Hank Brown

Biography

 Hank, a TRS investor, has over 25 years of experience in medical device sales, marketing, distribution and general management.  As an entrepreneur and investor, Hank has provided fiscal, strategic and operations leadership to multiple companies in the medical device industry.  Together with his brother Richard, Hank developed and implemented a plan to restructure and recapitalize Rogue Inc., a medical logistics company, successfully turning the company around and more than tripling sales in the first five years.  Hank has founded two successful medical device distributorships.  The recent sale of one of these operations to Johnson & Johnson has given Hank more time to devote to new business development opportunities.  Hank is a member of the Board of Directors, and was a founding investor and interim CEO of Tangent Medical Technologies, a University of Michigan technology spin-out.  In addition to his Board roles with Tangent and TRS, Hank serves on the Board of Micro-Machine, an orthopaedic manufacturing company backed by a private equity group also based in Ann Arbor.  Hank has also been involved as a Board member of FOCOS, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping underprivileged children in the developing world who need musculoskeletal care.

Research Interest

 Micro-Machine, an orthopaedic manufacturing