Ashok C. Khandkar

A member of the Company’s Board of Directors since December 2011, Dr. Khandkar was the founding CEO of Amedica (AMDA), an SLC-based spine implant company, from 2000 to 2009. He led Amedica, to an IPO with a prospective valuation of $175M with Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter, at a 7X step up from Series A financing. In 2010, Dr. Khandkar founded BloXR, a radiation protection company that was sold to an industry buyer in 2014. Prior to that, he held various positions at Ceramatec, Inc. where he started its fuel cell division, ultimately acquired by Rolls Royce PLC. He has over 27 years of experience in leadership positions with responsibility for finance and business development. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Utah. Dr. Khandkar earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Arizona State University.