Michael Barbella, Managing Editor10.24.22
Titan Medical Inc. has appointed Eric Heinz as vice president, Market and Corporate Development, responsible for developing and executing on strategic business plans to expand and accelerate Titan’s Enos robotic single access surgical system’s portfolio cadence. He also is leading existing partnerships and looking to supplement those to maximize Titan’s reach and the Enos system's utilization. Heinz will engage and collaborate with stakeholders in refining the company’s value proposition, branding, product positioning and core messaging.
“We are excited to have Eric join the senior leadership team. Eric brings a proven track record of leading efforts to grow businesses and augment markets in the dynamic surgical robotics industry. It was especially important for us to bring in a leader with extensive experience at leading successful negotiations while driving organic and inorganic growth in the medical technology industry,” Titan President/CEO Cary Vance said.
Heinz has more than 20 years of medical device experience across business strategy, corporate development, product development, and marketing for companies ranging in size from small-cap to multi-nationals. He recently served as director, Business Development (M&A), for Smith+Nephew, where he led teams responsible for executing upon the inorganic growth strategy via M&A, equity investments, and co-development partnerships. Before joining Smith & Nephew, Heinz was a consultant to ZimmerBiomet, Medtech Surgical SA, and a boutique investment bank, managing quality remediation, market development, and private placement projects, respectively. He also served as senior marketing manager for the SYMBIS Surgical System MRI-compatible neurosurgical robotics business at IMRIS, and as a product manager over the $500 million instruments, accessories and video system portfolio at Intuitive Surgical.
Heinz earned a master's degree in engineering management from Christian Brothers University, a bachelor of science degree in bioengineering from The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and is anticipated to graduate with an Executive MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in December.
Titan Medical Inc., headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and with operations in Chapel Hill, N.C., is focused on enhancing robotic assisted surgery using innovative technology through a single access point. The Enos robotic single access surgical system is being developed with an ergonomic focus to provide a surgical experience that imitates real-life movements that surgeons demand and includes multi-articulating instruments designed to allow surgeons an increased range of motion in a confined space, with dexterity and the ability to exert the forces necessary to complete common surgical tasks. With the Enos system, Titan intends to initially pursue gynecologic surgical indications.
“We are excited to have Eric join the senior leadership team. Eric brings a proven track record of leading efforts to grow businesses and augment markets in the dynamic surgical robotics industry. It was especially important for us to bring in a leader with extensive experience at leading successful negotiations while driving organic and inorganic growth in the medical technology industry,” Titan President/CEO Cary Vance said.
Heinz has more than 20 years of medical device experience across business strategy, corporate development, product development, and marketing for companies ranging in size from small-cap to multi-nationals. He recently served as director, Business Development (M&A), for Smith+Nephew, where he led teams responsible for executing upon the inorganic growth strategy via M&A, equity investments, and co-development partnerships. Before joining Smith & Nephew, Heinz was a consultant to ZimmerBiomet, Medtech Surgical SA, and a boutique investment bank, managing quality remediation, market development, and private placement projects, respectively. He also served as senior marketing manager for the SYMBIS Surgical System MRI-compatible neurosurgical robotics business at IMRIS, and as a product manager over the $500 million instruments, accessories and video system portfolio at Intuitive Surgical.
Heinz earned a master's degree in engineering management from Christian Brothers University, a bachelor of science degree in bioengineering from The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and is anticipated to graduate with an Executive MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in December.
Titan Medical Inc., headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and with operations in Chapel Hill, N.C., is focused on enhancing robotic assisted surgery using innovative technology through a single access point. The Enos robotic single access surgical system is being developed with an ergonomic focus to provide a surgical experience that imitates real-life movements that surgeons demand and includes multi-articulating instruments designed to allow surgeons an increased range of motion in a confined space, with dexterity and the ability to exert the forces necessary to complete common surgical tasks. With the Enos system, Titan intends to initially pursue gynecologic surgical indications.