Our Team
The Acuitive team consists of a board of directors with decades of experience alongside a management team experienced in the field of material science and orthopedic medical devices.
Board of Directors
Mike McCarthy
Chairman
4 decades of orthopedic CEO, sales and marketing leadership positions at J&J and companies sold to J&J, Zimmer (2), and MAKO. Founder (3)
Mike McCarthy
Dave Washburn
Director
4 decades of orthopedic financial, operations, and leadership positions at companies sold to Zimmer (2) and MAKO. Founder (3)
Dave Washburn
Vince Forlenza
Director
Degreed engineer, former C.E.O. and Executive Chairman of the board of directors of B.D.
Vince Forlenza
Gary Fischetti
Director
Former Company Group Chairman for J&J’s (Johnson & Johnson) twelve medical device businesses.
Gary Fischetti
William Hagaman
Director
​COO of GenHenn Capital. Former Managing Partner and CEO Withum Smith + Brown, PC, the 22nd largest regional firm in the US, having been a member of the firm's management for over 40 years.
William Hagaman
Jim Malayter
Director
4 decades of orthopedic sales and marketing leadership positions at companies sold to Zimmer and MAKO
Jim Malayter
Management Team
Mike McCarthy
CEO
4 decades of orthopedic CEO, sales and marketing leadership positions at J&J and companies sold to J&J, Zimmer (2), and MAKO. Founder (3)
Mike McCarthy
4 decades of orthopedic financial, operations, and leadership positions at companies sold to Zimmer (2) and MAKO. Founder (3)
Dave Washburn
Dave Washburn
COO, CFO, and Sr. VP of Operations and Secretary
Over 3 decades in the orthopedic industry at Wright, Howmedica, and Stryker, bringing new products and technologies to market
Matt Poggie
Matt Poggie
Sr. VP, Regulatory and Quality
Rui Ferreira, MBA
VP, Product Development
Over 2 decades of diverse experience in worldwide Research and development roles. Vice president level experience for publicly traded and privately held top tier orthopedic companies.
Rui Ferreira, MS, MBA
Richard Tran, Ph.D
VP, Research
Over 15 years of experience in the design and characterization of biodegradable citrate-based biomaterials with novel crosslinking strategies, adhesive, antimicrobial, fluorescent, and chelating properties for cardiac, vascular, neural, gastrointestinal, and orthopedic regenerative engineering applications.
Richard Tran, PhD
Over 15 years of experience in medical device manufacturing. A process development specialist for new technologies to improve patient care.
Ken Yuen
Ken Yuen
Director, Manufacturing
Military Veteran with 25+ years of management experience working in the medical device industry; working at start-ups and large organizations in Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing
Ken Barbour
Ken Barbour
Director, Supply Chain
Mary Theresa Freeley
Director, Quality
25+ years experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries focused on maintenance and growth of Quality Management Systems and solving complex issues by implementation of robust solutions.
