Howard Root

Mr. Root co-founded Vascular Solutions, Inc. in 1997 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from inception of the company through its sale to Teleflex Incorporated in February 2017 for $1 billion. Under Mr. Root’s leadership, Vascular Solutions developed and commercialized over 100 new medical devices that are used to diagnose and treat a variety of vascular diseases ranging from acute myocardial infarction to varicose veins. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Root was employed by ATS Medical, Inc., a mechanical heart valve medical device company, as Vice President and General Counsel. Previous thereto, Mr. Root practiced corporate law at the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP for over five years, specializing in representing emerging growth companies.