Darren R. Sherman

Mr. Sherman has served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and a member of the Board of Orchestra BioMed since May 2018. Since 2009, Mr. Sherman has been Managing Partner of Orchestra Medical Ventures, an investment firm that employs a strategy to create, build and invest in medical technology companies intended to generate substantial clinical value.

Since 2008, Mr. Sherman has also served as Chief Technical Officer of Accelerated Technologies, Inc. (ATI), a medical device accelerator company managed by Orchestra Medical Ventures. Funds managed by Orchestra Medical Ventures are shareholders in the Company. Mr. Sherman has over 25 years of management and entrepreneurial experience in the medical technology industry spanning interventional cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, sudden cardiac death, stroke, surgery, GI, and neurovascular therapies. Mr. Sherman served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Caliber since 2009. He was a co-founder and served on the Board of BackBeat since 2010. He was a co-founder and served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of FreeHold since 2011. From 2009 until 2016, he served on the board of directors of Vivasure. He is a member of the board of directors of Motus GI. Prior to joining Orchestra Medical Ventures, from February 2002 until March 2008, Mr. Sherman held various positions in executive management for Cordis Neurovascular (CNV), a Johnson & Johnson company, including Executive Director R&D and Director of Strategic Marketing for stroke products. He had worldwide responsibility for all neurovascular R&D and global strategic marketing responsibilities for the stroke franchise, including budgets, portfolio of products, and strategic planning. Mr. Sherman made significant contributions to the design and commercialization of a series of key products including the Enterprise Vascular Reconstruction Device and the Orbit Embolic Coil. From January 1997 until February 2002, Mr. Sherman played an integral role in the formation and development of Revivant Corp (acquired by Zoll) while working with Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D. at Fogarty Engineering. He was Revivant’s first employee and managed the design, development, and testing of the AutoPulse device from concept through market introduction. In addition to the R&D-related activities, Mr. Sherman supported the clinical research, marketing, and intellectual property efforts. The AutoPulse is a lightweight, portable tool replacing the need for manual chest compressions during cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for patients suffering from sudden cardiac arrest. From January 1995 until January 1997, Mr. Sherman held positions in research and development for Cardiac Pathways Corp., prior to its acquisition by Boston Scientific. Prior to Cardiac Pathways, he worked at Baxter Healthcare. In each of these companies, he participated in the creation, development, and launch of products. Mr. Sherman has authored more than 85 U.S. patents with an additional 90+ published applications. He earned a BS degree in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego.