Brad Sharp, CEO & Chairman of the Board

Mr. Sharp has a bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics from UCSD and has been involved in development and marketing of high tech products for over 25 years. His medical device career began with Baxter CVG in Japan managing the cardiology business (1995-1996), followed by a GM role in Singapore running CVG Asia (1996-1999). Mr. Sharp was instrumental in the spin-out of Edwards Lifesciences where he served as VP of Strategy (1999-2000). In 2000 he left Edwards to join Orqis Medical, and to found Insightra.

Steve Bell, President

Mr. Bell is a graduate in physiology with over 20 years experience in the medical device arena. His career spans many specialties including general surgery, laparoscopy, cardiac surgery, cardiology, gynecology, urology and thoracic surgery. Mr Bell spent a long part of his career within Johnson & Johnson holding roles in sales, marketing, general management, project management in European and global product launch roles. His previous role was in Orqis Medical as VP International. He acts as strategic advisory consultant to several major medical device companies. Mr Bell also sits on the board of Woman Health Technology Italia s.r.l., an Italian university based incubator for medical device technolgies.


Wayne Noda, CTO - Chief Technical Officer

Mr. Noda has a BS degree in Biomedical Engineering from USC and a MBA degree. He has spent 30 years in the medical device industry primarily with start up ventures such as Medstone Int’l, Laparomed, Abacus, and Alsius. Mr. Noda served as Director, Cofounder or Owner and all had successful IPO’s, mergers or liquidation events. He holds 47 U.S. Patents that span a broad spectrum of devices and technologies, from minimally invasive suturing devices to intravascular patient temperature control systems. His experience ranges from artificial heart valves and cardiopulmonary bypass to wireless patient vital signs systems. Currently, he serves as CTO for Minos Medical and Insightra Medical.

Laxmikant Khanolkar - COO - Chief Operating Officer

Mr Khanolkar has over 27 years of experience within the field of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He has held prior leadership roles in Edwards Lifesciences, Baxter Healthcare and Glaxo. Laxmi brings with him a wealth of knowledge of commercial operations and is responsible for global sales operations. Mr Khanolkar left Edwards Lifesciences to become CEO of Insightra Ptv, based out of India. The company carries many cardiovascular lines and cardiology products. He is now responsible for all sales and distribution matters for Insightra Medical, inc.


Asim Ashary, CFO

Mr. Ashary is founder and CEO of Manhattan Data, Inc. (MDI), a healthcare administration outsourcing company based in Irvine, California. Prior to MDI, in 1999 Asim co-founded ppoNEXT, Inc. He is a senior healthcare executive with two decades of experience in business operations, claims administrations, marketing, finance and MIS operations. Prior to co-founding ppoNEXT, Mr. Ashary has held senior executive positions with BPS Healthcare, Orange Coast Managed Care, Equicore Health Plans, Cigna Health Plans and Maxicare Health Plans. He has an MBA degree from Institute of Business Administration, in Pakistan, and has completed CPA coursework offered by AICPA.