Beta Bionics BBNX

Sean Saint has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since August 2022. Mr. Saint co-founded Luna Diabetes, a private company focused on automated insulin delivery for multiple daily injection users and has served as a member of its board of directors from January 2021 to January 2025. From January 2014 to September 2020, Mr. Saint served as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Companion Medical, Inc., a medical device company in the diabetes industry, leading the development and launch of the company's InPen, a smart insulin pen for diabetes patients, and the acquisition of the company by Medtronic in 2020. He continued to serve as Vice President of Companion Medical at Medtronic through August 2021. From July 2009 to January 2014, Mr. Saint served as Director of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Technology at Tandem Diabetes Care, a medical device manufacturer, leading the design and implementation of a pumping mechanism for insulin infusion therapy. From August 2007 to February 2009, Mr. Saint served as Co-Founder and Vice President of Research and Development at Alure Medical, a medical developer, leading the hiring efforts of the engineering and regulatory teams, implementing a clinical trial and receiving 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the company's devices. Prior to that, from October 2003 to August 2007, Mr. Saint worked as Engineering Manager at Dexcom, a public company focused on continuous glucose monitoring systems for diabetes management, managing the development of a short-term transcutaneous sensor and an in-hospital IV-based glucose monitor. Mr. Saint received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Mr. Saint is also a certified Professional Engineer in California.

Stephen Feider has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2022. Previously, Mr. Feider worked at Medtronic, serving as Diabetes Finance Director from September 2020 to August 2022, and at Companion Medical (acquired by Medtronic), serving as Vice President of Finance from April 2019 to September 2020. Prior to joining Medtronic, Mr. Feider served as Corporate Controller at Marathon Health, a provider of employer population health solutions, from January 2014 to April 2019. From August 2012 to December 2013, Mr. Feider worked as a Certified Public Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Feider received his B.A. and Master's degree in Accountancy from Butler University.

Mike Mensinger has served as our Chief Product Officer since August 2023. Previously, Mr. Mensinger co-founded Companion Medical, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic) and served as Chief Technology Officer from April 2017 to August 2023 and as Vice President, Research and Development from September 2020 to July 2023, where he led the research and development of the company's InPen, a smart insulin pen for diabetes patients. Prior to co-founding Companion Medical, Inc., Mr. Mensinger worked at Dexcom, holding various roles of increasing responsibility, including Engineering Manager from December 2003 to October 2011, Program Manager from September 2011 to March 2012, Senior Mobile and PC Software Development Manager from January 2012 to March 2014 and Director of Software Engineering from March 2014 to April 2017. Mr. Mensinger received his B.S. in Computer and Software Engineering from the University of Delaware.

Adam Lezack has served as a member of our Board since December 2023 and has been nominated to serve as Chairperson of our board of directors since December 2024. Mr. Lezack is Co-Founder of Fortis Advisors (acquired by PNC Bank in 2018), a shareholder representative services firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and has served as Managing Director since 2011. Following Fortis Advisors' acquisition by PNC Bank, Mr. Lezack led the build-out and commercialization of the PNC M&A Escrow and Payment Solutions business and served as its Managing Director. Prior to founding Fortis Advisors, Mr. Lezack worked as a Corporate Attorney at DLA Piper from May 2008 to August 2011. Mr. Lezack previously served as a member of the board of directors of the San Diego Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (now Breakthrough T1D). He received his B.Com degree from the University of Victoria, his J.D. from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law and his LL.M. from the University of San Diego School of Law.

Dan Dearen has served as a member of our Board since October 2024. Mr. Dearen previously worked at Axonics, Inc., a publicly traded medical device company, serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer from October 2013 to August 2018 and as President and Chief Financial Officer from August 2018 to October 2023. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Vessix Vascular Inc. from July 2009 to November 2012, Chief Financial Officer of Miraval Holding from December 2004 to November 2008, and Chief Financial Officer of Q3DM, Fairbanks Systems Group, ESI Software, and Medication Delivery Devices from January 1995 to November 2004. Mr. Dearen also serves on the boards of several privately held companies, including Jena Valve Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of transcatheter aortic valve replacement systems, since January 2023. He previously served on the board of directors of Endotronix, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of digital health management solutions for patients suffering from heart failure, from March 2021 until its acquisition by Edwards Lifesciences in August 2024. Mr. Dearen received his B.B.A. in Accounting and Business from Southern Methodist University and his M.B.A. from Boston College.

Christy Jones has served as a member of our Board since January 2025. Ms. Jones previously served on our Board from April 2021 to August 2023. Ms. Jones has served as Managing Director of Richmond Capital Partners, a private investment company focused on real estate, technology and growth company assets, since March 2017. Ms. Jones previously served on the board of directors of Optiva, Inc., a publicly held cloud-native revenue management software company, from March 2017 to July 2020. She has served on the board of directors of Extend Fertility LLC, a privately held company focused on the cryopreservation of women's eggs since April 2015. Ms. Jones received her B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Maria Palasis, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board since January 2025. Dr. Palasis previously served on our Board from September 2022 to September 2023 and has served on our Advisory Board since September 2023. Dr. Palasis has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lyra Therapeutics Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on developing therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis, since December 2014, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer from March 2011 to December 2014. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President from September 2008 to March 2011 of Arsenal Medical, Inc., a medical device company, and as President and Chief Executive Officer from December 2014 to June 2018 of both Arsenal Medical, Inc. and its spin out, 480 Biomedical, and in roles of increasing responsibility at Boston Scientific Corporation, a medical device company, from November 1995 to January 2008. She has served on the board of directors of PanTher Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company since September 2020 and of Lyra Therapeutics since January 2015. Previously, she also served on the board of directors of Arsenal Medical, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Dr. Palasis received her B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

Sean Carney has served as a member of our Board since February 2020. Mr. Carney has served as a Partner and Head of Global Investment at Hillhouse Investment, a private equity firm, since February 2017, focusing on global leveraged buyouts and carve-outs. Mr. Carney also serves on the boards of several privately held companies, including Emerald Clinical (formerly George Clinical), a clinical research organization, since June 2023 and Versuni, a global home appliance company, since September 2021. From November 1996 to December 2017, Mr. Carney served as a Managing Director at Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm. He has previously served on numerous public and private company boards, including Bausch + Lomb, an eye health products company, Dexcom, and the Wright Medical Group N.V., a global medical device company. Mr. Carney received his A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Gerard Michel has served as a member of our Board since March 2025. Mr. Michel has served as director and Chief Executive Officer at Delcath Systems, Inc., a publicly traded interventional oncology company, since October 2020. From June 2014 to September 2020, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Vericel Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Michel also served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Corporate Development at Biodel, Inc. from November 2007 to May 2014, and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development at NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. from August 2002 to November 2007. Previously, Mr. Michel was a Principal at Booz Allen and held a variety of commercial roles at both Lederle Labs and Wyeth Labs. Mr. Michel holds an M.S. in Microbiology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine, an M.B.A. from the Simon School of Business, and a B.S. in both Biology and Geology from the University of Rochester.

Mark Hopman has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since September 2024. Previously, Mr. Hopman served as our Senior Vice President, Market Access, from March 2023 to September 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Hopman served as Vice President, Market Access, at Pear Therapeutics, a prescription digital therapeutics company, from July 2021 to March 2023. Prior to Pear Therapeutics, Mr. Hopman worked at Dexcom, holding various roles of increasing responsibility, including Director, Retail Distribution from June 2014 to July 2016, Director, Trade from August 2016 to July 2017 and Senior Director, Trade from August 2017 to June 2021. Mr. Hopman received his B.S. in Pharmacy from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy and M.B.A. from Xavier University Williams College of Business.

Steven Russell, M.D., Ph.D. has served as our Chief Medical Officer since November 2022. Dr. Russell has served as Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School since December 2017 and previously served as Assistant Professor of Medicine from April 2012 to November 2017. His research focuses on the development and testing of technologies to improve diabetes management. Dr. Russell has also served as Attending Physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital, focusing on managing diabetes in outpatient and inpatient settings, since July 2006. Dr. Russell was the principal clinical investigator of a collaboration between Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston University to develop a wearable automated blood glucose control system for diabetes patients. Dr. Russell received his B.S. in Biochemistry from Trinity University and his M.D. and Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He completed both his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the Massachusetts General Hospital and his postdoctoral fellowship studying insulin and aging at the Joslin Diabetes Center.