Who's behind Carrot Medical
Carrot Medical has the benefit of an incredibly deep team of investors professionals and advisors. Committed to the future of our company and our technology, the team behind Carrot is as impressive as the actual product.
Ward Sparacio – Chief Executive Officer
Ward Sparacio holds over 15 years experience working within the medical device and medical imaging industries. At SonoSite, Ward was a member of the management team that introduced the world’s first hand-carried ultrasound imaging system. Ward also worked as the VP of Global Sales at Confirma, a leading developer of MRI CAD breast diagnostic software. Along with managing domestic sales, clinical and field operations, Ward served as an officer of the company and the managing director of the European subsidiary, Confirma GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany.
Doug Curl – Founder and Chief Customer Fulfillment Officer
Doug Curl has 20 years of experience in the hospital and healthcare industry. He was the founder and CEO of SmithCurl Communications. Over a 15-year period, he built SmithCurl into the premier supplier of Nurse Call and other communication systems to hospitals in New England. Based on his experience designing and integrating healthcare technologies, he conceived, prototyped and installed Carrot Medical’s first system. SmithCurl was sold to a strategic buyer in January 2009.
Craig Dickinson – Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Craig Dickinson brings a wealth of medical imaging and capital equipment sales and market development knowledge to the Carrot management team. Craig comes to Carrot with over 17 years of medical industry experience, primarily in sales leadership positions within the cardiac monitoring and imaging industries. Most recently, Craig was Director of Sales for Confirma, a leading developer of MRI CAD breast diagnostic software. Prior to Confirma, he was a Sales Director with SonoSite, an innovative imaging company that pioneered point-of-care ultrasound devices. Craig spent the majority of his management career at Spacelabs, a cardiac monitoring company. He has a BS in Management from Virginia Tech.
Kelvin Schleif – Director of Operations
Kelvin brings Carrot a decade of experience in technology development and small business growth. Most recently, Kelvin worked as a consultant at CFAR, a management consulting firm specializing in healthcare strategy. Prior to CFAR, Kelvin founded, grew and sold his stake in Requiem Software Labs, a mobile applications company based out of Boston. Kelvin also spent six years at Raytheon Company where, as a Senior Systems Engineer, he integrated early warning radar systems from discrete business units. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Haverford College and an MBA in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from Babson College.
Thomas A. Barocci, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board
Tom is the Founder and President of TAB Associates, Inc., a Boston-based Management consulting firm (tabconsults.com). Tom has been working with entrepreneurial firms since the late 1970’s when he was on the faculty of the Economics Department and MIT Sloan School of Management. Since 1986, Tom has participated in the founding, funding and development of over 10 start-ups. His competencies range from Strategic formulation and implementation to financial analyses. TAB Associates has been working with clients in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries for over 20 years.
Dr. Laurence M. Epstein – Medical Advisor
Dr. Epstein is the Chief of the Arrhythmia Service and Director of the Electrophysiology and Pacing Laboratory of the BWH. Under his leadership, the Arrhythmia Service of the BWH has become the premier center for the treatment and care of the most challenging patients. Dr. Epstein oversaw the design, construction and opening of a new state-of-the-art electrophysiology suite and clinic in the Shapiro Cardiovascular Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His knowledge of the market and technology is ideally suited to serve Carrot as a clinical and medical advisor in the development of new products and other strategy.
For more information or questions, please email: info@carrotmedical.com
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