Paul Verrastro

Paul Verrastro has over 30 years of experience in the cardiac rhythm market. He started his career as a sales representative for Medtronic. After 10 years in the field, he joined Guidant as Director of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators Marketing. He then served as Vice President of Marketing for all of Guidant in Europe and later as Vice President of Global Marketing for their CRM division. Following the acquisition by Boston Scientific, he left to start his own consulting business and worked with clients such as St. Jude Medical, Abbott Cardiovascular and Medtronic CRDM. In May of 2011, he joined Medtronic as Vice President of Global Strategic Marketing. Over his career, he has helped bring a number of new technologies to market such as Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapies, Implantable Loop Recorders and Leadless Pacing. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University.