Steven Dimmer joined Calypso® Medical in 2000. He brings more than 20 years of medical device experience which includes early stage companies. Prior to joining Calypso® Medical, Mr. Dimmer was Senior Director of Engineering, Development and Operations at Genetronics Inc. (Inovio), a San Diego-based drug and gene delivery company. At Genetronics, he built the medical device development and operations organization which designed and manufactured the first commercially available electroporation-based drug delivery system for surgical oncology. The system was licensed in 1998 to Ethicon Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company. Previously Mr. Dimmer held product development, engineering and operational management positions at Pyxis Corporation (Cardinal Health), IVAC Corporation (Cardinal Health) and Puritan Bennett (Tyco). Mr. Dimmer holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from San Diego State University and has been granted 14 issued patents and has 27 patents pending. |