Todd Usen joined Minerva Surgical as President & CEO on January 3, 2023. Prior to Minerva Todd served as CEO at Activ Surgical, where he oversaw the FDA clearance of its ActivSight technology, as well as leading four Series fundraising rounds totaling over $92M.

Todd came to Activ Surgical after serving as the President of the Medical Systems Group at Olympus Corporation of the Americas, where he helped lead the expansion from 6 medical divisions to 11 in 3.5 years. Prior to joining the Olympus Corporation, Todd held the position of President, Orthopedics, at Smith and Nephew, overseeing the Total Joint, Sports Medicine and Trauma divisions.

Todd has held several other vital positions for Smith and Nelson including Senior Vice President and General Manager, Joint Reconstruction; Senior Vice President, Sports Medicine; and Senior Vice President, Endoscopy.

Prior to Smith and Nephew, Todd worked for Boston Scientific as the Vice President of Sales for the Neurovascular Division, Director of Endoscopy Sales, and Global Manager of Field Development.

Todd completed his MBA at Pepperdine University and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Isenberg School at the University of Massachusetts, While at UMASS he played baseball and was recognized and inducted into the “Outstanding College Students of America” and the Golden Key National Honor Society.

Eugene V. Skalnyi, M.D. joined the company in January 2011. Prior to that, Dr. Skalnyi served as Vice President of Medical Affairs for several companies, including Sierra Surgical Technologies, Cytyc Surgical Products (acquired by Hologic, Inc.), Novacept Inc. (acquired by Cytyc Corporation), other. In addition, he served as a Medical Advisor and/or member of Board of Directors for various companies, including Meditrina, Inc., CorRx, Inc., IoGyn, Inc. (acquired by Boston Scientific), and Pulse Therapeutic Technology, Inc. Dr. Skalnyi continues to be academically active by serving on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. Dr. Skalnyi received his Medical Degree from Moldova State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu” in 1988 and sub-specialized in Advanced Operative Endoscopy in 1990.

Arleen Felt has over 30 years of experience in the Medical Device industry in both Quality Assurance and Operations. Arleen has vast experience working with large, multi-national corporations as well as smaller, start-up device companies. Prior to joining Minerva Surgical in 2021 Arleen held management positions at ZipLine Medical (acquired by Stryker), EarLens, Arqos Surgical, Sierra Surgical, Cytyc Surgical (Acquired by Hologic), Abbott Labs/Hospira, and LifeScan, a Johnson and Johnson Company. In addition, Arleen served as a QA consultant for Minerva Surgical in 2011 during the early development of the Minerva ES system and also worked closely with IOGYN on the development of the Symphion system prior to the acquisition of the product by Boston Scientific. She holds a B.S. Degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A from Santa Clara University. She is also an ASQ certified Biomedical Quality Auditor.

Joanne Long serves as Vice President, Corporate Controller of Minerva Surgical since February 2021. She brings 10 years of experience in accounting, with a focus on health care and medical technology industry. Prior to joining Minerva Surgical, Joanne was Vice President, Corporate Controller at Carbon Health Technologies. She also held financial leadership positions at two other health care companies including Counsyl, Inc., which was acquired by Myriad Genetics, Inc. Joanne began her career in public accounting, spending 6 years at KPMG, LLP, and earned her B.S. in Accounting from University of Queensland, Australia and is an inactive Certified Public Accountant.

Wendy Bowman serves as our VP, Human Resources; she joined us in 2015 as Director of HR. She brings 20 years of in-house and consulting HR experience in large companies, small emerging companies, and venture capital firms. Most recently, Ms. Bowman has been an HR Consultant with Christine Mathews Consulting advising leadership teams and building out HR strategies for business growth. Previously, she held roles at SurgRx (acquired by Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a Johnson & Johnson company) and Procter & Gamble. She received a B.S. in Business Administration from University of Costa Rica.

Klyde Kanegawa serves as our Vice President of Manufacturing, He joined us in 2011 as Director of Operations. Prior to joining our company, he served as Director of Manufacturing Engineering for three companies including SpineView Inc. from August 2009 to October 2011, SurgRx Inc. (acquired by Ethicon Endo-Surgery) from April 2006 to July 2009, and Novacept Inc. (acquired by Cytyc Corporation) from July 2002 to April 2006. He has also served in various engineering roles at ArthroCare Corporation, Cardiac Pathways Corporation, Guidant Corporation, ReSound Corporation, Life Enhancement Technologies Inc., and Life Support Systems Inc. Mr. Kanegawa holds a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at Davis and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Erik Reese serves as our VP of Sales; he joined us in 2015 as a Regional Director to commercialize the Minerva product. He was instrumental in building the first sales teams and “go to market strategy” for Minerva to become one of the most recognizable products in the endometrial ablation space.

Erik came to Minerva Surgical after serving in several leadership roles to commercialize products at Cytyc Surgical, (acquired by Hologic), SurgRx, (acquired by Ethicon Endo Surgery), DFine, (acquired by Merit Medical), and Neomend (acquired by Bard Davol) that ended each with a successful exit in the market. Erik was a key member of the transition teams in several of these acquisitions where he served in Sales Leadership, Sales Training and Global Marketing positions. Erik graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Marketing and holds Certificates in Executive Leadership from the University of Chicago, London, UK, and Executive Education at Babson College.

Greg Simbro serves as our Vice President of Finance. He joined the company in August 2021 and brings over 10 years of finance and accounting experience with a focus on companies in the healthcare and medical technology industry. Prior to joining Minerva Surgical, Greg held leadership positions within the accounting functions at both GRAIL and Counsyl, Inc. Greg began his career in public accounting as an auditor with BDO USA, LLP. He is an active Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting, as well as a Masters in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.