Michael Thomas

About Michael Thomas

Seasoned CEO, serial entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist ($150M corp. VC), and innovation catalyst in medtech, digital health, med device, diagnostics, and healthcare services. Delivered investor returns ranging from 4x to 80x in over 12 early stage healthcare technology startup ventures. Raised over $125MM in VC and public market funding.Extensive experience as a Chief Executive Officer in building, funding, growing innovative startup, early, and growth stage healthcare technology, digital health, healthcare services, and medical device ventures, including turn-around situations, into paradigm shifting commercial successes. Startups range from university spinouts to internationally publicly traded companies.1. Successfully built 3 VC backed startups in disease management, healthcare services, and medical device spaces2. Raised over $125MM in VC and public market funding over six startups3. Achieved two liquidity events (one IPO, one sale)4. Founded a mobile health and medical device/medical technology start up for sleep apnea5. Inova portfolio currently valued at 1.3x initial investment with a 33.9%6. Raised over $25MM on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)7. Increased asthma medical device ASX listed company’s market capitalization 6,200% from $4MM to $246MM within 18 months8. Delivered investor returns ranging from 4x to 80x with 6 early stage healthcare technology startup ventures9. Turned around medical device venture in the physical therapy and rehab markets. Strategy pivot resulting in the first in class OTC wearable / digital health device utilizing diathermy technology10. Achieved the first FDA 510k for OTC asthma monitoring device 11. Achieved first FDA 510k for OTC diathermy therapy device for pain relief and healing12. As VC, led/co-led Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A investments for Inova Health System in diagnostics, digital health, med device, machine learning software as a device, and SaaS health IT startups.Specialties: Fractional / temp CEO services, Innovation, M&A, VC fundraising, startup to hyper-growth executive management, IPO, public company and institutional investor management/fundraising, international public company exec management, business development, turnaround, digital healthcare, disease management, artificial intelligence (AI), FDA.

Experience

1. Director Board of Directors

   Tanzen Medical, Inc

   Jan 2015 — Present · Baltimore, MD, US

Education

• Arundel Senior High School

  High School Diploma, General Studies

  1981 — 1985

• Cornell University

  Bachelor's degree, Microbiology

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Product Launch
• Mobile Health
• Hardware Diagnostics
• Board of Director Experience
• Private Equity
• Digital Health
• Biotechnology
• Corporate Development
• Sleep Apnea
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Fda
• Public Companies
• Managed Care
• Strategic Partnerships
• Lifesciences
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Mergers
• Start-Ups
• Venture Capital
• Crowdfunding
• Sales Management
• Market Development
• Global R&D
• Board of Directors
• Medical Devices
• International Business
• Medicare
• Executive Management
• Turnaround Experience
• Strategy
• Business Planning
• Marketing
• Product Development
• Sales
• Executive Sales Recruitment
• Healthcare
• Business Development
• M&a Experience
• Ipo