Ventripoint Appoints Fiona Fitzgerald to the Board of Directors
Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. (“Ventripoint” or the “Company”), (TSXV:VPT); (OTC:VPTDF) is pleased to announce Fiona Fitzgerald has joined the Board of Directors of the Company.
“We are delighted to have Fiona join the Board and look forward to her insights from her decades of experience in sales, marketing and operations,” stated Dr. George Adams Executive-Chairman of Ventripoint.
“I am thrilled with this opportunity. With great AI-enabled technology and a successful round of financing just completed, I see nothing but growth in store for Ventripoint. From my involvement with commercialization activities in Canada I can recognize a winning match of a talented leadership team and and a technology who’s time has arrived,” stated Fiona Fitzgerald.
Fiona Fitzgerald was employed with General Electric Healthcare Corporation (GEHC) in Canada starting in 1995 and transitioned to Cytiva (formerly GEHC Life Sciences) when Danaher Corporation bought the operating company in March 2020. She is an experienced business leader in life sciences with a track record of success in sales, marketing, operations and R&D across three countries: Canada USA and UK/Ireland.
Along with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Biochemical Sciences, she also has a post graduate diploma in Management Sciences. She is also a graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Fiona has participated on various Government of Canada Federal committees including NSERC`s CREATE program and several NSERC Centre of Excellence Evaluation committees. In 2014 she chaired the CREATE Committee. She currently holds board memberships in CellCAN, CATTI, CIMTEC and the Advisory Board for the Centre of Bioengineering and Biotechnology at Waterloo University.
Fiona is actively involved in her community and volunteers with several local organizations.
The Company has awarded Fiona 500,000 options at an exercise price of $.50 with a term of 10 years and a vesting annually over 5 years.
About Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd.
Ventripoint has become an industry leader in the application of AI (Artificial Intelligence) to echocardiography. Ventripoint’s VMS products are powered by its proprietary KBR technology, which is the result of a decade of development and provides accurate volumetric cardiac measurements equivalent to MRI. This affordable, gold-standard alternative allows cardiologists greater confidence in the management of their patients. Providing better care to patients serves as a springboard and basic standard for all of Ventripoint’s products that guide our future developments. In addition, VMS+ is versatile and can be used with all ultrasound systems from any vendor supported by regulatory market approvals in the U.S., Europe and Canada.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. George Adams
gadams@venripoint.com
519-803-6937
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