David Clapper Biography and Net Worth

David M. Clapper has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2011 and has served as a member of the board of directors since October 2008. Mr. Clapper started his medical device career at Johnson & Johnson. During his 16 years at Johnson & Johnson, he held positions from Sales Representative to Vice President of Product Management, Sales, and Marketing, and a member of the board of directors of Ethicon Inc., Ethicon Endo-Surgery, and Critikon, Inc. In 1993, he became the President and CEO of Focal Inc. (Nasdaq: FOCL – acquired by Genzyme/Sanofi), a biomaterials company in Boston. In 1999, Mr. Clapper began serving as President and CEO of Novacept Inc. in Palo Alto, CA until its acquisition in 2004 by Cytyc Corporation. In 2005 Mr. Clapper began serving as the President and CEO of SurgRx, Inc. until its acquisition in December 2008, by Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company. In the past, he also served as a member of the board of directors at SVB Financial Group and Silicon Valley Bank (Nasdaq: SIVB), Pulmonx Corporation (Nasdaq: LUNG), Conor Medsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CONR—acquired by Johnson and Johnson), St. Francis Medical Technologies Inc., (acquired by Kyphon/Medtronic), Baxano, Inc. (acquired by TranS1), DFINE, Inc. (acquired by Merit Medical), IoGyn, Inc. (acquired by Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC)), Neomend, Inc. (acquired by CR Bard), Carbylan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBYL – acquired by KalVista), and RELIGN Corporation (acquired by Zimmer-Biomet). Mr. Clapper is currently serving on the board of directors of Corinth MedTech. Mr. Clapper holds a B.A. in Marketing from Bowling Green State University.