Management

TrueVision has engaged a distinguished management team and group of advisors comprised of surgeons and business executives with extensive experience in medical digital imaging, surgical devices, and early stage technology ventures.

Forrest FORREST FLEMING, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND BOARD MEMBER, has a distinguished track record of creating successful start-up companies across a diverse industry portfolio, specializing in creating, funding, and executing business plans to optimally commercialize world-changing inventions. He served in senior sales and marketing positions for several successful startups, including Parametric Technology (professional engineering software), Celera Genomics (drug discovery), and Cinesite, a division of Kodak (digital imaging services). Most recently, Mr. Fleming was CEO of ScentAir Technologies, a pioneer in creating scent-marketing solutions for retail environments and consumer brand promotions. He holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Technology from California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo, California.

MICHAEL WEISSMAN, PH.D., FOUNDER AND CHIEF SCIENTIST, is a technical visionary with over 40 years of research and development experience. As one of the world’s leading stereoscopic experts, Dr. Weissman is guiding the company’s advanced development projects. He has been developing 3D stereoscopic video systems for 25 years, and his 3D systems have traveled two miles under the sea and into radioactive waste sites. Prior to founding TrueVision, Dr. Weissman was a member of the engineering team at Karl Storz Imaging that developed that company's 3D endoscope. He has also helped develop head-mounted displays, 3D tracking systems, and stereoscopic software. In the 1980s he founded Microscience, Inc., one of the first companies to develop 2D and 3D video analysis on personal computers. Dr. Weissman is a member of the program committee for the Stereoscopic Applications Conference of the SPIE. He earned his undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins and his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and performed post-doctoral research at Imperial College, London.

Bragg DAVID BRAGG, VICE-PRESIDENT OF SALES, has 25 years of marketing and sales experience in the ophthalmic surgical industry. He served as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at WaveTec Vision Systems Inc., and prior to that was Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for Advanced Vision Science (AVS), a subsidiary of Santen Inc., based in Osaka Japan. Mr. Bragg has also held senior sales and marketing positions with Bausch and Lomb, Chiron Vision, and Johnson & Johnson. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota.

BURTON TRIPATHI, PH.D., VP OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER, has over 15 years of experience developing and marketing innovative medical device technology. As senior manager for the Lap-Band® business at Allergan (previously Inamed), Dr. Tripathi managed an $8 million direct-to-consumer advertising campaign. Prior to that he was the product manager for robotic surgical systems at Computer Motion, Inc. (now Intuitive Surgical), where he determined market opportunities, established product pricing, delivered sales training presentations, created ROI models, and identified additional revenue potential for current products. Previously, Dr. Tripathi worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. where he focused on high-tech, life sciences, and corporate finance work, including assignments with medical device, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Tripathi received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering/Material Science and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.

Reali ROBERT REALI, VICE-PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AND MARKETING, is an experienced executive in operations, sales and marketing for technology based companies. Prior to TrueVision, Reali was the Business Development and Programs Manager for Advanced Propulsion Technologies (now Eco-Motors Intl), a company that successfully developed a high density diesel engine for powertrain and generators. Mr. Reali was also the co-founder and COO for over 20 years at ExperTelligence (now Microsoft), a technology company that developed computer and internet software. Mr. Reali specializes in implementing sales and marketing programs for new products. He is also experienced in product management, intellectual property protection, and investor/public relations. Mr. Reali attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

Reali TOM PICKETT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, has 25 plus years of experience as a senior finance and operations executive with companies ranging from technology based start-ups to a multi-national publicly traded corporation in the information services business. His successes include leading the financial turnaround of two companies, raising over $128 million in debt and equity for eight companies and completing eight acquisitions. Tom is working with the CEO, senior management, and the board of directors in strategic planning for the company with an emphasis on the financial elements of the company’s strategic plan. Tom is working actively on raising financing to support the company’s growth. Tom’s education includes Stanford Business School’s Executive Program in Strategy, an MBA from Harvard Business School, a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Virginia and various courses related to initial public offerings and SEC reporting.

Reali DAVID STUART, VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, is seasoned in operations, new product introductions and development both in the US and abroad and is leading the company in the development of OEM relationships, building international sales channels and creating new clinical applications utilizing TrueVision’s technologies. David has served as Vice President of International Markets for InTouch Health and earlier was Vice President of Operations and New Product Introduction and later named Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Computer Motion (Intuitive Surgical) David attended both the University of Delaware and Bentley College in Massachusetts and majored in chemistry and computer science.

Reali Thomas P. Riederer PE, Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, and co-founder of the company,
has over 30 years experience in technology products including product design and development, manufacturing, quality assurance, regulatory compliance and system integration. Currently he is the company's chief mechanical and manufacturing engineer and is setting up the FDA-compliant Quality System required to manufacture the company's products. He has numerous technology firsts, such as his involvement in the development of the first color inkjet printer (Hewlett-Packard Corporation), the first FDA-cleared surgical robot (Computer Motion, Inc., now Intuitive Surgical Corporation) and the first practical 3D Lens Adapter for camcorders (the NuView). A veteran of numerous startup companies, he has spent the last ten years developing 3D cameras, systems and movies (Up Denali 3D). Mr Riederer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and has done grad school work there and at Stanford University and USC in electrical engineering, magnetics and laser systems. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in California (M25211) and Wisconsin (23181-006).

KURT MACLEAN, ESQ., DIRECTOR OF IP DEVELOPMENT, has devoted more than 25 years to creating and litigating intellectual property portfolios for medical device companies. Before founding Functional IP Inc., he managed the medical device IP portfolio business at Oppenheimer, Wolfe and Donnelly LLC in Newport Beach, California, with a distinguished client list including Baxter and Medtronic. He has written hundreds of issued patents, many of them cornerstones of successful new businesses, and defended them against infringement. Mr. MacLean received his law degree magna cum laude from UCLA.

ARTHUR RICE III, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS was one of the founders of Software.com, the most successful startup in the history of Santa Barbara. He served in many roles, but lastly as Director of Marketing before retiring to take an active role as an angel investor in early stage Companies. Prior to Software.com, Mr. Rice held sales and marketing positions for several companies in the microwave communication and ultrasonic technology spaces. He currently serves as a director and/or advisor to many early to mid stage companies. Mr. Rice is an Electrical Engineering graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

FRED GLUCK, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, retired as Managing Director of McKinsey Corporation in 1995. Subsequent to his retirement, he also served a short time as vice chairman of Bechtel Corp. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Amgen, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), and Cottage Health System. He is active with early stage medical device ventures and advancing research efforts at UCSB, including creating an endowment for the Chair of Theoretical Physics, Nobel Laureate David Gross. Mr. Gluck received a degree in Electrical Engineering at Manhattan College and advanced degrees from Columbia University.

DR. KEVIN FOLEY, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, and holds academic appointments at the University of Tennessee School of Biomedical Engineering and the Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He serves as Director of Complex Spine Surgery at Semmes-Murphey Clinic, Director of the Spine Fellowship Program for the University of Tennessee, Department of Neurosurgery, and Medical Director for both the Medical Education & Research Institute and the Image-Guided Surgery Research Center. Dr. Foley received his Doctor of Medicine degree from UCLA in 1979. During his training and throughout his career he has received numerous awards, including the Eben J. Carey Memorial Anatomy Award, the Merck Manual Award for Academic Achievement, the Letterman Army Medical Center’s Richard Mason Award for Outstanding Intern, the Army Commendation Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Order of Military Medical Merit, and the Surgeon General’s Physician Recognition Award.

SIMON RAAB, PH.D, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, is the founder of Faro Technologies (FARO: NASDAQ) where he remains Chairman of the Board. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from its inception in 1982 until January 2006. Mr Raab holds more than 80 US patents with associated foreign patents in fields of 3D coordinate measuring systems, biomaterials, and medical diagnostics. Mr. Raab holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, a Masters of Engineering Physics from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science in Physics with a minor in Biophysics from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

FLAGG FLANAGAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, is the founder and President of Flanagan Instruments, a leading distributor of surgical devices (including Zeiss microscopes) in a six state area in the South-Central United States for over 25 years. In 2005 he sold Flanagan Instruments to Itochu Healthcare Group, and in January 2008 was promoted to President and CEO of Itochu’s surgical device portfolio companies. Itochu (formerly CiToh) is Japan’s leading trading company with over $100 billion in annual revenue. Mr. Flanagan has significant experience and influence with many leading microsurgery surgeons and is a great judge of relevant new technologies in the surgical device arena. Mr. Flanagan is a graduate of Auburn University in Mechanical Engineering.

AIDAN FOLEY, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, has over 20 years of executive level management experience in the technology and entertainment industries. In technology, Mr. Foley has managed organizations, at executive levels, of software, hardware and services businesses on a global basis with a focus towards digital imaging. Prior to his current role as founder and CEO of AF Double Eagle, a corporate development and distribution company, Mr. Foley was the Chief Marketing Officer and President of the Enterprise Solutions Group of Ascent Media, an 800 million dollar global organization of Liberty Media. Prior to Ascent Media, Mr. Foley was the CEO of Kodak's Digital Entertainment Division. Mr. Foley is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) and the Producers Guild. His organizations have won awards for technical achievement including an Oscar and an Emmy.

DR. ERIC DONNENFELD, MD, FAAO, FACS, SURGICAL ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR, is an international authority on refractive surgery and has lectured throughout the United States and abroad on the subject. He has designed and patented four instruments for refractive surgery use, has written over 500 papers, books and book chapters on corneal, cataract and refractive surgery, and has trained more surgeons in refractive surgery than any other doctor in New York. Dr. Donnenfeld serves on the Cornea Committee of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and is in the process of co-writing the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Refractive Surgery Basic Science Book. He is one of the original investigators of the excimer laser. Dr. Donnenfeld graduated Magna Cum Laude from Dartmouth College, graduated with honors at the top of his class at Dartmouth Medical School, and was Chief Resident at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. He completed his Cornea and Refractive Fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.