Michael Barbella, Managing Editor03.26.21
Duane Wilder is Acutus Medical’s new chief commercial officer.
“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Duane to the Acutus team. Duane is a world-class commercial leader with deep expertise in image-guided therapy and is perfectly suited to lead our market expansion efforts”, said Vince Burgess, president and CEO, Acutus. “His specific experience bringing highly innovative and disruptive products to the market and successfully challenging entrenched competitors will be invaluable to our commercial efforts.”
Wilder joins Acutus with over 25 years of commercial experience in the medical technology industry. Most recently, Wilder served as vice president of U.S. Sales, for the Image Guided Therapy division of Philips, where he had national responsibility for all of Philips’ Image Guided Therapy equipment and service sales, as well as the disposable catheters used with the equipment. Previously, Wilder held roles of increasing responsibility at Volcano Corp. (prior to its acquisition by Philips) since 2002, culminating in his role as senior vice president, U.S. Commercial, where he was responsible for U.S. Sales, U.S. downstream marketing, and global training. Wilder began his medical technology career at W. Lorenz Surgical in 1994, and previously served our country as a surface warfare officer in the United States Navy.
Wilder stated, “I am excited to work with Vince again and to join the Acutus team on their mission to provide patient-focused solutions for the electrophysiology community. The electrophysiology market is large, fast growing and in need of continuous innovation if we are to improve patient outcomes and enable healthcare system efficiencies. I look forward to building something truly disruptive in my new role.”
“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Duane to the Acutus team. Duane is a world-class commercial leader with deep expertise in image-guided therapy and is perfectly suited to lead our market expansion efforts”, said Vince Burgess, president and CEO, Acutus. “His specific experience bringing highly innovative and disruptive products to the market and successfully challenging entrenched competitors will be invaluable to our commercial efforts.”
Wilder joins Acutus with over 25 years of commercial experience in the medical technology industry. Most recently, Wilder served as vice president of U.S. Sales, for the Image Guided Therapy division of Philips, where he had national responsibility for all of Philips’ Image Guided Therapy equipment and service sales, as well as the disposable catheters used with the equipment. Previously, Wilder held roles of increasing responsibility at Volcano Corp. (prior to its acquisition by Philips) since 2002, culminating in his role as senior vice president, U.S. Commercial, where he was responsible for U.S. Sales, U.S. downstream marketing, and global training. Wilder began his medical technology career at W. Lorenz Surgical in 1994, and previously served our country as a surface warfare officer in the United States Navy.
Wilder stated, “I am excited to work with Vince again and to join the Acutus team on their mission to provide patient-focused solutions for the electrophysiology community. The electrophysiology market is large, fast growing and in need of continuous innovation if we are to improve patient outcomes and enable healthcare system efficiencies. I look forward to building something truly disruptive in my new role.”