Daniel Pelak
Board of Directors
Spectranetics
Netherlands
Biography
Daniel Pelak is Senior Advisor at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. He has over 20 years of experience as a senior executive in the medical technology industry. Pelak was previously the Chief Executive Officer at InnerPulse, Inc., a privately held, early-stage cardiac medical device company. Before joining InnerPulse, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Closure Medical Corporation, a publicly traded global leader in the development and manufacture of biomaterial-based medical adhesives, until its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson in 2005. He began his industry career at Medtronic, Inc., where he spent more than two decades. His executive assignments there included Vice President of U.S. marketing, and, later in his career, the worldwide responsibility for three different operating divisions as the Vice President and General Manager. Pelak is currently the Chairman of K2M, Inc., and also serves on the board of directors of the following corporations: Affinergy, Inc., InnerPulse, Inc., Vertos Medical Corp., and Mardil, Inc.
Research Interest
Cardiology
