With over 30 years of experience in the medical device and orthobiologics industries, Patrick O’Donnell has established a successful company building track record. As the C-Level executive officer of several companies, he has built and led Board of Directors and Executive Management teams as well as raised over $100M in capital to fund and execute product development and clinical programs towards regulatory milestones and the pathway to liquidity. In addition to his leadership and Board of Directors role at NanoHive Medical, Patrick serves on the Board of Directors for ChitogenX Inc., a Canada-based publicly traded regenerative medicine company, and an advisor to the Board of Directors of U.K-based Renovos Biologics Ltd.. Prior to NanoHive Medical, Patrick served as the General Manager and Executive Vice-President of North America for BoneSupport A.B.  Prior to BoneSupport, Patrick held CEO roles at Histogenics and Prochon-BioTech as well as management roles of escalating responsibility with J&J DePuy Spine and Confluent Surgical..

Ian Helmar, founder of NanoHive Medical, developed the proprietary lattice, which is the basis for NanoHive’s product portfolio. Ian has over 10 years of engineering experience in the spine market, designing complex instruments and 3D printed spinal implants. Since 2016, Ian has served as head of Research and Development and has led the development of all of NanoHive’s product lines. Ian holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Ken Dieselman has over 15 years of professional experience in the spinal implant and biologics markets, building and managing Marketing and Engineering teams. Prior to joining NanoHive, Ken held VP and Senior Director roles at Stryker Spine, K2M Spine, Smith & Nephew and J&J DePuy Spine. Ken graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Boston University with a Masters in Business Administration.

Prior to joining the team at NanoHive Medical, Christy Rickrode worked as a a Senior Development Engineer for FloSpine. In 2018, Christy became a member of the NanoHive Quality team and has successfully navigated FDA audits and continues to maintain NanoHive’s strict standards of compliance, in various facets of the business. Christy holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Biomechanics from the University of Florida as well as a certificate in General Additive Manufacturing.

Dr. Khajavi is a leading board-certified neurosurgeon and a recognized leader in the field of minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, as well as sports neurosurgery. He received his undergraduate degree from Emory University and his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine through a scholarship from the US Air Force. After completing a neurosurgical residency at the Cleveland Clinic, he returned to active duty and served in the Department of Neurosurgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He founded Georgia Spine & Neurosurgery Center in 2002 and currently holds clinical faculty appointments at Mercer and Georgia State Universities.