Ken Martin

Ken Martin is president and CEO of Cibiem, a medical device company dedicated to developing novel therapies for the treatment of sympathetic nervous system-mediated diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and diabetes.

Martin has over 20 years of experience in multidisciplinary technology development and product engineering of medical devices. Prior to joining Cibiem, Ken was President and CEO of Sadra medical where he worked with the founding team to significantly redesign the product leading ultimately to the company’s acquisition by Boston Scientific. Prior to joining Sadra, Ken was vice president of engineering at Hansen Medical, a robotic catheter control system company, and at Immersion Corporation, a pioneer in haptic feedback systems used for simulation and hands-on medical training. Prior to that, he was with IDEO, a product design and innovation consulting firm.

Ken holds a B.A.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto, an MS in manufacturing systems engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Santa Clara University. He is listed as inventor or co-inventor on over 50 issued patents and published patent applications. He has received a number of awards and fellowships, the most recent of which was the Biodesign Innovation Fellowship from Stanford University in 2004-2005.