Native Cardio Team
Robert Bilkovski, MD, MBA., Chief Medical Officer
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Robert Bilkovski, MD, MBA has 10+ years of clinical experience plus 10+ years of industry experience in the pharmaceuticals, medical device and IVD industries. He has served in medical leadership roles for several Fortune 500 companies, including GE Healthcare, Abbott Laboratories and Becton Dickinson. In addition, Robert led medical affairs for the proprietary pharmaceuticals division at Hospira. Robert graduated with a Doctor of Medicine form Rosalind Franklin University/The Chicago Medical School, completed residency training in emergency medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI and graduated with a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
Morgan Wagner Chief of Staff
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Graduate from the University of Alabama, Morgan is an energetic and highly motivated member of the team that has five years of experience working closely with start-up biotech ventures. She has held positions in Operations Management, Investor Relations, and Public Relations while having worked closely to support all team member in a start-up venture and understands the dynamic and competitive nature of the industry. Morgan is a former news reporter and anchor whom focused a majority of her reports on the continuing and growing drug-overdose epidemic.
Michael L. Turnbull Executive Sales and Marketing
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Michael has held sales and senior sales management positions at both large corporations and several start-up companies. Michael was involved with many cutting-edge technologies, including one of the earliest cochlear implants, the Jarvik-7 total artificial heart, the first implantable wireless loop recorder (ECG monitor), regenerative tissue technology and the #1 implantable heart pump in the world. While sales and sales management were the primary focus of his career, Michael’s roles expanded into strategic planning, marketing, reimbursement, regulatory and clinical affairs in his work with the startup companies.
William B. Rottenberg, PE, CCDS Chief Engineer / R&D
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Will is a broadly experienced engineer/manager with over 30 years in the medical device industry. He has held positions in Development Engineering, Systems Engineering, Product Assurance, Clinical Engineering, Customer Service and Sales. In these positions, he also worked closely with Regulatory Affairs and Manufacturing, so he has been involved with the entire medical device development process. His experience includes nine years of management, eight years of project leadership and two years at an early-stage medical device start-up. Will is a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist
Diane Levesque Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs
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Expertise in interpreting government regulations and standards gaining 10 years experience acting as a Controller of a government facility. This expertise in government regulations segued into a career of Quality Control holding various positions in technical writing, Quality Manager, Internal Auditor, and various regulatory affairs positions. To follow was a career in quality serving as a Quality and Regulatory Affairs Professional with over 20 years experience in medical device design, development and regulatory approvals with extensive experience in FDA 510(k) submission. This knowledge and experience extends to international markets with successful achievement of market clearances for new product development leading to market penetration in over 30 countries. This extensive knowledge and experience of regulatory requirements, quality systems, and practices includes over 30 countries including Asia Japan, China, Korea and European markets as well as the United States. Gaining further technical experience required by the international markets which includes the Mark CE complimented by Lead Auditor experience in quality audits with international registered bodies specifically British Standards Institute and TUV of Rhineland.