Austin, TX, July 30, 2024 – Dynamic Light, Inc., a privately held software and med tech hardware company based in Austin, Texas announces the appointment of Steve Whitlock as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. In this role Steve will leverage his extensive experience in the med tech industry in both large corporate and start-up company executive management roles.
Steve brings over 30 years of experience in areas of product development, product marketing, new technology and business development, general business management, venture capital investment, and strategic business consulting in broad areas of the health care industry on a global and international level. Steve has recently served as Managing Director for Spindletop Capital Management (Growth Equity Venture Capital), and President of Straightway Ventures, where he has provided management consulting services to a wide range of companies, including TruCells, vivoVerse, Accelus (formerly Integrity Implants), Bioventus, Molecular Matrix Inc, IDEV Technologies and Rarecells USA. Steve has held significant senior executive management roles with Centerpulse Orthopedics (formerly Intermedics and Sulzer Orthopedics), as VP of Engineering and later Global General Manager of Products Group which was purchased by Zimmer in 2003 for $3.2B, and LDR Spine USA as Co-Founder, President & CEO which merged into LDR Spine, went public in 2013 and purchased by Zimmer in 2016 for $1B. Steve has also held various roles including with Spinal Restoration (Co-Founder and CTO), Ortho Kinematics (VP R&D), Path4 Ventures (Co-Founder, General Partner), and PTV Sciences (Operating Venture Partner). Steve has served on the Board of Directors of LDR, Spinal Restoration, Accelus, and as Board Advisor to Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering Department. Steve holds a BSME from Texas A&M University and MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
“I am excited to join Dynamic Light as CEO and look forward to working with Co-Founders Andrew Dunn, PhD and David Miller, PhD as we work to establish a full team, execute on strategic plans and commercially launch our patented SpeckleView® technology in the US and Global marketplace.”
About Dynamic Light
Dynamic Light, Inc. is a software and med tech hardware based surgical system that enables continuous, real-time, high resolution visual insight into blood flow and perfusion during microsurgery applications.
For more information on Dynamic Light please visit http://www.dynamiclight.com/about.