Leadership Team

Everything you need to know about our Mitovation

Leadership Team

Bruce Barrett

Bruce Barrett

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Barrett has almost 30 years of experience bringing new near-infrared light-based medical innovations to market. His career began in sales at Edwards Lifesciences. At Abbott Laboratories, he ran sales and marketing for the critical care business and was responsible for the Canadian Hospital Product’s Division. He has also served as CEO of Ornim Medical (Israel), and of Somanetics Corporation (Troy, MI) from early development until its sale to Covidien.

Maik Hüttemann

Maik Hüttemann

Founder & Co-Chief Science Officer

Dr. Hüttemann is Professor and Division Director for Research at the Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics at Wayne State University School of Medicine. His research focus is mitochondrial bioenergetics- his work led to the discovery that discrete wavelengths of infrared light can positively modulate mitochondria of cells during the critical reperfusion period after an ischemic injury.

Mary Jane

Thomas Sanderson

Founder & Co-Chief Science Officer

Dr. Sanderson is Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan. He serves as a grant reviewer for the NIH, DoD, and American Heart Association (AHA), and has received numerous research excellence awards from the AHA. His research focus is in cardiac arrest and resuscitation, translation of therapeutics, and mitochondrial dysfunction.

Tom Waddell

Tom Waddell

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Waddell has over 30+ years of medical device project leadership. He currently serves as CEO of Waddell Group, a medical device project management consultancy, and has led over 40+ medical device projects from concept through launch in multiple medical markets.

Medical Advisory Board

The Medical Advisory Board gives Mitovation's leadership team oversight and guidance with regards to clinical trial design, safety, efficacy, and adoption of Mitovation's technology within the medical community.

Robert Neumar, MD, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine

Brian J. O’Neil, MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Specialist-in-Chief, DMC

Richard J. Levy, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Vice Chair for Pediatric Laboratory Research, Columbia University