Management Team
Kerry Pope
President, CEO
Mr. Pope is the incorporator of Novare and its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. He previously served as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Computer Motion, and prior to that as Vice President, General Manager for Baxter Healthcare, Vascular Systems Division. Mr. Pope has over 25 years of sales and marketing experience in medical devices. He has a B.S. degree in business from the University of Maryland.David Danitz
Vice President, Research and Development
David Danitz has been working in the research and development arena for 13 years. He joined Novare Surgical in 2000. Mr. Danitz last served at Computer Motion as a project manager for the Zeus Surgical Robotic System. Prior to that, Mr. Danitz held a research engineering position at Exxon Production Research Center. Mr. Danitz earned a BSME degree with high honors from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and an SMME degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Joe Guido
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Mr. Guido has 16 years of medical device industry experience, holding a variety of positions in both Marketing and Sales. In May 2006, Mr. Guido joined Novare from Abbott Vascular where he served as Director of Strategic Marketing for the division's franchise business, Vessel Closure. Mr. Guido has also held senior level positions as Vice President of Marketing at Intuitive Surgical, Director of Marketing at Stryker Endoscopy as well as Sales roles with Davis & Geck. Mr. Guido received his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and his B.S. from Villanova University.Phoumren Tan
Vice President, Administration and Finance
Phoumren Tan joined Novare Surgical in 2002 as Controller and has held increasingly responsible roles in finance, strategic planning and information technology leading up to his current role of Vice President of Administration and Finance. Prior to joining Novare, Mr. Tan had over ten years experience in finance and accounting administration in both the medical device and information technology market segments. Mr. Tan joined Novare Surgical from JetStream Communications and Boston Scientific Corporation where he held senior accounting and supervisory positions. Mr. Tan has a BS degree in Business/Finance from San Jose State University.Edison Manuel
Vice President, Operations and Manufacturing
Edison Manuel joined Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. in September of 2007 from RITA Medical Systems (acquired by AngioDynamics, Inc.), where he was Senior Director of Operations from 2003 to 2007. At RITA, Mr. Manuel held senior level positions in Program Management and New Product Introduction. He directed the integration and consolidation of manufacturing facilities as it acquired Horizon Medical Products in 2004. Prior to RITA, Mr. Manuel was the Operations Director for Computer Motion. During his 7 years at Computer Motion, Mr. Manuel acted in the capacity of Program Manager and Materials Director. Mr. Manuel also held various positions in Supply Chain and Material Management. Mr. Manuel received a BS degree in Management and Industrial Engineering at Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila, Philippines.