Jonathan (Jon) is co-founder & CEO at MitraSpan —a medical device development company that is exploring minimally invasive mitral valve repair techniques for treating type IIIb functional mitral regurgitation in heart failure patients. Since 2002, Jon has led a succession of development and clinical trial efforts in the structural heart and mitral repair fields. First, at Viacor he served as both VP of R&D and CEO; and later at Harpoon, he helped arrange for the spinout of IP and the securement of initial program funding. Now, at MitraSpan he continues to innovate on potential breakthrough structural techniques. Jon's academic credentials include B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from Worcester Tech and MIT respectively.

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