About

Paul Molloy is Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company. Paul is an experienced CEO & General Manager with extensive global venture capital and private equity relationships. Paul has participated in two IPO’s, and exited three of his last four firms as CEO. Paul has participated in exits at the Board level in several other MedTech firms in the last decade. He is presently on the Board at ClearFlow, Inc. and Augustine Medical. He managed Teleflex’s largest division (Arrow Vascular) from 2011-2013 with a $700M P&L, six US and international manufacturing plants employing over 3,000 staff and a US sales organization of 100 reps. Paul was a CRNA in clinical practice, earned a diploma in Hospital Management from the Instituut Der Bedrijfswetenschappen in The Netherlands and holds an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Greg Johnstone, Avvio Medical’s CFO, has provided leadership to medical device, diagnostics and technology companies for over 25 years. He is a partner at FLG Partners, and has served as CFO for numerous innovative and successful companies, including Attune Medical (acquired by Haemonetics), Mindtribe (acquired by Accenture), Auxogyn (now Progyny (NASDAQ:PGNY), and Sensant Corp (acquired by Siemens). He has raised $300M+ in financing from venture capital, banks, strategic partners and family offices, and guided companies through all phases including founding, development, commercialization and successful exit. Greg holds an MBA from Babson College, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara and B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Rohit Girotra has over 17 years of medical device product development experience taking Class I, II and III (510(k) and PMA) devices from concept to commercialization. He was most recently the co-founder and Director of R&D at Tusker Medical (acquired by Smith & Nephew) where he led product development of the Tula system – a set of devices to place ear tubes in kids with chronic ear infections in an office setting under local anesthesia. Rohit began his engineering career at Guidant Corporation working on devices for cardiac surgery and has held engineering management positions at Acclarent (acquired by J&J) and Spirox (acquired by Stryker). Rohit holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune in India.

Susie Lahey is the Vice President of Corporate Administration and Human Resources at Avvio Medical. With over 20 years of experience, Susie brings a strong set of broad competencies to Avvio Medical. She has held Administrative and HR leadership roles at various medical device companies and is well-versed in the spectrum of duties associated with emerging companies. Susie is passionate about driving employee engagement and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. She has led successful initiatives on employee development, wellness & rewards, career mapping and policy implementation. Her core competencies include performance management, workforce management, corporate administration, and compensation & benefits. At Avvio Medical, Susie is a key member of the senior leadership team, providing strategic direction and leading all organization-wide Administrative and HR initiatives. Susie holds a bachelor’s degree in human services / human resource management from NDNU.

Louis Marcoux is Vice President of Regulatory, Quality and Clinical Affairs. He brings over 20 years of experience establishing robust quality systems and navigating complex regulatory pathways, both domestically and globally. Before joining Avvio Medical, Louis was with NeoTract (acquired by Teleflex) in senior roles within Marketing and Regulatory Affairs. Prior to that, Louis supported the global launch of the CoolSculpting System at ZELTIQ Aesthetics (acquired by Allergan, now part of AbbVie). He has also held key roles in Regulatory, Quality and Clinical at Coapt Systems (acquired by MicroAire Surgical) and with Stryker’s Endoscopy and Communications divisions. Louis holds degrees in International Business Management and Economics from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Dr. Alice Luong is the Director of Technical Operations and Head of Chemistry of Avvio Medical. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC San Diego for her work on conjugation of small molecule therapeutics to macromolecular carriers for use in drug delivery systems. Alice has over 10 years of experience producing and characterizing perfluorocarbon filled microparticles, which are the basis of Avvio’s Acoustic Enhancer, used in all of Avvio’s products. She leads the team at Avvio Medical involved in formulations, R&D, analytical development, and manufacturing, and is also significantly involved in clinical trial operations and quality affairs processes at Avvio.

Amy Sasser has been with Avvio Medical since 2020 and is currently serving as the Director of Clinical Affairs. She brings 24 years of clinical site and trial management experience to the company. She has a proven track record of implementing clinical trials and executing innovative enrollment strategies. Ms. Sasser entered clinical research in 1999 as co-founder of a multi-therapeutic site management organization in Austin, Texas. Jumping over to the industry side of the fence in 2011, she brings a unique perspective that fosters a collaborative site/sponsor relationship style of management that has proven successful in in achieving enrollment goals and producing quality clinical trial results.