Nick Deeter brings more than 29 years of business leadership and health care industry experience to his role as OrthoPediatrics’ Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer.

As the company’s founder and visionary, he is responsible for setting the strategic direction and long-term growth plans for OrthoPediatrics. In this capacity, he leverages his successful track record of developing and commercializing medical innovations, orthopedic devices and implants for the global health care market.

Mr. Deeter’s distinguished orthopedic and medical device career began at Zimmer, Inc. and includes more than two decades of executive leadership positions for other well-respected medical organizations. Prior to forming OrthoPediatrics, he spent seven years with DePuy Orthopaedics, a Johnson & Johnson company where he was responsible for health care compliance administration, medical affairs and orthogenesis.  This included managing surgeon relationships, product engineering, production and marketing of custom implants and limb preservation products. Mr. Deeter also served as founder, Chairman, President and CEO of ViAtro, Corp., a medical device company specializing in infection control products; Vice President of University Technology Inc. at Case Western Reserve University, managing the technology transfer process of more than $100 million dollars per year of medical research; and President of Medical Ventures Ltd., a venture capital firm that initially funded STERIS Corp. Additionally, he managed the orthopedic and respiratory products at Invacare Corporation, the world leader in durable medical equipment.

Mr. Deeter earned an MBA from Case Western University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Purdue University. He currently serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Case Western Reserve University, as well as AdvaMed, the medical device industry’s largest lobbying group.

Mr. Odle brings extensive experience in orthopedic sales, management, and operations to OrthoPediatrics. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Odle spent sixteen years in various levels of leadership with Smith+Nephew Orthopaedics and was recognized nationally as one of their top managers. He has won numerous awards for his achievements and grew revenues for his district over 400% during his tenure.

Mr. Odle also has experience in product development, and helped facilitate the launch of an innovative design for partial knee replacement, called The Journey Deuce™, which was invented by Dr. Lindsey Rolston.

Mr. Odle holds a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, and has completed advanced leadership education and training through The Aji Network’s two year “Business Professional’s Course”, as well as Gap International’s “Executive Challenge Course”.

As the Vice President of Sales for OrthoPediatrics, David Bailey is responsible for driving new business initiatives and increasing market penetration. This includes cultivating relationships with pediatric orthopedic surgeons, developing partnerships with key distributors and collaborating with OrthoPediatrics’ new product development department. In addition to sales strategy and management expertise, Mr. Bailey brings a wealth of hands-on operating room surgical experience and product knowledge to his role at OrthoPediatrics.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Bailey provided sales leadership and consulting to each of Smith+Nephew Orthopaedics’ divisions, including orthopedic reconstruction, trauma, endoscopy and clinical therapies. He also served as sales manager for NoInk Communications, a high growth software company that specializes in medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

Mr. Bailey earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sales and Sales Management from Purdue University. Additionally, he has been recognized throughout his career by employers and peers for his successes.

As Vice President of Regulatory and Medical Affairs, Gary Barnett plays a critical role in the development and commercialization of OrthoPediatrics’ product lines. In this capacity, he is responsible for the company’s overall regulatory affairs strategy and execution related to product/device development, submissions and approvals. This includes developing and maintaining OrthoPediatrics’ regulatory affairs infrastructure, policies and procedures, as well as liaising with regulatory agencies.

Prior to joining OrthoPediatrics, Mr. Barnett worked at DePuy Orthopedics where he was responsible for developing custom and primary knee products. In this role he redesigned the Limb Preservation System to improve product performance and bridge the gap between revision and limb salvage procedures. Before DePuy, Mr. Barnett held senior management positions at an equipment manufacturer and supply company where he had P&L responsibility, led successful program launches and won product quality awards.  Additionally, Mr. Barnett held several progressively responsible positions at Zimmer, Inc., when it was a Bristol-Myers company, including knee product development engineer, manufacturing engineering manager and director of operations/trauma products.

Mr. Barnett holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology and an MBA, both from Ball State University. He also is a certified Project Management Professional.

As OrthoPediatrics’ Vice President of Business Development, Greg Downey is responsible for guiding the company’s business development strategy, building strategic industry and investor relationships, and generating national market awareness for the company. Mr. Downey provides more than a decade of senior executive management and entrepreneurial experience in the medical device and healthcare information technology industry.

Prior to joining OrthoPediatrics, Mr. Downey helped European and US-based emerging technology companies enter the U.S. healthcare marketplace through strategic business development and marketing initiatives with several large OEMs. In addition, Mr. Downey served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for specialty healthcare software firm, NoInk Communications, where he contributed to the company’s success in orthopedics through large enterprise sales to Smith+Nephew, DePuy and Stryker, among others. Before NoInk, Mr. Downey served in business development capacities for Medibuy, a supply chain healthcare exchange backed by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital. Mr. Downey also worked at Johnson & Johnson, where he developed strategic sales and marketing initiatives used in the launch of Gynecare, a specialty niche surgical division of Ethicon, Inc.

Mr. Downey received his bachelor’s degree from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University with emphasis in marketing and finance. He serves on the advisory board of Kids' Voice of Indiana, a non-profit legal foundation for at-risk children.

Dr. Anthony A. McPherron has been in practice with Specialty Orthopedics, Inc. since 2000. He is the founder of the Indiana Center for Adult Reconstruction, a division of Specialty Orthopedics. He specializes in reconstructive surgery of the hip, knee and shoulder. 

Dr. McPherron routinely performs both primary and revision joint replacement surgeries. He treats complications, such as recurrent dislocations, infections, and fractures located around an artificial joint.

Dr. McPherron attended Indiana State University where, in 1990, he earned his bachelor’s degree in athletic training/sports medicine. From there he went to Ohio University for his medical school training, graduating in 1994.

He later completed his residency at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio in 1999, and then went on to complete his Fellowship in adult reconstructive surgery at the Florida Orthopedic Institute and Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida.  Dr. McPherron received his MBA from Purdue University, Krannert School of Management in 2006.

Dr. McPherron is the designing surgeon of several implants used in hip and knee surgery, as well as the designer of many instruments used in these cases. He has been a consultant with numerous orthopedic companies and has held positions such as the National Director of Resident Education, and most recently been a member of the Board of Directors for Deo Volente Orthopedics.

Thomas Slagle, who serves as Vice President of Operations at OrthoPediatrics, is a seasoned industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience in medical device design, engineering and manufacturing.

Before joining OrthoPediatrics, Mr. Slagle served as the senior manager for quality engineering at Medtronic Spinal and Biologics, where he led a major modernization of the design and quality systems. His contributions resulted in one of the company's first FDA approvals of a PMA product, Medtronic's cervical disc. Prior to Medtronic, Mr. Slagle spent nearly two decades at DePuy Orthopaedics in senior management capacities overseeing manufacturing engineering, plant management, manufacturing systems deployment, tooling services, distribution management, custom and special products, NDT, metrology, calibration and receiving inspection.

Mr. Slagle earned a bachelor’s degree in metallurgy and materials science and an M.B.A., both from Case Western Reserve University. He holds a certification for quality engineering from the American Society for Quality. Mr. Slagle also is a lead quality auditor, a six-sigma black belt candidate, and an expert in lean manufacturing.

As OrthoPediatrics’ Vice President of Marketing, Bob von Seggern brings more than 20 years of industry expertise to his role. In this capacity, he is responsible for creating and guiding the company’s long-term new product development roadmap and timeline.  This includes analyzing industry trends, assessing market demand, and collaborating with company engineers to develop and commercialize new products, capture market share, and position OrthoPediatrics as the industry leader in orthopedic devices for children.

Prior to joining OrthoPediatrics, Mr. von Seggern worked in several executive and product development roles at Zimmer, Inc.  In positions including Global Director of External Research and Global Brand Manager, he developed an effective external research program and led several of the company’s new orthopedic products and instruments from concept to commercialization.  At W.L. Gore and Associates, Mr. von Seggern directed the research, development, engineering, manufacturing, marketing and technical support efforts for implantable devices, receiving numerous accolades for his achievements.

Mr. von Seggern earned a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine, as well as his Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in Engineering from The Ohio State University.  Additionally, he has completed the Medical Marketing Program at UCLA and The Wharton School’s Competitive Business Strategies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

As OrthoPediatrics’ Chief Financial Officer, Isaac Mensah is responsible for the overall financial health and management of the company. This includes setting financial strategies, budgeting and forecasting, ensuring compliance with accounting practices, instituting accounting systems, making investment decisions, and managing organizational assets. Mr. Mensah brings to OrthoPediatrics more than thirty years of accounting, business, healthcare economics, reimbursement, and financial management experience working with organizations in the orthopaedics, health care and finance industries.

Prior to joining OrthoPediatrics, Mr. Mensah held a variety of divisional and corporate financial leadership positions at DePuy Orthopaedics, DePuy Trauma & Extremities, DePuy AcroMed (Spine), and DePuy Canada & Latin America. Additionally, he served in various accounting and financial management capacities for orthopedic device manufacturer, Zimmer, Inc., the American Hospital Association in Chicago, and the Public Administration Service.

Mr. Mensah earned an M.B.A. in Corporate Finance from DePaul University in Chicago and a B.Sc. degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  He also holds a CPA from the State of Illinois and earned a certificate in management from the Kellogg Management Institute at Northwestern University.

Mr. Daniels has been involved in the medical device industry for over eight years, and most recently at DePuy Orthopedics, a Johnson & Johnson company, where he served as the Hip Lead Designer. In this roll, he was responsible for the designs and personnel in hip research and development. During his tenure at DePuy, Mr. Daniels was responsible for several commercially successful designs, such as Summit, Engage, S-ROM instrumentation upgrade, Computer Aided Surgery (CAS) implants/instrumentation, custom hip implants/instrumentation and numerous others. Mr. Daniels was not only responsible for the migration of new and existing products to the CAS system, he also authored procedure specifications.

Prior to DePuy, Mr. Daniels was a mechanical design engineer at Delco Electronics in Kokomo, Indiana, where he was responsible for Delco Electronics’ U.S. design integration and Honda Motor Company’s wireless security products for the Accord and Civic. He was also a part of the Passkey III Immobilization Security Product Development Team where he was responsible for communicating to a worldwide team that developed current model year products and diagnosed design problems. In his tenure at Delco Electronics, he developed manufacturing fixtures and plastic injection molding tooling, and diagnosed root cause failure mechanisms of production equipment, circuit board manufacturing, as well as solved challenges surrounding platform integration and design.

Mr. Daniels graduated with honors, Magna Cum Laude, from Ivy Tech State College with an Associate of Science in Mechanical Design Technology. He has been awarded 4 U.S. patents, 4 European patents, and has 9 pending patents in orthopedics.