James T. Treace

Chairman Emeritus

James T. Treace has served as Chairman Emeritus since April 2026, providing advice and consulting with the Chief Executive Officer and the Board from time to time.  Mr. Treace served as Chairman of our Board from July 2014 until his retirement in May 2025. Mr. Treace has served as the Founder and President of J&A Group, LLC, a privately funded medical device investment and consulting company, since October 2000. From November 1999 to October 2000, Mr. Treace served as President of Medtronic Xomed, a subsidiary of Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT). From April 1996 to November 1999, Mr. Treace served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Xomed Surgical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: XOMD), until it was acquired by Medtronic plc. From July 1993 to April 1996, Mr. Treace co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at TreBay Medical Corp., an orthopaedic and microsurgical device company. From September 1981 to July 1990, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Concept, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCPT), now known as Conmed Linvatec (NYSE: CNMD) and from June 1966 to September 1981 as Executive Vice President of Richards Medical, now known as Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN). Mr. Treace previously served as Chairman of the Boards of Kyphon, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYPH), now part of Medtronic plc, Wright Medical Group, Inc. which was acquired by Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) in November 2020, and American Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMMD), now part of Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ENDP).