CoNextions Inc., a medical device company specializing in in tendon repair and based in Salt Lake City, has named Daniel Gruppo as president and CEO. Jeff Barnes, who has served as CEO since May 2017, will continue as executive chairman of the board of directors.
Gruppo has more than 14 years of senior management experience, including strategic plan development and execution at medical technology company Stryker. Prior to joining CoNextions in 2016, Gruppo was vice president of sales and marketing at Stryker Trauma and Extremities.
“Dan’s management experience at Stryker, coupled with his sales and marketing acumen, make him well-suited to assume this role,” said Jeff Barnes, executive chairman of the board at CoNextions. “Erik Kubiak, founder and board member of CoNextions, and I are confident that Dan can make CoNextions the company we envision.”
“I am very excited to be taking on the role of president and CEO of CoNextions and to lead the dedicated and talented team there,” said Gruppo. “I believe that as we go to market with the CoNextions TR tendon repair system, CoNextions and its surgeon partners and customers will truly revolutionize tendon repair. The early surgeon feedback has me more excited than ever for the future of CoNextions.”
CoNextions Medical is currently launching the CoNextions TR system throughout the United States and select other countries. The device is marketed by a network of orthopedic distributors focused on hand, wrist and forearm surgery.