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Areas of Responsibility - Job Description:
Chairman and CEO,
Archus Orthopedics, Inc.
Co-Founder and Board member, Cardiac Dimensions,
Inc.
Co-Founder, EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.
Areas of Expertise - Employment History:
Jim Fitzsimmons is Chairman and Chief
executive Officer of Archus Orthopedics, Inc., a
start-up medical device company developing a
novel implantable device to treat degenerative
diseases of the lumbar spine. Prior to Archus,
Jim was the Founder and Managing Director of
Scout Medical Technologies, LLC, a medical
device incubation firm. In association with his
work at Scout, Jim co-founded and continues as a
Board member of Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. and
EndoGastric Solutions, Inc., both start-up
medical device companies. He also engineered
Scouts investment and management relationship
with his current company. Prior to Scout, Jim
served as Senior Vice President and General
Manager of Guidant Corporations Cardiac and
Vascular Surgery Group. He joined Guidant in
1997 as a result of its acquisition of
EndoVascular Technologies ("EVT").
Jim was President and Chief Executive Officer
of EVT for six years prior to the Guidant
acquisition. Before that, Jim spent eleven years
with the Medical Device and Diagnostic Division
of Eli Lilly and Company. During his tenure at
Lilly, Jim held a variety of positions in sales,
marketing, mergers and acquisitions, and general
management. Outside of his relationship with the
Scout companies, Jim is a member of the Board of
Directors of VNUS Medical Technologies, a
publicly traded company, as well as Broncus,
Inc. and Asthmatx, Inc., both privately held
medical device companies.
Education - Personal History:
BS Biology Pre-Med, Seattle University,
1978
MBA, Seattle University, 1984
Civic Organization Memberships or Professional Affiliations:
Serves on the Advisory Board of the Albers School of Business and Center for Entrepreneurship at Seattle University.
When and Where do you hold meetings with students?
Redmond, WA
Mentor
since Fall 2002
Will mentor graduate students
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