Management Team

• Tom Glover, CEO
• Mira Sahney, President
• Kailas Narendran, Lead Electrical
  Engineer & Co-Inventor
• John McBean, Lead Mechanical
  Engineer & Co-Inventor
• Kate Zebrose, VP Engineering
• Mark Kieras, Director of Regulatory and Quality
• Ela Lewis, Director of Product Management

Tom Glover, CEO
Mr. Glover is an experienced executive in the management of large and small medical device companies. Prior to Myomo, Mr. Glover was President/CEO of Vasomedical, Inc., a publicly-held company specializing in non-invasive devices to treat cardiovascular diseases. Mr. Glover was instrumental in leading programs and strategies to open new growth market segment opportunities. Before Vasomedical, Inc., Mr. Glover was President/CEO of Vasca, Inc., a medical device company specializing in implantable drug/device combination products for vascular access. Under his leadership, the company achieved FDA 510(k) class III clearance, and Medicare insurance reimbursement. Previously, Mr. Glover was Executive Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc. and responsible for management of the U.S. orthopedic implant business. Mr. Glover was also a member of the J.J.P.I board of directors, Earlier in his career, Mr. Glover held several positions of increasing responsibility at Davis & Geck /American Cyanamid (now Wyeth) During his 14 year tenure, Mr. Glover held several U.S. and international executive positions, including the Vice President/General Manager of Davis & Geck US., medical device business. In addition to his Myomo, Inc. responsibilities, Mr. Glover is a Director of Incappe, Inc. Mr. Glover has recently served as a Director of Vasomedical, Inc. and of Nova Science Ltd., an interventional cardiology company.

Mira Sahney, President
Ms. Sahney brings to Myomo over a decade of experience in operations strategy, design engineering, business development, and company formation and scale-up. Ms. Sahney has held engineering and operational leadership positions at BMW, Boeing, Flow International, and Agilent Technologies. Joining the inventors of Myomo technology in 2003, while it was still incubating at MIT, Ms. Sahney built the business strategy that garnered the company first prize in the 2004 MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition. In 2007 Ms. Sahney was named a Woman to Watch by Mass High Tech and one of Four Under Forty Emerging Leaders by Women's Business. Ms. Sahney earned M.S.M.E. and MBA degrees from MIT, where she was a Fellow in the Leaders for Manufacturing program and a M.S.M.E. from Stanford University. Ms. Sahney graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Ms. Sahney also holds several patents.

Kailas Narendran, Lead Electrical Engineer & Co-Inventor
Mr. Narendran has extensive experience in developing hardware and software components for robotic and embedded systems and clinical testing of nascent research technologies. Past experience has included working in software development groups at Altera Corp and National Instruments. As part of boot-strapping Myomo, Mr. Narendran has pursued independent consulting projects, providing both services and manufacturing products for clients including Georgia Pacific, the MIT Media Lab, Harvard School of Public Health and the United States Army. Mr. Narendran has a BS and MSE in Electrical Engineering from MIT and was a winner of a 2004 Global Indus Technovator Award.

John McBean, Lead Mechanical Engineer & Co-inventor
Mr. McBean is an expert in the design of complex electro-mechanical systems intended for interaction with humans. Mr. McBean's experience spans research, development and manufacturing of prototype systems to full system integration, outsourcing, and packaging for product launch. Working with clients including Los Alamos National Laboratories, The United States Army, The MIT Media Laboratory, and the Stan Winston Special Effects Studios, Mr. McBean has developed and brought to market humanoid robots, animatronics, measuring and diagnostic systems, and battery chargers. Mr. McBean has a BS and a MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.

Kate Zebrose, VP Engineering
Ms. Zebrose has over 20 years experience in product development for numerous companies from small start-ups (CEC, Castle), to mid-size companies (Telco, Idea) and large international companies (Motorola, AT&T, IBM, SIEMENS). Ms. Zebrose was Director of Hardware Development at Castle Networks which was a high growth venture capital (Bessemer, Venrock) funded start-up. Ms. Zebrose is experienced at hiring staff, setting product architecture, addressing regulatory issues, establishing processes for quality volume manufacturing and selecting vendors. Ms. Zebrose has a BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.

Mark Kieras, Director of Regulatory and Quality
Mr. Kieras is a medical device professional with over 20 years experience in large and small medical device organizations including start-up companies. Mr. Kieras has held both technical and regulatory positions in the global commercialization of medical devices and also has significant experience with domestic and international clinical trials. Most recently, Mr. Kieras was responsible for Global Regulatory Affairs for the patient monitoring division of Draeger Medical. Prior to Draeger Medical, Mr. Kieras held global Regulatory Affairs positions at Hologic, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., San Francisco Science, Inc. and Smith & Nephew, Inc. Mr. Kieras has experience with FDA 510(k) and PMA submissions as well as global regulatory requirements for medical devices. Mr. Kieras has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University.

Ela Lewis, Director of Product Management
MS. Lewis is a published researcher, national lecturer and patent holder in the area of rehabilitation robotics. Additionally, Ms. Lewis has over a decade of experience at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, treating stroke patients and as a clinical supervisor. After leaving RIC, Ms. Lewis joined ChicagoPT, LLC (now KineaDesign), a robotics design firm that specializes in rehabilitation robotics. At KineaDesign Ms. Lewis was a co-inventor of the KineAssistT, an overground robot used by therapists to teach people how to walk again post stroke. Following the five years she spent at Kinea Design, Ms. Lewis was the Director of Trauma for HealthSouth Hospitals of Greater Pittsburgh which includes HealthSouth's largest inpatient rehabilitation facility, Health South Harmarville. While at HealthSouth, Ms. Lewis was a key member of HealthSouth's national technology review committee. Additionally, Ms. Lewis is a member of the Industry Advisory Board at Carnegie Mellon University's Quality of Life Technology Center that was created to transform the lives of people with reduced functional capabilities due to aging or disability through technology innovation. She has a BS in Biology from the University of Illinois and an MS in Physical Therapy from Washington University.