MANAGEMENT

Michael R. Mainelli, Jr.
President & CEO

Thomas B. “Tiger” Buford
VP Global Research & Development

J. Michael Keenan
VP Administration & CFO

Richard W. Treharne
VP Clinical Research & Regulatory/Quality Affairs

THOMAS B. “TIGER” BUFORD

joined the executive management team as its new Vice President, Global Research & Development in April 2010. Mr. Buford has deep and broad expertise with the world’s leading orthopedic companies and has brought over 50 orthopedic devices through the development process and into commercialization. He began his career as a product development engineer with Smith & Nephew plc and progressed through a series of positions of increasing responsibilities with Sulzer Orthopedics, Wright Medical Technology, Inc., and most recently as Vice President, Research & Development with NovaLign Orthopaedics, Inc., an early stage medical device company. Mr. Buford earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Memphis. He is a patent holder for total
joint devices.