Surgical Information Sciences is dedicated to improving outcomes of DBS surgery through patient specific visualization of target structures and lead placement

Leadership

Brad Swatfager
CEO & President
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Prior to SIS, Brad served as Chief Financial Officer of Zyga Technology (acquired by RTI Surgical), where his responsibilities included Finance, Clinical Affairs, Regulatory, Quality, Operations and R&D.  Brad also served in the CFO role and General Manager of Atritech (acquired by Boston Scientific), where his responsibilities included Finance, Clinical Affairs and Regulatory. Brad began his career at Velocity Express and Ernst & Young prior to joining the medical device industry. He is a graduate of University of North Dakota with a BA in Accounting.

Ann Quinlan-Smith
Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory
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Prior to SIS, Ann was Division President at NAMSA, leading the Clinical and Consulting business segments which serve medical device company’s clinical, regulatory, quality, biological safety, and statistical needs, worldwide.  Early in her career, Ann held regulatory, clinical and management positions at Kallestad Diagnostics, American Medical Systems, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc./Guidant, and Microvena. Ann holds a BS in Medical Technology from the College of St. Benedict and an MBA from the University of Minnesota.

Dan Askarov
Vice President of Engineering
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Prior to SIS, Danny served in various executive software development positions, specializing in telecommunications, internet, mobile and cloud technologies.  Danny holds a BSC in Psychology and Computer Science and an MBA, both from Tel Aviv University.

Lisa Ingham
Vice President of Clinical
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Prior to SIS, Lisa was an independent clinical research strategist serving medical device companies and contract research organizations in the design, execution, analysis and reporting of clinical research. She previously served as the Director of Clinical of RTI Surgical, Zyga Technology, and Atritech, where her responsibilities included directing complex global studies and the development and growth of clinical departments. Lisa holds a BS in Biology from the University of Minnesota.

Board of Directors

Jim Bullock
Chairman
Noam Harel, PhD
Co-Founder
Mark Headrick
Jon Salveson

Scientific Advisors

Jerrold Vitek, MD, PhD
Guillermo Sapiro, PhD
Co-Founder
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University
Cameron McIntyre, PhD
Principal Investigator
McIntyre Lab