Partnerships and the pursuit of innovation at large and small companies

Anne Sissel, managing director of Baxter Ventures and Adam Berman, CEO of TVA Medical, Inc. shared their perspectives on topics related to innovation and partnership between large, commercial organizations and small, venture-backed start-ups. Anne E. Sissel, M.B.A., C.F.A. is managing director of Baxter Ventures and has been in that role since she joined the company in 2014. She previously served as a member of the founding team and vice president, head of finance and business development at Veracyte, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company. Prior to Veracyte, Anne was an investment banker with Goldman, Sachs & Co. and completed over $200 billion in financing and M&A transactions over her banking career. Sissel earned her B.S. degree in finance and international business from Indiana University and an M.B.A. in health care management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. Adam Berman, M.S.E. is an experienced medical device leader with a focus on minimally-invasive cardiovascular technology commercialization, R&D and operations. Berman co-Founded TVA Medical with cardiovascular surgeon Dr. William Cohn, built the team and has lead the strategy and execution of the company since its inception, including venture and strategic investment rounds. In prior roles at Coalescent Surgical, Inc. (now Medtronic), MedicalCV, Inc., Castlewood Surgical and Computer Motion, Inc. (now Intuitive Surgical), Berman has bee...
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