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Our Company
Leadership
• Management Team
• Board of Directors
- Yulun Wang, PhD
- David W. Jahns
- Bill Williams
- David Heer
- Alexander "Sandy" Spiro Jr.
- Robert L. Skinner
- Tony Radaich
- Steve Jordan
Advisors
Quality
Awards
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Board of Directors
Yulun Wang, PhD, Chairman & CEO, is the chairman and CEO of InTouch Technologies. In 1989, Dr. Wang founded Computer Motion, the company which pioneered surgical robotics. He was the principal architect and inventor of the voice-controlled robotic arm called AESOP, the 1st FDA-cleared surgical robot, as well as the ZEUS robotic surgical system, which performed the world’s first transatlantic surgery. Computer Motion went public in 1997, and merged with Intuitive Surgical in 2003 for one third of the resulting company. In 2002, Dr. Wang founded InTouch Technologies (dba InTouch Health), a company which pioneers remote presence robot systems that enable healthcare professionals to provide more effective and efficient healthcare by allowing them to “be in two places at once”. In September 2000, the National Academy of Engineers selected Dr. Wang as one of the nation’s top young engineers to participate in the Frontiers of Engineering program. Dr. Wang was further honored in June 2005 when Ernst & Young named him Finalist for their Entrepreneur of the Year award. He has more than 40 publications and 50 patents in the areas of robotics and computers. Frequently invited to speak at noteworthy meetings and events, he recently appeared on the Today Show, CNN and various other televised interviews. Dr. Wang has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering specializing in Robotics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
David W. Jahns is a General Partner at Galen Partners. Prior to joining Galen in 1993, Mr. Jahns was a financial Analyst in Smith Barney´s Corporate Finance Division for two years. His responsibilities included financial analysis and preparation of proposals for clients on a variety of corporate finance and merger and acquisition-related transactions. He also assisted in the marketing of public offerings, performing due diligence and cash flow analyses.
Mr. Jahns earned a B.A. in Political Science and economics from Colgate University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.B.A. from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business, where he specialized in Health Services Management.
Mr. Jahns currently serves on the boards of DAOU Systems, Inc., Specialized Health Products International, Inc. and several of Galen's privately held portfolio companies.
Bill Williams is a Special Venture Partner with Galen Partners. Galen Partners is one of the largest and most influential private equity investment firms focused solely on the healthcare industry.
He was President of Pyxis Corporation from 1996-1998. He joined Pyxis in 1988 as the second employee and its Vice-President of Marketing and Sales. Later he would serve as Vice-President of Sales & Sales Operations, Senior Vice-President and Executive Vice-President. He was foundational to the early stage market research, strategic planning, organizational structure, product development, M & A activity and capital formation of the company. He was a central figure in the development of the Pyxis value-based corporate culture and service-oriented sales strategies. He played a prominent role in guiding Pyxis to one of the nation's most successful public offerings in 1992, and eventually a billion dollar merger with Cardinal Health, an S&P 500 company, in 1996.
Prior to joining Pyxis, Mr. Williams had twenty years of healthcare experience that included staff and line management positions with Johnson & Johnson, Zimmer USA, Howmedica and DePuy, Inc. During those years he was involved with the development and market introduction of numerous medical devices, capital goods, services and software applications to the healthcare marketplace.
He is the founder and President of Faranhyll Foundation, Inc., whose charter is to foster value-based leadership in corporate life. He is a frequent speaker and seminar leader addressing such topics as leadership, mentoring, marketing & sales strategies, and corporate culture development. He is the author of the non-fiction book, Wrestling with Destiny.
He graduated from The University of Missouri in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
David Heer is a Managing Director of Acacia Venture Partners, a San Francisco based venture capital firm that specializes in making early stage healthcare company investments. Since co-founding Acacia in 1995, Mr. Heer has been involved with all of the firms investments, which range from specialty health services (AmeriGroup and Psychiatric Services, Inc.) to healthcare technology solutions (Abaton and Data Critical) to business services companies serving healthcare organizations (CompHealth). Mr. Heer sits on the board of directors of several of Acacia's portfolio companies. Previously, Mr. Heer was an associate at First Century Partners, a diversified venture capital firm, where he also focused on the healthcare sector. At First Century he was involved with backing a number of early stage businesses that became leading publicly traded companies in emerging new sectors of healthcare such as subacute care, alternate-site rehabilitation services, and physician practice management services. Prior to his tenure at First Century, Mr. Heer was a financial analyst with Intel Corporation where he was responsible for the accounting and analysis of all treasury transactions and tax-motivated activity. Mr. Heer received an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS from San Jose State University.
Alexander "Sandy" Spiro Jr. is co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Beringea. His responsibilities include portfolio investment management, fund raising, and group business development.
Mr. Spiro serves on the investment committees of InvestCare Partners and Global Rights Fund II. He is also active on several InvestCare investee companies' boards of directors, including MedVantx and Fisher Consulting, Inc. In addition to his responsibilities in the U.S., Mr. Spiro assisted in managing the London office of Beringea and serves as a director of Proven VCT and Proven Media VCT, both publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Prior to joining Beringea, Mr. Spiro owned and operated two profitable skilled nursing facilities. He also spent more than 30 years in the healthcare industry as a highly successful healthcare administrator and entrepreneur. In 1993, Mr. Spiro was a finalist in the healthcare division for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. In addition, he has had a wide range of business experiences, from computer integration to the developer of an Internet-based web site, designed for healthcare organizations and facilities. Mr. Spiro earned a business degree from Schoolcraft College (1972) and is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during the Vietnam War.
Robert L. Skinner is a managing partner and co-founder of Twenty One East Victoria Investments, an investment firm focused on high quality investment opportunities created by the Central Coast’s growing technology industry, fueled largely by the highly regarded engineering and applied physics programs at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Skinner is a managing member of Towbes Capital Partners, and executive vice president and general counsel of the Towbes Group Inc. Mr. Skinner is also the chief executive officer of Agility Capital, LLC, a venture-debt fund that he co-founded in 1999. Mr. Skinner serves on the board of directors of Montecito Bank & Trust and Barrister Executive Suites, Inc. Prior to moving to Santa Barbara, Mr. Skinner was an attorney with the international law firm of White & Case in its Los Angeles and New York offices where he represented such clients as The Tokai Bank, Swiss Bank and Wells Fargo Bank. Mr. Skinner earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California.
Anthony "Tony" Radaich has 38 years of public accounting experience at Arthur Andersen, Ernst &Young, and CNM LLP. Mr. Radaich is currently the Executive Director with CNM, an accounting and consulting firm based in Woodland Hills, California. Prior to joining CNM, Mr. Radaich was an audit and business advisory partner with Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. While at Ernst & Young, he was responsible for venture capital relationships in the Greater Los Angeles area and also managed the Entrepreneur of the Year program. At Arthur Andersen, he served as the managing partner of the Woodland Hills office.
Mr. Radaich specializes in providing services to early stage, venture funded companies and middle market enterprises focused on medical and health science technology and communications. Mr. Radaich has provided auditing services to numerous successful companies in the Santa Barbara area including Circon Corporation, Wavefront Technologies, Inamed, Transoft Technologies, Citrix On-Line, QAD, Software.com, Greenhills Software, and Digital Instruments.
Mr. Radaich earned a BS with honors in Accounting from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the executive board of the AeA.
Steve Jordan, Executive Vice President, Research & Development, has more than 15 years of R&D experience and has developed over 25 robotic control systems, including those created at Computer Motion. Mr. Jordan has extensive experience designing products, managing development teams, driving product development, and completing products on schedule and within budget. Mr. Jordan earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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