Michael D. Hooven

Mike Hooven has over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry in a broad variety of technical and clinical areas. He is the founder of three medical device companies and holds over 100 issued and pending US patents.

Mike is the founder, and a Director of AtriCure, Inc. (Nasdaq ATRC). AtriCure is a Medical Device company that manufactures and sells surgical devices to treat the most serious forms of atrial fibrillation. AtriCure has grown rapidly to become the market leader, with over 200,000 procedures performed. AtriCure completed a successful Initial Public Offering on August 5, 2005, and currently lists on the NASDAQ under the symbol ATRC as a multibillion-dollar company. Mike also is a Director and past Chairman of BioOhio, a state-funded organization to accelerate life-science start-up companies in Ohio. Mike was appointed by the Governor to the Third Frontier Advisory Board, a $2.3BB state funded initiative to accelerate high tech job creation in Ohio. Mike also sits on the Commercial Advisory Committee for the University of Cincinnati.

Mike previously held positions as the Chairman and CEO of AtriCure, and the Founder and Chairman of Enable Medical, a surgical device manufacturer that was acquired by AtriCure in August of 2005. Mike founded Enable in April of 1994, and prior to that he headed up all internal product development at Ethicon Endo-Surgery from 1988 to 1994. Mike held Engineering positions at Siemens/Pacesetter from 1986 to 1988, and at Cordis Corporation from 1981 to 1986. He earned a BS in Physics and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.