Executive Leadership
Richard Ferrari is a Tenon Founder, Director, and Executive Chairman of the Company. Since 2000, Mr. Ferrari has been Managing Director of Denovo Ventures, specializing in Medical Devices and Biotechnology. Mr. Ferrari previously served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of PQ Bypass, which culminated in a successful acquisition by Endologix. Mr. Ferrari is Executive Chairman of the Board for Medlumics, S.L.; Vice Chairman of the Board for ABS Interventional; Executive Chairman of the Board for Heart Beam Inc.; a board member of Biomodex Corporation, Retriever Medical Inc., RMx Medical, Hawthorne Effect, Inc., and Hands of Hope; board member and co-founder of TransAortic (acquired by Medtronic); Executive Chairman of Sentreheart (acquired by Atricure), board member of Spinal Modualtion (acquired by St Jude). Mr. Ferrari has raised over $1Billion for the companies he has been involved with and has been a key member of M&A teams, achieving over $2Billion in acquisitions. Mr. Ferrari is a mentor and advisor to CEOs and start-up companies on strategy and building organizations dedicated to delivering excellence. Mr. Ferrari is the creator of Excellence by Choice, a series of lectures and presentations to help early-stage companies perform at the highest level of execution. Mr. Ferrari received a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Ashland University and an MBA from University of South Florida.
Steven M. Foster serves as Chief Executive Officer & President and is also a Director of the Company. Mr. Foster has over 30 years of marketing, sales, operations, and general management experience in the medical device industry. Most recently, Mr. Foster was the principal with CTB Advisors, LLC, providing medical device organizations with consultative assistance on commercialization-focused projects. Clients included NuVasive (NUVA), SafeOp Surgical, and ATEC Spine (ATEC).
Mr. Foster was Global Commercialization President of Safe Orthopaedics SAS; VP/GM of Medtronic Spine’s Western Europe operations, and held a progressive succession of sales, marketing, and general management roles in the Danek Group Inc., Sofamor Danek, Medtronic Spine & Biologics organization. Mr. Foster started his career in a variety of operational roles with Stryker Endoscopy (SYK). Mr. Foster received a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and Management, and Logistics from Central Michigan University.
Richard Ginn is a founder of Tenon Medical and is the Chief Technology Officer and a Director of the company, with a focus on intellectual property and product development. Mr. Ginn has traveled globally to train physicians and participate in FIH trials. He is a named inventor on more than 300 patents for medical devices. Mr. Ginn has helped raise more than $100 million in venture capital. In 2013, Mr. Ginn founded TransAortic Medical, an embolic protection device company, and is the President, CEO, and a Director. At TransAortic, Mr. Ginn managed all corporate operations, raised capital to support company needs; managed the acquisition of technology by a strategic partner; managed all Intellectual Property; and set up European distribution for a CE Marked device. Mr. Ginn is the founder of Promed, a large hole femoral closure device company, where he was the CEO, President and a Director.
Kevin Williamson is Tenon Medical’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Williamson most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer at Accelus Inc., a medical device company focused on expandable spinal implant technology. In this role, Mr. Williamson was responsible for the finance organization, in addition to the investor relations and IT functions. From 2019 to 2020, Mr. Williamson served in the Director of Finance position at Accelus Inc., where he was responsible for Financial Planning and Analysis. From 2015 to 2019, Mr. Williamson held various roles of increasing responsibility in the Corporate Finance department at NuVasive, Inc., a California-based medical device company focused on minimally invasive spine surgery. Mr. Williamson holds a B.S. in Business Administration, Finance from San Diego State University and an M.B.A. from the University of San Diego Knauss School of Business.