Dominique Filloux has spent his 35+ year career bringing many novel medical devices / systems to market, most recently as the Chief Operations Officer at Minerva Surgical, Inc.  His experience also includes the development of a broad range of ground-breaking products in the areas of cardiac and cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology, directed drug delivery, and structural heart disease.   Prior to his current position as a Special Advisor to Fogarty Innovation, Dominique started his medical device career at EndoVascular Technologies, (acquired by Guidant) and held executive-level positions at Pinpoint Therapeutics, Ventrica (Medtronic), Cierra (Terumo), Arstasis, and Minerva Surgical. He has developed considerable subject matter expertise in the areas of product development (including implants and electrically active medical devices), global manufacturing operations, quality systems development, regulatory affairs, and business development. Dominique holds a BS in Applied Mechanics from the University of California, San Diego, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.