Mike Connolly

Mr. Connolly has over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and CEO. He co-founded several device companies, three of which (Novacept, Cohesion Technologies, Pulmonx) have reached exits worth a combined $2B. He also led the regional office for $400M venture capital firm vSpring (now Signal Peak), and has served as CEO of two early-stage device companies. Mr. Connolly previously served as a Navy officer on a destroyer and taught physics at the U.S. Naval Academy. He has an MBA from Stanford, MS in mechanical engineering from MIT, and BS from the U.S. Naval Academy.