Christine Trepanier

Christine leads the Technology Strategy for Confluent Medical Technologies. She also manages the Nitinol Product Development, Technical Services, and Engineering teams, focusing on Materials and Components development. With over 25 years of experience with product development, optimization of the corrosion behavior, and biocompatibility of Nitinol, Christine is recognized by the industry and by the FDA as an expert in the field of surface engineering and corrosion of Nitinol. Christine joined NDC/Johnson & Johnson in 1997 and has held various positions over the years from process engineer to Director of Product Development and most recently Senior Vice President of our Fremont site where she was responsible for Operations and Development. Christine holds a BS in Materials Engineering and an MS in Biomedical Engineering from École Polytechnique of Montreal.