AtriCure Names New COO, CFO

West Chester, Ohio-based AtriCure Inc. has instated Douglas Seith in the role of chief operating officer. Seith will now be responsible for all global commercial organizations as well as education and clinical science programs. The company, which makes surgical treatments for atrial fibrillation and left atrial appendage management, has also promoted Andy Wade to senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Seith has over 25 years of cardiology and general surgery sales and sales leadership experience and has served as AtriCure’s senior vice president, sales and marketing since January 2013. Since joining AtriCure in 2004, Seith has held a variety of progressive sales and sales leadership positions. Prior to joining AtriCure, Seith held sales leadership or sales positions with A-Med/EmoblX Inc., where he was the vice president of sales, Heartport Inc., Scimed Life Systems (a division of Boston Scientific Inc.) and Automated Instruments (a division of United States Surgical Corporation).

“Doug is an exceptional executive who has strong customer skills as well as keen clinical and technical capabilities,” said Mike Carrel, president and CEO of AtriCure. “In his decade plus tenure at AtriCure, he has helped lead the company’s remarkable and consistent growth. His leadership has been paramount to our success and I have confidence that his innovative thinking and vision will continue to enhance the strategic direction and growth of the company.”

“Andy has served as our vice president and chief financial officer since 2013, and possesses a particularly impressive track record over the course of his seven years at AtriCure,” Carrel added about Wade. “Some of his many accomplishments include leading two public financings in the span of 13 months, raising over $125 million in the process, while supporting our growth and the integration of Estech. It is because of these and many important contributions as well as his leadership strengths that Andy has been promoted to senior vice president.”