Overview

Gender

male

Mr. Deem joined The Foundry at its inception in 1998. In addition to spearheading the research and invention process on new clinical opportunities, Mr. Deem leads the early stage effort in The Foundry's new companies until the company's CEO and Senior Staff is hired.

Prior to joining The Foundry, Mr. Deem served in a founding role as consulting Director of Research and Development for Ventrica, Inc. Previously, Mr. Deem was a senior member of the Research & Development team at Medtronic Micro Interventional Systems. Mr. Deem joined MIS as one of the initial members of the company's engineering team and remained there through the acquisition by Medtronic.

Previously, Mr. Deem held engineering positions with Devices for Vascular Engineering, Cordis Corporation and the USCI Division of C.R. Bard.

Mr. Deem has spent over twenty years in the design, testing and manufacture of medical devices. He is a co-inventor on over 150 issued and pending U.S. patents. Mr. Deem earned his B.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Boston University.

Mr. Deem serves as a Director for FIRE1, Holaira, Twelve, and as Chairman of Miramar Labs.