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Karen Miller Gillis is a seasoned executive with a strong background in medical devices, start-ups, and sales management. She has experience in product launch, marketing, and sales operations, with a focus on medical imaging and hardware diagnostics. Gillis has held various leadership positions in companies such as Vivvidae Life Sciences, Interlink Markets, and Arctic Fox, Inc., where she has developed and implemented business strategies to drive growth and profitability. She holds a BA in Business Economics from Brown University.

Experience

    • Chief Executive Officer, Founder
      • Aug 2022 - Present
      • Greater Boston

      We are hands on partners who provide support in all stages of the journey of bringing life sciences technology to the world. Vivvidae helps our partners perform the hands-on, detailed work needed to progress life science products from inception through market launch and exit.

  • Interlink Markets
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    • Strategic Consultant
      • Dec 2023 - Present
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States

      Interlink Markets, Member FNEX is a boutique investment bank specializing in institutional private capital deal-sourcing, fundraising, placement, M&A, strategic partnering, and private secondary trading. With more than 300-years of combined experience, contacts, and relationships Interlink’s team has the unique ability to identify compatible partners, foster connections, and pave the way for mutually beneficial transactions.

    • Activator
      • Oct 2022 - Present

      Coralus (formerly SheEO) co-creates new economic and social models by distributing crowdsourced support to our members, ventures, and the world. Learn more and Activate: https://www.coralus.world

  • Arctic Fox, Inc.
    • Cambridge, MA
    • President & Chief Operating Officer, Founder
      • Sep 2016 - Apr 2022
      • Cambridge, MA

      Arctic Fox is developing products for non-surgical fat removal using a completely novel technology. Lead all aspects of company creation from licensing of technology through to to successful first in human trials.

  • Miraki Innovation
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts
    • Venture Director
      • Mar 2019 - Mar 2022
      • Cambridge, Massachusetts

      Miraki Innovation identified problems in health care, licenses promising technology to address these problems and builds companies around these technologies. Investment Committee member tasked with analyzing potential technologies while creating and implementing business planning and operational management systems and associated tools across the portfolio.

    • Director, New Ventures
      • Aug 2016 - Feb 2019

      Focused on the early start up of new portfolio companies in the life sciences sector.

    • President
      • Oct 2015 - Feb 2019

      Plan Bee Consulting provided strategic and business operations consultation services to a range of small businesses and start-up medical device companies.

  • Touch Bionics
    • Mansfield, Massachusetts
    • General Manager, North America
      • Apr 2012 - Oct 2015
      • Mansfield, Massachusetts

      Established structure to support growth and profitability for world-leading bionic hand technologies. Created a holistic approach to customer care through every stage of the sales and post-sale support cycles, managing P&L and all areas of business.

    • VP Sales & Marketing/General Manager USA
      • Apr 2011 - Mar 2012

      Established US commercial business for a novel imaging device in dermatology.

    • Vice President, Sales and Marketing
      • Jan 2008 - Feb 2011

      #1 US Hire for start-up medical device company focused on novel solutions in women's health. Developed GTM plans and managed all aspects of US launch.

    • Dir of Marketing; Sales & National Accounts
      • 1999 - 2007

      Director, National AccountsAccount Manager/Field Sales TrainerDirector, Marketing

    • Surgical Product Manager
      • 1995 - 1999

      Surgical Product Manager responsible for product launch and growth in trauma, cardiovascular, orthopedic applications.

Education

  • 1990 - 1994
    Brown University
    BA, Business Economics
  • DHS
  • DHS
  • DHS

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Industry Focus. “Medical Devices”

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