James Komsa

VP, U.S. Sales and Marketing at CytoSorbents

Over a distinguished 18 year career at Medtronic, Mr. Komsa was most recently Vice President of the Restorative Therapy Group (RTG) and the U.S. Pain Organization, with annual sales of $400 million and $1.1 billion, respectively, at the time. There, he was responsible for 16 business units, including Medtronic Spine, Neurology, ENT, Pain and others. Prior to that, Jim led the successful turnaround of Kyphon as U.S. Vice President Medtronic Spine Division. Formerly as Vice President, Northeast Region, Medtronic Cardiac and Vascular Group (CVG), Mr. Komsa was responsible for sales, marketing and operations for the Coronary, Structural Heart, Endovascular, and Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management business units, encompassing more than 300 full-time employees and generating more than $310 million in annual sales.

Prior to his career at Medtronic, Mr. Komsa was Vice President at Hambrecht & Quist, where he helped lead the operations and rapid sales growth of two start-up companies, Paceart and Zymed, which were ultimately acquired by Medtronic and Philips, respectively. Most recently, Mr. Komsa was Executive Vice President and General Manager of privately-held Pathy Medical, a medical device company focused on improving surgical illumination.

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  • VP, U.S. Sales and Marketing

    January, 2021 - present

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