
Eric Willis
PresidentMr. Willis is an entrepreneurial healthcare technology executive with a track record of success in bringing products from initial concept to market. He brings strong general management, leadership, and multidisciplinary functional skills. He is the past President and Chief Operating Officer of ParaPatch (2013–2015), where he was responsible for the development and launch of an over-the-counter women’s health product for the treatment of urinary incontinence. Previously, he was the General Manager of Atia Medical (2012–2013), an incubator founded company focusing on new treatments in ophthalmology. Prior to this, he served as President and CEO of InSite Medical Technologies (2008–2013) a venture backed start-up medical device company that developed a safer and easier to use method for epidural anesthesia. From 2003–2009 he served as Director of New Therapies and Legal Affairs at Guidant Cardiac Surgery; 1997-2002 as Senior R&D Engineer at Foxhollow Technologies; 1996-1997 as R&D Engineer at Heartport; and 1994-1996 as R&D Engineer, Devices for Vascular Intervention at Guidant. Education: MS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (1993-1994), BS, Mechanical Engineering University of California at Santa Barbara (1989-1993).