Julio Spinelli

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About Julio Spinelli

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE: • Supply Chain Strategy, Biomedical Engineering; Biology; Physiology; Electrophysicology; Heart Failure; Active Implantable Devices; Technology Development (from idea to commercial product); Electronic design; Pacemakers-Defibrillators-Resynchronizers expert level knowledge from research, design, manufacturing, regulatory, preclinical, clinical, commercialization. Raising Venture Funding; Developing business plans; Project Planning; Recruiting, hiring and managing cross-cultural, virtual and physical internal and external collaborative teams crossing professional and cultural boundaries. • Board Director (2009-2018); CEO (2011-2016); CTO (2007-2009); Senior Fellow (2005-2007); Fellow (2002-2005); Manager (1991-2002); Scientist (1979-1991); Tenure Professor (1986-1990); UMN Professor (1990-2007). • Managed as direct reports up to 50 people. Managed directly up to 15 Million$ budget, indirectly as member of Committee up to 350 Million$ budget. • Managed series A investments, coordinated 1 acquisition, 1 merger, sold 1 company to an strategic partner. Founder of 5 companies. DEGREES: • EMBA UTDT (missing thesis); MSEE eq; MSPhysics eq; PhD BME eq. ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: • Cited > times: 1996-date. 300+ patents. 47+ papers 300+ abstracts • Coauthor Chapter Ellenboghen’s book on pacing & EP 2006 MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS: • Architected Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for GDT (1991-2006) a 4 billion dollars market in 2006 • Provided returns on investment to Angel funders over 41,500% PERSONAL: • Personality: Amiable Driver (360 feedback-Merrill-Reid method) Specialties: Medical devices for the treatment of Heart Failure and cardiovascular diseases. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Wrting successful business plans Moving ideas from concept to sales & marketing Creating self motivated teams & organizations. Management Process & Structure. Identifying business potential of a medical device idea. Creation of OEM research organizations