Paul Mraz has been active in the Medical Device and Life Sciences Industry for nearly 20 years - in companies large and small (but mostly as a serial entrepreneur), both venture backed and privately funded - with roles in executive management, product development, marketing, sales management and business development - all on a global basis.
Mr. Mraz currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Cerapedics, Inc., a medical device company located outside Denver, CO. Cerapedics is developing and commercializing products for the spine, trauma and orthopaedic bone graft substitutes markets worldwide based on its proprietary small peptide technology. To date, Cerapedics has raised over $30M in venture capital financing.
Mr. Mraz most recently served as Chairman and CEO of Angstrom Medica, Inc. (acquired by Pioneer Surgical Technology), a privately funded, early-stage biomaterials and nanotechnology company engaged in the development of structural, calcium phosphate-based medical devices for the spinal, sports medicine, and trauma markets.
Prior to Angstrom Medica, Mr. Mraz was a Principal of Link Spine Group Inc., a start-up medical device company that developed and commercialized the Charité Artificial Disc - the world’s first total disc replacement for the lumbar spine. Mr. Mraz served as Vice President - Worldwide Marketing and International Sales until its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson (DePuy Spine) in June 2003.
Mr. Mraz was also a key management team member of three other early-stage medical device companies and his early experience includes positions at Figgie Medical Systems, Ortho Development Corporation (acquired by Japan MDM) and Marlow Surgical Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Cooper Surgical) as well as DePuy, Inc. and DePuy Spine (formerly AcroMed Corporation) – both acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 1998.
Mr. Mraz also currently serves as a Director of superDimension, Ltd. (Herzliya, ISRAEL and Plymouth, MN), an emerging world leader in the minimally-invasive diagnosis and treatment of lung disease (e.g. cancer, emphysema) via interactive real-time guidance of endoscopic tools and bronchoscopy.
Mr. Mraz received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lafayette College and a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Biomechanics from Case Western Reserve University. Mr. Mraz holds six US Patents for various medical devices and is an active advisor to numerous venture capital groups. Mr. Mraz also enjoys mentoring and advising other entrepreneurs in the medical device industry worldwide.
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