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Derek Lewis

President and Chief Executive Officer

Derek Lewis serves as President and Chief Executive Officer for Checkpoint Surgical. Joining Checkpoint in 2018 as Vice President of Operations and R&D, he built a strong Product Delivery team tasked with expanding the company’s product portfolio. Under his leadership, the team has released several new nerve care devices to the market with a robust product pipeline on the way.

Laura Keck

Chief Financial Officer

Laura Keck serves as Chief Financial Officer for Checkpoint Surgical. Laura has spent her career advising and holding leadership positions in high-growth companies, ranging from early stage to middle market. Beginning her career with an international public accounting firm, she has also worked for a health care consulting firm as an advisor to hospitals and medical group practices.

Kevin Scanlan

Senior Vice President of Clinical Services

Kevin Scanlan serves as Senior Vice President of Clinical Services for Checkpoint Surgical. Kevin was part of the initial development and launch team for Checkpoint Surgical in 2009. He served as Director of Clinical Training and Education from 2009 through 2014, and then served as Vice President of Clinical Services until March of 2022.

Elliott Phillips

Vice President of Sales

Elliott Phillips serves as the Vice President of Sales for Checkpoint Surgical. He is an accomplished head of sales and medical device industry expert with over two decades of repeated successes. With personal and hands-on involvement in over 25 new product development and commercial launches, Elliott has launched FDA 510(k), Denovo, Combination, Class I, II, & III Medical Devices, as well as 361 HCT/P, BLA, and Regenerative Medicine Products.

Kristin Wolff

Vice President of Marketing

Kristin Wolff serves as Vice President of Marketing for Checkpoint Surgical. Before joining Checkpoint Surgical in 2022, Kristin held leadership roles for product management, marketing, and communications with high-growth, venture-backed medical device and advanced biologics companies.

Don Hubbard

Senior Vice President of Development

Don Hubbard joined Checkpoint in 2010, serving first on the Board of Directors and then joining the executive management team in June of 2012 as Vice President of Sales & Marketing, a position he held until October 2017. Don is now Senior Vice President of Development, a position in which he oversees the company's international sales distribution and investigates the feasibility of Checkpoint use in alternative fields of medicine.

Ben Cottrill

Vice President of Engineering

Ben Cottrill serves as Vice President of Engineering for Checkpoint Surgical. He previously held several product development roles at Checkpoint Surgical, including most recently, Director of Product Development. Prior to joining Checkpoint Surgical in 2019, Ben served in product development and quality leadership roles in the medical device industry. In each of these roles, Ben helped guide medical devices of all classes through the entire development cycle, from concept through development, to regulatory approval for both CE Mark and FDA clearance, to manufacturing and commercialization.

Len Cosentino

Founder and Executive Advisor

Len Cosentino is the Founder and Executive Advisor to Checkpoint Surgical. He served as President & CEO from the company's founding in 2009 until July of 2022. Len was recognized as Dealmaker of the Year by the Smart Business Dealmakers in 2022 and as a Rising Star by Smart Business Magazine in 2013. Prior to founding Checkpoint Surgical, from 2006 to 2009, Len served as Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel with NDI Medical, a medical device development company where the Checkpoint technology was originally developed.