Mike Wallace

Sr. Vice President, R&D and Business Development

Mike brings more than 18 years of research and development experience in the medical device industry to Baxano, Inc.

Previously, Mike held executive positions at BARRX Medical, Boston Scientific and Target Therapeutics managing research and development, engineering, advanced research, new business development and operations. During his tenure, Mike led several product development programs to successful multi-million dollar launches.

Prior to BARRX Medical, Boston Scientific and Target Therapeutics, Mike was an orthopedic research engineer for the University of California, Davis and also a process development/manufacturing engineer for W.L. Gore & Associates.

Mike holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a bioengineering emphasis from the University of California, Davis and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware. He has co-authored six articles published in peer-reviewed technical journals and is an inventor on over 100 issued or pending U.S. patents.