Bill Brownie vs William Facteau

Bill Brownie

CEO of Eargo

BIO: Bill has served as our Chief Operating Officer since April 2019. Bill also previously served as our Chief Customer Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Eargo. Prior to Eargo, Bill was Managing Director at Sonova e-Hearing Care a group company of Sonova AG. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer and then President and Chief Executive Officer of HearingPlanet Inc., which was purchased by Sonova AG. He received a B.S. in business administration from San Diego State University-California State University.

William Facteau

CEO of Earlens

BIO: Bill Facteau is a medical device executive with 30 years of experience in the industry. He currently serves on the Boards of Earlens and Aerin Medical. In Nov 2013, Facteau joined Earlens as President & CEO. Prior to Earlens, Facteau held positions as Vice Chairman of ExploraMed and an Entrepreneur in Residence at NEA, respectively. He was Chairman of the Board for Cabochon Aesthetics and a board member at NeoTract and CV Ingenuity prior to their acquisitions. From 2004-2010, Facteau served as President & CEO of Acclarent. Under his leadership, the company went from concept to acquisition in 5 years, raised over $100M and grew revenues to $100M. After the $800M acquisition by J&J, Mr. Facteau served as WW President of their ENT Division from 2010-2012. Prior to Acclarent, Facteau was GM of the Endovascular Division at Abbott Vascular. He joined Abbott via the $683 million acquisition of Perclose, where he was Sales Director. From 1993-1998, he worked at US Surgical. Mr. Facteau received his BA in Political Science from the Univ. of Connecticut.