. engages in the manufacture of wound closure products and surgical devices. It produces tools used in surgery including staplers, sutures, laparoscopic instruments, cardiovascular surgical products and electrosurgical devices. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in North Haven, CT.

Medtronic ATS Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets medical devices for the treatment of structural heart disease. The company was founded on November 09, 2000 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Amsted Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets industrial components for railroad, vehicular, construction, and building markets. The firm offers undercarriage and end-of-car railcar components, piston pins for internal combustion engines and compressors, powder metal parts, cool air conditioning to machinery and buildings, sealing solutions, and metal fabrication. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Part of Olympus Corp., Gyrus ACMI, Inc. is a company that manufactures and sells precision machineries and instruments. The company is based in Southborough, MA.

Great Point Partners Private Equity (Great Point Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Great Point Partners LLC founded in 2003 by Jeffrey Robert Jay and David Eric Kroin. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Standard Bariatrics, Inc. operates as a surgical procedure company focused on the development and commercialization of medical devices. It offers STANDARD CLAMP, a laparoscopic surgical device designed to clamp the entire length of the stomach, enabling surgeons to plan and hold the staple line prior to dividing the stomach during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The company was founded by Jonathan Thompson in 2014 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

K2M, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices. It offers deformity correction systems, spinal stabilization systems, lateral access systems, minimally invasive systems, and, constrained and translational cervical plates. The company was founded by John Philip Kostuik and Eric Major in January 2004 and is headquartered in Leesburg, VA.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

AssureRx Health, Inc. operates as a personalized medicine company that develops genetic tests. It specializes in pharmacogenomics, a study of the genetic factors that influence an individual’s response to drug treatments, as well as evidence-based medicine and clinical pharmacology. The firm offers GeneSight, a genetic test that helps healthcare providers to take a personalized approach for prescribing medicine for patients; GeneSight Psychotropic, a test that analyzes genes that affects a patient’s response to antidepressant and antipsychotic medications; and GeneSight Analgesic, a test that analyzes how genes affect the way the body respond to medicines prescribed to treat acute or chronic pain. The company was founded by Donald R. Wright Jr. in 2006 and is headquartered in Mason, OH.

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Preventice Solutions, Inc. develops mobile health applications. It integrates technology from industries in health care, pharmaceuticals, medical device companies and mobile phone technology in an open, secure cloud-computing framework. The firm also offers HealthClips Rx, an interactive patient education platform that feeds data about patient compliance and post-surgical complications back into the clinical system. The company was founded in 2007 by Scott Burrichter, Dan Spors, Jonathan P. Otterstatter and Greg Wobig and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Canaan Management, Inc. (Canaan Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by Eric A. Young. The firm is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Z-Medica LLC engages in the manufacture of medical devices. The firm focuses on the development of hemorrhage control products for healthcare providers, military personnel, first responders, and consumers. It offers QuikClot hemostatic devices. The company was founded by Francis X. Hursey and C. Bart Gullong in April 2002 and is headquartered in Wallingford, CT.

Covidien Holding, Inc. manufactures and supplies healthcare products for use in clinical and home settings. It offers medical devices, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to hospitals, long-term care and alternate care facilities, doctors’ offices and in the home. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.