Invuity Company Culture

Mr. Douglas W. Heigel, also known as Doug, has been Senior Vice President of Operations at Invuity, Inc. since September 2017 and served as its Vice President of Operations since September 2014 until September 2017. Mr. Heigel served as Vice President of Operations of Solta Medical, Inc. ( known as Thermage, Inc.) from July 2003 to January 24, 2014. He led global operations, scaling capital equipment and consumable device operations from inception to $160 million in annual sales. He also led Solta Medical, Inc. through a successful IPO, multiple acquisitions and the eventual sale to Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Heigel joined Thermage in May, 2002 as Senior Director of Operations. He established and managed commercial operations infrastructure and business processes for several business functions, including sales and operations planning, supply chain, manufacturing engineering and product development. Mr. Heigel served as Instrument Manufacturing Manager of BioMolecular Technologies from February, 1995 to October, 1995. Mr. Heigel served as Vice President of Manufacturing for Argonaut Technologies from 1995 to 2002, a manufacturer of automated synthesis equipment and chemistry consumables utilized in pharmaceutical and biotech drug discovery research. Mr. Heigel developed Argonaut's instrument manufacturing capability and introduced several successful instrument product lines that propelled Argonaut through a successful IPO in 2000. He is responsible for manufacturing at BioMolecular Technologies, a start-up manufacturer of biotech instrumentation. Mr. Heigel served various managerial positions in manufacturing and engineering from July 1988 to February, 1995, including his final position as Operations/Manufacturing Manager, at MTI Analytical Instruments, a manufacturer of analytical instrumentation. Mr. Heigel has more than 25 years of management experience involving engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management and product service related to scientific instrumentation, capital equipment and related consumables. Mr. Heigel holds B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University.

Mr. Alex Vayser Co-Founded Invuity, Inc. in November 2004 and has been its Chief Technology Officer since November 2004. Mr. Vayser has amassed over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and technology leader in the field of optical and medical devices. Prior to his tenure with Invuity, he was the co-founder and President of Medivision, Inc. where he was responsible for marketing and business development for three segments of the corporation: optical components, endoscope manufacturing and endoscope services. He was responsible for establishing relationships with several organizations including GE and Medtronic during his time with Medivision. In addition, he also served as a key technical contributor to the organization's research and product development programs. He also co-founded Parallax Devices LLC and was instrumental in developing its novel stereoscopic and 3D optical systems for medical and industrial applications. Prior to his role at Medivision, he spent six years in engineering roles with Melles Griot and Loral Electro Optical Systems developing cutting edge optical and photonic systems. Mr. Vayser received his BS Optical Engineering from the University of Rochester in New York.

Jim Mackaness serves as the CFO of Invuity, Inc.. Jim started at Invuity, Inc. in August of 2015. Jim currently resides in San Francisco Bay Area.

Doug Heigel serves as the Vice President Operations of Invuity, Inc.. Doug started at Invuity, Inc. in September of 2014. Doug currently resides in San Francisco Bay Area.

Stephen Carmody serves as the Area Vice President of Sales of Invuity, Inc.. Stephen started at Invuity, Inc. in March of 2014. Stephen currently resides in San Francisco Bay Area.

Susan Martin serves as the Vice President, Marketing of Invuity, Inc.. Susan started at Invuity, Inc. in May of 2015. Susan currently resides in San Francisco Bay Area.

Sham Shiblaq serves as the VP Commercial Operations of Invuity, Inc.. Sham currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.