With a proven track record for spotting and commercializing scanning and imaging technology that can make a difference in the lives of physicians worldwide, serial entrepreneur Gerald McMorrow is launching VerAvanti. Previously, McMorrow founded and led Verathon Inc., to soaring heights as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, responsible for guiding the company’s transformation from start-up to a major international medical device corporation, before steering its eventual sale to Roper Industries. A recognized industry powerhouse, McMorrow was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year (2006, Pacific Northwest, Health Services category) and leveraged his early engineering experience and career into the high reaches of corporate management. McMorrow worked his way through school with the aid of the G.I. Bill and has Bachelor's and Master's degrees cum laude in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Dr. Savastano is a surgeon-scientist, inventor and entrepreneur dedicated to advance endovascular and minimally invasive surgery through the development of new technologies and techniques. He is a hybrid cerebrovascular neurosurgeon and currently Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN. In addition, he is the Principal Investigator of the Mayo's Translational Neurosurgery and Biotechnology Laboratory which is dedicated to transforming clinical challenges into opportunities for breakthrough innovations. Dr. Savastano has had leading roles in technology development spanning the translational research spectrum from device conception to commercialization. He has conducted trailblazer research on SaFE angioscopy and has pioneered its use in carotid arteries disease and stroke.

Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington and the Director of the Human Photonics Laboratory. Eric invented the scanning fiber endoscope (SaFE) and many of its current application.

An Innovative leader with a demonstrated history of successfully implementing global sales and marketing initiatives.

Senior financial executive with extensive startup and growth-phase experience in private and public companies; skilled in raising capital and enhancing business models to drive financial results.

Jason Capodanno is the Managing Director of Avanti with a degree in BioEngineering from the University of California at San Diego. His background in class II and III medical devices started in 1998 with Gerald McMorrow at Diagnostic Ultrasound (later Verathon) as a Manufacturing Engineer on the very successful BVI3000 Product. He then spent 6 years as a Microfluidics Design Engineer currently holding 16 patents in that field. Next he spent a decade with Philips Medical as a Design Engineer, Procurement Engineer and Supplychain/Operations. The various disciplines of Jason’s experience and leadership fits Avanti’s needs well in building a team to take a low volume/high cost product and transforming it into a high volume/low cost one.