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Executive Team

Scott Cramer

Scott Cramer has 20 years of experience in sales management and sales with medical device companies. Prior to joining Bacchus Scott was the Senior Vice President of U.S. Sales and Account Services for VNUS, having joined VNUS in October 2000 as the Vice President of North American Sales. From July 1997 to September 2000, Mr. Cramer was employed by EndoSonics Corporation, a cardiovascular device company, most recently as Vice President U.S. Sales. From February 1996 to July 1997, Mr. Cramer served first as the Eastern Region Manager and then as the National Sales Manager at Cardiometrics, Inc., a medical device company. From June 1990 to December 1995, Mr. Cramer held several positions at Baxter Healthcare Corporation's cardiovascular division. Mr. Cramer holds a B.S. degree in Finance from the Philadelphia University.

Mike Gandy

Mike Gandy has more than 20 years of medical device experience, with over 10 years in developmental stage companies.  Prior to joining Bacchus, Mike was the Chief Financial Officer of Solarant Medical for 8 years, where he was a member of the company’s founding management team.  Mike began his career in medical devices with Guidant (formerly Advanced Cardiovascular Systems) where for nearly 10 years he held various management positions in Operations, Marketing, and Finance.  Mike was briefly with Kerberos Proximal Solutions leading up to its acquisition by Foxhollow Corporation, and was most recently the Controller at Lipid Sciences, a closely held public company.   Mike holds a BS in Finance from California State University, Long Beach, and earned his MBA from California State University, Fullerton.

Eric W. Heil

Eric Heil has over 18 years of sales and sales management experience in the healthcare and medical device arena with a focus in endovascular specialties. Prior to joining Bacchus, Eric was the Vice President of Sales and Development for Partners Imaging. Previously, he served as Vice President of Sales for Chase Medical where he was responsible for global sales for the organization. Eric also held various sales and sales management positions with VNUS Medical Technologies, Endosonics/JOMED, Cardiometrics Inc., DeRoyal Cardiovascular and The Upjohn Company. Eric holds a BA degree from The University of North Texas.

Rita Jacob

Rita Jacob has over two decades of experience in the medical device industry, specializing in cardiovascular medicine. She has held diverse positions with Boston Scientific Corporation, Medtronic Corporation and formerly Guidant Corporation that include clinical research, marketing, human resources, field clinical and research associate management. Her clinical research experience specifically includes multiple pre-market and post-market studies. She holds a B.S. in Nursing and an active nursing licensure.

Bob McRae

Bob McRae has 18 years of experience in the medical device industry, software development, and US Navy. Prior to joining Bacchus, Bob consulted for several medical device firms in various capacities. From 2001 to 2007, Bob served several roles at VNUS Medical Technologies including leading the various functions of Business Development, Manufacturing, and Research & Development. During 2000 and 2001, Bob worked with QuinStreet, an online marketing company, first as a Software Engineer and later as a Software Configuration Manager. He held various management and manufacturing engineering positions at VNUS from 1997 to 2000, and at Stryker Endoscopy in 1996 and 1997. From 1987 to 1993, Bob served in the United States Navy as an Instructor/ In-Flight Ordnanceman. Bob earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from San Jose State University and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Dennis Rosenberg

Dennis Rosenberg has over 25 years experience in medical device and consumer marketing and sales. From 2005 to 2007, he served as VP, Marketing and International Sales for VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. From 1999 to 2005 he owned and operated a marketing communications consultancy, Metaphor Media, and from 2002 to 2004 concurrently served as Chief Marketing Officer at Acueity, Inc., a micro-endoscopy medical device company. Prior to that, he was VP of Marketing and Sales for MD DataDirect, an Internet information company, and VP and GM of Randomsoft, the software distribution division of Random House. He was a co-founder and VP, Marketing and Sales for Eclipse Surgical Technologies, a laser medical device company, and co-founder and VP, Marketing and Sales for Atlantis Catheter Company, a cardiovascular device company. Dennis studied film and television production as well as computer programming at New York University, computer graphics at University of California Santa Cruz and graphic design at The New School in New York.

Ali Shirazi

Ali Shirazi has over 27 years of experience in engineering, and operations management. His experience in the medical device industry includes minimally invasive devices, cardiopulmonary disposables, cardiovascular and neuro implant devices. He has held various positions in engineering and operations management from start-up to large fortune 100 companies including Conceptus, Target Therapeutics, Boston Scientific, and Pfizer. He holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Wisconsin, and an MBA from National University.