The Arthrosurface Team

Steven J. Tallarida - President

Steve brings to Arthrosurface^® a broad expertise in bringing new medical products to market with 17 years of experience manufacturing devices for the medical products industry. Steve has been President of STD Med for over 14 years, during which time Steve transformed STD from a defense manufacturing company to an ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified, medical device design and manufacturing company. Steve is also a founder of AngioLink Corporation; a medical device start-up focused on the markets of interventional cardiology and wound management that was recently acquired by Medtronic. Additionally he was founder of Spirus Medical which was recently acquired by Olympus. He also serves as President of CardioSolutions .

Steven W. Ek - Executive Vice President and COO

Steve is one of the founders of Arthrosurface, and became the first employee of the company in 2002, after serving as the vice president of engineering at STD Med. Steve has over 18 years experience in the commercialization of orthopedic devices and implants, with a focus on the design, manufacture and clinical/ regulatory elements of new product development. Prior to STDMed, Steve was director of research and development for Smith & Nephew Endoscopy, a major medical device company. Steve started his medical products career as a design engineer at Linvatec, a high growth arthroscopy and sports medicine company

Lester Fehr - Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Lester has over 22 years experience in the medical industry. Prior to joining Arthrosurface, he was a Director of International Business with Smith & Nephew Endoscopy. Lester is multilingual with management and strategic planning expertise in all the major global device markets and strong surgeon relationships in arthroscopy and orthopaedics. Prior to Smith & Nephew, Lester was an orthopedic distributor representing products from the US and Europe.

Anthony C. Moretti - Vice President, Finance and Administration

Anthony is a Certified Public Accountant. He has spent his career largely in the field of corporate finance, particularly in the areas of industrial and medical manufacturing. Recently, he served as a Division Controller and Director of Internal Audit for one of the divisions of Cookson Group PLC. Prior to Cookson, Anthony worked in the finance and accounting department at Davol, Inc, a subsidiary of C. R. Bard, Inc., and the Gorham Division of Textron, Inc. Anthony began his career with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP.

Gregory Butterfield - Vice President, Manufacturing & Customer Care

Greg has over 27 years of experience in the field of total Supply Chain Management gained through his work at high volume, world class companies in the medical, military and commercial fields. Prior to joining Arthrosurface, Greg held Senior level and management positions at Honeywell, Texas Instruments, and Davol, a medical supplier and subsidiary of C. R. Bard, Inc. His educational background includes a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Massachusetts, and a MBA and Supply Chain Management certificate.

Michael Nordling - Director of Product and Clinical Marketing

Mike has over 17 years experience in the medical industry. Prior to joining Arthrosurface, he was Marketing Manager for Smith & Nephew Endoscopy, a global leader in arthroscopy. Mike has developed strong relationships with key global surgeons and has led many significant medical device introductions into the knee and shoulder markets. Prior to Smith & Nephew, Mike has worked in the surgical environment of the operating room and as a sales representative for Biomet Orthopedics.

Matthias R. Schurhoff, MD - VP, Clinical Operations and Scientific Affairs

Matthias has over 10 years of experience in musculoskeletal research and education. Prior to joining Arthrosurface, he served as Director of Research at UHZ Sports Medicine Institute – University of Miami. He has published numerous scientific articles in the peer-reviewed literature on subjects of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. He has extensive experience in development, conduct and dissemination of funded and original research projects as well as in the management of FDA clinical trials. He has earned his medical degree at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany.

Dawn J. Wilson – Vice President, Quality & Regulatory

Dawn brings over 17 years experience in the medical device industry across a multitude of disciplines including Manufacturing Engineering & Product Development, Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance and Quality Control. She began and spent a large part of her career at US Surgical Corporation and was most recently employed as Director, QA/QC for TissueLink Medical. Dawn’s educational background includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and a MS in Engineering Management from the University of Bridgeport. Dawn holds the following ASQ quality certifications: Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Engineer, Quality Manager and Quality Auditor.