V. Murray William

Biography

"Mr. Murray is currently the president and chief executive officer of Medical Device Innovation Consortium, a public-private partnership between industry, non-profits and government focused on re-engineering the regulated medical device innovation process, since August 2013. Mr. Murray currently serves on the boards of MDIC, ILT, and Sonex Health. From June 2012 to June 2013, he was the chief executive officer of Envoy Medical, a commercial-stage medical technology company that manufactures a fully implantable hearing device. Mr. Murray served on the board of directors of MTS Systems, Inc., a publicly traded company, from April 2010 to February 2014 and was interim president and chief executive officer of MTS Systems, Inc. from August 2011 to May 2012. Mr. Murray served as president and chief executive officer and as a member of the board of directors of ReShape Medical, Inc. from 2008 to 2010. After 18 years (1985-2003) with Medtronic Inc. holding various positions of increasing responsibilities from engineer to senior global executive, Mr. Murray also held executive leadership positions with Envoy Medical, VIASYS and Applied Biosystems before starting his own consulting firm in 2006. Mr. Murray brings to our Board his experience and knowledge from both his executive positions in the medical device industry and as a director of a publicly owned company. Mr. Murray is currently the president and chief executive officer of Medical Device Innovation Consortium, a public-private partnership between industry, non-profits and government focused on re-engineering the regulated medical device innovation process, since August 2013. Mr. Murray currently serves on the boards of MDIC, ILT, and Sonex Health. From June 2012 to June 2013, he was the chief executive officer of Envoy Medical, a commercial-stage medical technology company that manufactures a fully implantable hearing device. Mr. Murray served on the board of directors of MTS Systems, Inc., a publicly traded company, from April 2010 to February 2014 and was interim president and chief executive officer of MTS Systems, Inc. from August 2011 to May 2012. Mr. Murray served as president and chief executive officer and as a member of the board of directors of ReShape Medical, Inc. from 2008 to 2010. After 18 years (1985-2003) with Medtronic Inc. holding various positions of increasing responsibilities from engineer to senior global executive, Mr. Murray also held executive leadership positions with Envoy Medical, VIASYS and Applied Biosystems before starting his own consulting firm in 2006. Mr. Murray brings to our Board his experience and knowledge from both his executive positions in the medical device industry and as a director of a publicly owned company. "

Research Interest

His research interests include fields like medical device innovation processconditions.