Christian Vandecasserie
United States
Mr. James Pastena served as the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman & Co-Founder at Precision Spine. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Spinal USA. Jim held many senior management positions in the medical device industry prior to joining Precision Spine. He holds several groundbreaking patents, and has established large, lucrative markets for many innovative medical products. Jim is also a Co-founder of, and served as CEO and Board Member of ElectroCore, LLC. In this capacity, he spearheaded this leading edge neuromodulation company and its initial entry into the bronchoconstriction arena with an innovative stimulation product. To date, five patents have been issued that may ultimately enable the treatment of critical airway disorders with several options from implantable devices, to change the course of the disease, all the way to non-invasive systems for patients in crisis. Before joining ElectroCore, Jim was President of EBI, and a Corporate Vice President of Biomet, its parent company. During his tenure with EBI he led the company's growth from $85 million in 1993, to $500 million with a +20% return at his departure. Jim also brought the company's Spine segment to the #4 market share position in the world. He organized the largest company-owned hybrid direct sales force in Orthopedics, and established unilateral external fixation for limb lengthening, trauma and Colles' fracture repair as standards of orthopedic care, resulting in EBI becoming the market leader in those important segments. These accomplishments, along with his important contributions toward positioning EBI as the market leader in the electrical stimulation market for long bone and spinal applications, remain unparalleled. Jim currently sits on the Boards of several medical companies, and has successfully worked in Endoscopy and Diagnostics as well as Consulting in various medical and non-medical markets. Jim has a B.S. in Marketing from Fairleigh Dickenson University.
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