Prior to joining Alyve Medical, Yvonne was most recently a President and General Manager at Zimmer Biomet. She spent more than ten years at Zimmer Biomet in a number of leadership and executive roles of increasing responsibility, overseeing a variety of functions and, in more recent years, businesses that totaled nearly $300M in annual revenues. Prior to her time at Zimmer Biomet she served in leadership roles at Medtronic Spine & Biologics, QuadraMed, and healthcare consulting companies, preceded by several years in hospital administration. Yvonne obtained her MBA, as well as is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Yvonne brings a strategic medical device background, strong P&L experience, and a leadership development approach that attracts expert talent. Her strong drive, sense of urgency, combined with outstanding communication and execution skills guide her teams to deliver strong results. “I could not be more excited about the potential of Alyve Medical. With first class, innovative products, and an exceptional leadership team, our future is set to skyrocket!”

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Matteo Mantovani, the company’s founder, is a passionate innovator and inventor, whose career has spanned various industries. A founder of several start-ups, he has developed 20+ patents from the automotive sector to the medical field. His love for competition started with professional soccer and moved to Formula One and Moto GP. He has worked with some of the most prestigious brands in the automotive industry (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Ducati), researching cutting-edge technologies and materials. Moving from the racetrack to the operating room, was a short step for continued innovation. The medical device field became the perfect environment for creativity, transferring know-how collected in different fields, and positively impacting the lives of patients and athletes around the globe.

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John Winslow has an extensive background in medical device and orthopedic business development in both U.S. and international markets. With leadership positions at Johnson and Johnson, Maxxim Medical and DJO Surgical he brings a wealth of experience and talent in multi-cultural business management and leadership. He was a key member of the team that built Maxxim Medical from a twelve million dollar startup to a billion dollar company in less than seven years. With a strong entrepreneurial background coupled with global business experience John is one of the founders of Alyve Medical and is a member of the board.

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In the past 15 years, as entrepreneur and investor, Carlo has co-founded and supported EU and USA based startups and scaleups in healthcare and ICT to become leaders in their markets and generate successful exits. His previous experience includes positions at Bain & Company as strategy and management consultant and at Pirelli Optical Technologies (now Oclaro Inc.) as R&D Manager.

Carlo holds an MBA from INSEAD (France) and a PhD in laser science from the University of Pavia (Italy) and ETH Zuerich (Switzerland).

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John has over 25 years of financial and operational experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device arenas. Prior to joining Alyve Medical, John was CFO of Bolder Surgical and led the M&A team during the successful sale of Bolder Surgical to Hologic, Inc. in December 2021. John also co-founded Micro-Imaging Solutions where he led the finance and business development efforts for over 15 years. Prior to that role, John spent most of his career as a finance executive with large, multi-national corporations, including Akzo-Nobel NV, Amgen and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

John is a graduate of both Colorado State University where he earned a BS in Accounting and the University of Colorado-Denver where he earned an MS in Finance. John is also a CPA.

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Sean has 20 years of experience in the orthopedic and rehabilitative medical device space in a broad variety of business functions. Prior to joining Alyve Medical, Sean was VP, Commercial & Marketing of the Restorative Therapies business unit at Zimmer Biomet. Sean spent over 9 years at Zimmer Biomet in multiple management roles, including general management, market access, commercial, and sales and marketing. Sean previously worked for 10 years at orthopedic rehab device manufacturer Dynasplint Systems, Inc. in roles of increasing responsibility in sales, sales management, market access and compliance.

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Jim comes to Alyve Medical with over 30 years of sales leadership experience at some of the most notable medical device companies in the world; building and training highly effective sales teams in the from a regional to national level. Jim most recently worked for Heraeus Medical and prior to that was with Medtronic Spine, US Surgical and Enable Medical.

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