Management Team

The Company has assembled a strong and experienced management team, most with many years of experience in the medical device industry and the INR market.

John T. Kilcoyne
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Kilcoyne, 48, was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in September of 2007 and served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from December 2004 through September 0f 2007. From April 2002 to April 2004, Mr. Kilcoyne served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Solace Therapeutics, Inc., a medical device company. From November 1997 to January 2002, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Endonetics, Inc., a medical device company. From February 1997 to November 1997, he served as the Vice President Sales and Marketing and New Business Development at Medical Scientific, Inc., a medical device company. From July 1993 to February 1997, he served as the Director of Marketing at Microsurge, Inc., a medical device company. Mr. Kilcoyne served in various sales and marketing positions with Guidant and Boston Scientific. Mr. Kilcoyne received his B.S. from Cornell University. Mr. Kilcoyne serves as a member of the board of directors of Onset Medical Corporation and Ellipse Technologies, both are private companies.

Robert A. Stern
President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Stern, 50, was appointed President and Chief Operating officer in September of 2007 and had served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since November 2004 and was Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer from January-November 2004. Mr. Stern was appointed as the Secretary of the Company in March 2005. From September 2000 to January 2004, Mr. Stern served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Context Connect, Inc., a telecommunications company. From March 2000 to September 2000, he served as the Executive Vice President of Quixel Capital Group, an investment holding company. From January 1996 to March 2000, he served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of InnerDyne, Inc., a medical device company. From October 1991 to January 1996, he served as Vice President, Corporate Finance and Chief Financial Officer of RhoMed Incorporated, a pharmaceutical company. Mr. Stern received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, and his M.B.A. from the University of New Mexico, Anderson School of Management.

Gordon Sangster
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Sangster, 55, joined Micrus in November 2007 as our Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of HemoSense, Inc., a publicly traded point-of-care clinical diagnostics company. From August 2000 through October 2006, Mr. Sangster was Chief Financial Officer of A.P. Pharma, Inc., a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company. From April 1993 to July 2000, he served as A.P. Pharma’s vice president of finance and controller. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Mitchell D. Auran
Vice President of Micrus Design Technology
Mr. Auran, has served as our Vice President of Micrus Design Technology since December 2006. From August 2004 through November 2006, Mr. Auran served as the President and Chief Financial Officer of VasCon, LLC, a medical device company. From January 2003 through July 2004, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Southern Specialties, Inc., a produce company. From October 2001 to December 2002, he served as Principal of Operations and Finance of Cenetec Ventures, LLC, a technology commercialization company, including serving as the President of APA Wireless Technologies, Inc., a broadband wireless technology company funded by Cenetec from March 2002 to December 2002. From January 1997 through October 2001 Mr. Auran was involved with two medical and one software startup companies. He also served in various management positions with Davol, Inc., and American Hydro-Surgical Instruments. Mr. Auran received his Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in accounting and finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado and his M.B.A from the Nova Southeastern University.

Carolyn M. Bruguera
Vice President and General Counsel
Ms. Bruguera joined Micrus in November 2005 as our Vice President and
General Counsel. From March 2004 to November 2005, she was a partner
with Montgomery Law Group in Menlo Park, specializing in corporate and
securities law, and from 2000 to 2004 she was a partner with Thoits,
Love, Hershberger & McLean in Palo Alto, which she joined as an
associate in 1998. She was an associate with Venture Law Group from
1995-1998 and with Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe from 1993-1995.
Ms. Bruguera received her J.D. from the University of California,
Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, and her A.B. from Harvard University.

Robert C. Colloton
Vice President, US Sales and Global Marketing
Mr. Colloton joined us in March 2005 and is our Vice President, US Sales and Global Marketing. From February 2003 to March 2005, Mr. Colloton served as the Vice President, Account and Market Development of VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc., a medical device company. Prior to this position, he also held the positions of Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and International Sales from April 2001 to February 2003 and Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing from June 1999 to April 2001, at VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. From June 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Colloton served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing of TransVascular, Inc., a medical device company. From January 1993 to June 1997, he served in various sales and marketing executive positions at Cardiometrics, Inc. Mr. Colloton received his B.S. in Business Administration at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Mike Crompton
Vice President, Regulatory/Clinical Affairs & Quality
Mr. Crompton joined Micrus in October 2006 as our Vice President, Regulatory/Clinical Affairs & Quality. From June 2005 to October 2006 he was a consultant to medical device companies, including the position as Vice President, Regulatory/Clinical Affairs and Quality Assurance at Spinal Kinetics, Inc., a medical device company. From October 2002 to June 2005, he served as the Vice President, Regulatory/Clinical Affairs/Quality Assurance & Chief Compliance Officer for Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., a medical device company. From December 2000 to September 2002 he was the Vice President, Regulatory/Clinical Affairs and Quality Assurance at CryoVascular Systems, Inc., a medical device company. From May 1996 to November 2000 he was the Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance at Symphonix Devices, Inc., a medical device company. Mr. Crompton received his bachelors degree in biochemistry and a M.P.H. in biomedical sciences from the University of California at Berkeley. He received his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.

William G. Rigas
Vice President of Sales, Asia and Latin America
Mr. Rigas joined us in November 2004 and is our Vice President of Sales, Asia and Latin America. From October 2003 to November 2004, Mr. Rigas served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Bioplate Inc., a manufacturer of neurosurgical and cranial facial products. From March 2002 to November  2003, he served as Managing Partner of Neurox Inc., a medical device company. Mr. Rigas also served as the Director International Sales and Marketing of Microtherapeutics Inc., from March 2001 to March 2002. From November 1998 to January 2001, Mr. Rigas served as Vice President Worldwide Sales & Marketing of Radiance Medical Systems, a medical device company. Mr. Rigas also served as Vice President Worldwide Sales from June 1993 to December 1997 and as Vice President Sales and Marketing from June 1991 to July 1993 of Neuro Navigational Corporation, a manufacturer of neurosurgery products. Mr. Rigas received his B.S. from California State University, Long Beach.

Jim B. Robbins
Vice President of Finance
Mr. Jim Robbins, has served as our Vice President of Finance since June 2006 and joined us as our Director of Finance in June 2004. From September 2003 through June 2004, Mr. Robbins served as the Corporate Controller for Genitope Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on the research and development of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer. From April 2000 through July 2001 Mr. Robbins was the Corporate Controller for Extricity, Inc., a leading provider of business-to-business software products. From May 1998 through April 2000 Mr. Robbins was the Corporate Controller for InVision Technologies, Inc., a leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of explosive detection systems for screening checked luggage for the aviation security industry. Mr. Robbins is a Certified Public Accountant and received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

Edward F. Ruppel, Jr.
Vice President, Technical Operations
Mr. Ruppel joined us in June 2003 and is our Vice President, Technical Operations. From March 2001 to March 2003, Mr. Ruppel served as the Vice President of Operations of CBYON, Inc., a surgical navigation software and equipment company. From June 1994 to December 2000, he served as Director of Operations, among other management positions, for Biometric Imaging, a subsidiary of Becton, Dickinson & Company, a medical technology company. Mr. Ruppel received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester.

Richard J. Snyder
Vice President of Human Resources
Mr. Snyder, joined us in September 2006 and serves as Micrus Endovascular Corporation Vice President of Human Resources. From June 2005 to August 2006, he was the Vice President of Human Resources for a private mortgage banking company. Mr. Snyder acted as a Human Resources consultant to companies in the medical device, high tech and financial services industries from February 2002 to June 2005. Prior to 2002, Mr. Snyder served in Senior Human Resources positions, both international and domestic, with Docent Inc, Lucent Technologies, Sybase, Bank of America and Citicorp. He received a M.A. in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in Economics from Macalester College.”

David A. Watson
Vice President of Research and Development
Mr. Watson has served as our Vice President of Research and Development since October 2004. From July 1999 to September 2004, Mr. Watson acted as an engineering and program management consultant to companies in the medical device industry, including Control Delivery Systems, Inc. from August 1999 to September 2004. From June 2001 to December 2002, he served as the Director of Engineering and Product Development for Control Delivery Systems, Inc., a medical device company. From September 1995 to July 1999, he served as Director of Engineering and Program Management, Director of Engineering and Associate Director, Engineering Development at Cythotherapeutics, Inc. Mr. Watson received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University.