Jim Schuermann

Jim has over 20 years of experience in medical devices, including more than a decade in LVADs. He was instrumental in transforming HeartWare, an LVAD start-up valued around $100M when he joined, into a $Bn Nasdaq-listed company. As Senior VP Sales & Marketing he led a rapid commercial scale-up from 0 to about $300M in annual sales. After HeartWare’s $1.1Bn acquisition by Medtronic in 2016, he became Vice President and General Manager of Medtronic’s Mechanical Circulatory Support Division. Prior to joining HeartWare, Jim spent nearly a decade at Boston Scientific. In 2018, he joined Avedro, an ophthalmic pharmaceutical and medical device company acquired by Glaukos in late 2019 for about $450M, as Chief Business Officer.