Management Team
John Chandler Kraczkowsky
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Kraczkowsky has spent 23 years in the life science industry, over half of that involving medical device startups. His background features commercialization experience in several medical specialties, including Cardiology, Cardio/vascular, Plastic/Cosmetic, ENT, Gynecology and General Surgery. Most recently, he was the interim CEO at Advanced Headache Interventions. From 2002 to 2008, he was with aesthetic implant manufacturer, Coapt Systems, where he served as the Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Kraczkowsky was the President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Revitalon, an early stage E-healthcare company focused on providing web-based solutions to the sleep disorder market. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Marketing and Distributor Sales for FemRx (J & J) an early stage medical device company focused on the emerging women's health field. His earlier experience includes sales, marketing and business development for Meadox Medicals and SciMed Life Systems (both Boston Scientific) and Davis + Geck (Syneture). Mr. Kraczkowsky has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
D. Michael Litscher
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Litscher co-founded KCBioMedix in 2006 and served as the company's first CEO. Prior to 2006, he was a General Manger with the biotech firm, Serologicals Corporation, where he was responsible for the start-up of its Lawrence, KS operation. His other roles have included Chief Operating Officer/Vice President of Operations and board member for Lasersight, a surgical laser manufacturer and GM/VP of Operations for Frantz Medical. Mr. Litscher was also a member of the management team responsible for the start up of the CT and MRI businesses for General Electric Medical Systems. His senior management experience is complemented by over 30 years of medical device experience in operations, quality systems and regulatory compliance. Mr. Litscher earned his BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Arizona and his MBA from the University of Wisconsin.
David Stalling, PhD
Co-Founder and
Chief Technical Officer
Dr. Stalling is also a company co-founder . In his early career, he was an industry pioneer and leader in the fields of instrumentation and chromatography, filing a total of thirteen related patents, publishing 85 articles and successfully launching a number of new products and companies. Among his various roles he has been COO of Primus (now Trinity Bioscience), CEO of Laboratory Automation, (an ABC Labs Spin-off) and SVP/Co-founder of ABC Labs, a leader in the field of chromatography. As a NASA Pre-Doctoral Fellow, his research methodology and instrumentation were used in the search for life molecules during the Apollo 11 - 15 Lunar Missions.
Bruce Richardson
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Richardson has rich and diverse business background including CFO of WorldWideWeb NetworX, Inc., a publicly traded technology holding company; CEO of IONet Solutions, a start-up networking security company; and CFO of several large operating divisions at AT&T. His financial and business expertise extends to a variety of fields including assessment and valuation of new business opportunities, management of turn-around situations, raising capital for new ventures, and creating innovative business strategies for optimizing operational performance.
Monty W. Hukill
Vice President, Sales
Mr. Hukill has over 20 years of experience in medical device sales and management. His most recent position was VP of Sales with NeuroMetrix, a neurodiagnostics device manufacturer, where he was instrumental in growing sales form less than $3 million to over $40 million. Monty has significant expertise in creating successful sales strategies and developing channels to sell complex capital equipment into the hospital market. Over his career, he has worked with five medical device start-ups, including both i-Stat and Chiron, where he gained experience in the neonatal care market. Mr. Hukill graduated from Texas A & M University with a BA in Biology.