Sean Heyniger

Founder & CEO at Watermark Medical

Mr. Heyniger founded Watermark Medical in 2008 and has over 30 years of experience building healthcare service organizations and delivering innovative solutions to the healthcare market. Mr. Heyniger began his career with PSS/World Medical in 1989 as a sales representative. He quickly climbed within the company holding various sales leadership positions. The company rapidly grew during his tenure to over $1.8 billion in gross revenue. Mr. Heyniger’s accomplishments at PSS/World Medical included CEO roundtable member for top 1% producers and Vice President of Corporate Development with responsibilities in acquisitions, pioneering new distribution centers, and sales and management training.

Mr. Heyniger pursued an entrepreneurial vision for expanding remote monitoring services to the physician market by Co-founding PDSHeart in 2000. He had the vision of bringing world-class sales and a direct distribution network to serve an expanding remote cardiac monitoring business. PDSHeart was the first to receive the Joint Commission Accreditation in the cardiac diagnostic sector. PDSHeart was recognized by Inc, Magazine as one of the Top 1,000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America in 2006 and received a South Florida Technology award. In March 2007, Mr. Heyniger successfully negotiated the sale of PDSHeart to CardioNet, a national wireless cardiac monitoring company.

Mr. Heyniger believed that the market for sleep breathing disorders was equally ripe for an innovative delivery model when he founded Watermark Medical in 2008 by rapidly disrupting the delivery of sleep diagnostic services through the primary care channel. Today, Watermark is considered a pioneer and leader in the advancement of home sleep diagnostic services.

He attended the University of Maryland in College Park and Florida State University in Tallahassee, where he graduated with a B.S. in Social Sciences. Sean was born in Groton, Connecticut, and currently resides in Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife and six children.

Timeline

  • Founder & CEO

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