HeartFlow Bolsters Executive Team

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HeartFlow reported the recent appointment of several key executives including Baird Radford, as chief financial officer; Brent Ness, as chief commercial officer; Robert Eno, as vice president of marketing; and Yoshiki Kawabata, as president of HeartFlow Japan GK.

"This team shares broad experience and significant track records of success in bringing to market some of our era's most innovative technologies, across multiple fields and specialties. As a company, we share a vision of improving patient outcomes and experiences and reducing costs to the health care system," said John H. Stevens, M.D., chairman and CEO of HeartFlow. "These individuals provide the exact experience and skills needed as we prepare to become a global, commercial stage company. I am thrilled to welcome Baird, Brent, Rob and Yoshiki to the HeartFlow family."

HeartFlow said that Radford has more than 20 years of public company finance experience in Silicon Valley. Prior to joining HeartFlow, Radford served as vice president of finance at Intuitive Surgical, with responsibility for financial planning and analysis, investor relations, and enterprise analytics.

The company said that Ness has more than 25 years of experience in commercial and executive roles in health care. Prior to joining HeartFlow Ness served as president and chief commercial officer of ProNerve, a leader in the field of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IOM), and as vice president of global sales and marketing for Medtronic Navigation.

Eno has 20 years of experience in bringing disruptive medical technologies to market. Prior to joining HeartFlow, he held the position of vice president of marketing and international sales at OptiMedica, which was acquired by Abbott.

Yoshiki Kawabata has more than 25 years of experience in a variety of medical device businesses including surgical staplers, endoscopic devices, electrophysiology ablation products, cardiac intervention catheters, fractional flow reserve and optical coherence tomography devices and in vitro diagnostics products. Prior to joining HeartFlow, he held the position of senior director of business development and alliances at Adachi.