John is a 25+ year veteran of the medical device industry with extensive experience in the commercialization of innovative medical technologies. He has successfully managed and built functions ranging from domestic and international sales force management, clinical, regulatory, global marketing, new market development, manufacturing and joint venture agreements. He joined GKC in 2017 as President, CEO and Board Director with a proven track record to spearhead the company’s accelerated growth strategy to meet the demand for its lead product, the Personal KinetiGraph™ (PKG™) system (Parkinson’s KinetiGraph™ system outside of the U.S.).

Before becoming President and CEO of GKC, he served as President and CEO of Monteris Medical Corporation where he oversaw development to commercialization of their MRI guided robotically controlled laser surgical system. Under his leadership, 30 new products were launched with 8 major software releases. Additionally, he raised $61M in equity financing and doubled sales annually between 2012-2015.

Previous to Monteris, John served as the Chief Commercialization Officer for BÂRRX Medical where he led major expansion of US and International selling & marketing organizations; achieving greater than $40M annual revenue before its acquisition by Covidien for $430M. As President and CEO of Softscope Medical Technologies Inc., he led this clinical stage VC backed company in the GI space that was later acquired by Fujifilm Japan.

Earlier in his industry career, John held positions as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Peripheral Vascular Division of ev3 Inc., Vice President and General Manager International for ACMI Corporation, and various management positions within Boston Scientific. Prior to his commercial career, he served 7 years as a U.S. Marine Corps pilot.

Ann Deren-Lewis is a dynamic, diversified and top performing executive with experience in marketing, sales, public relations, business development, product/clinical development, professional and consumer targeted campaigns. She also has a proven track record in marketing in pharmaceutical and medical devices in these key therapeutic areas: aesthetics, cosmeceuticals (beauty brands), medical dermatology, and consumer products. Deren-Lewis has led diverse teams to accomplish more with less, while fostering innovative thinking and problem-solving. A recognized leader for data-driven performance improvement, she has successfully led many revitalizations and launches. She is keen at identifying current and emerging customer needs, translating those needs into marketing requirements, and cultivating marketing penetration, market segmentation and new product introduction strategies. She has created cross functional strategic plans and budgets that take into account medical education, product positioning, messaging, regional sales, pricing, contracting, competitive responses, customer support and educational/support services. Her passion is developing relationships with influential thought leaders in order to gain insight into market and product opportunities while managing utilization across studies, consulting, training, publications and public relations. Deren-Lewis holds an MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.

Ms. Kotcher brings to Zerigo Health over 25 years of healthcare experience in the medical device field with a focus on managed care contracting, provider relations, reimbursement, healthcare policy, and health economics. Most recently, she served as Senior Director, U.S. Market Access and Reimbursement for Hearflow, and previously worked in market access leadership roles at iRhythm, CardioDx, Pathworks Diagnostics, and Dexcom.