Barry Cheskin
Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board
phaemaceutics
AirXpanders
Australia
Biography
Barry is a co-founder of AirXpanders, and is the Chairman of the Board. He was appointed to the Board in December 2006, and is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee. Barry brings more than 25 years of experience, primarily in the general management of medical device enterprises in the US. Currently, Barry is President and CEO of the medical device company PowerVision, Inc. He is a three-time medical device company CEO, having taken one company public (RITA Medical) and sold another (NanoGram Devices) to its competitor (Wilson Greatbatch) one year into his tenure. RITA Medical developed and marketed a minimally invasive radio frequency ablation device used for cancer treatment. NanoGram Devices developed novel medical batteries based on a proprietary nanomaterials technology, with their first application directed at implantable defibrillators.
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