Board of Directors at Spineology
John J. Booth, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, has been a board member of Spineology since its inception and was named CEO in September 2004. Prior to joining Spineology, Mr. Booth held various executive level positions at Phillips Plastics Corporation, most recently serving as CEO from June of 2001 to December 2002. Before serving as CEO of Phillips, he was CEO of Microvena Corporation, a cardiovascular device subsidiary of Phillips, from 1999 to 2001 and CEO of Phillips Origen Group Division from 1998 to 1999. Prior to Phillips, Mr. Booth was President and CEO of INCSTAR Corporation, a publicly held medical technology company involved in in-vitro diagnostics. He has held various positions in both financial and general management in the medical technology industry since 1981. Mr. Booth received a BS degree in accounting from Villanova University and an MBA from Seton Hall University.
Donald R. Brattain, Board Member. Mr. Brattain is President of Brattain & Associates, LLC a private investment company located in Minneapolis. In 1991, prior to founding his investment company, Mr. Brattain acquired Barefoot Grass Lawn Service, which he grew from $3.2 million in annual sales to $100 million. He guided Barefoot through an LBO and IPO before the sale of the company in 1998. Mr. Brattain has chaired or served on the boards of several publicly traded companies, including Orthomet, an orthopedic implant company, and Everest Medical, a laparoscopic medical device company. He currently serves on the board of Tyler Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded software services company, and several private companies in which he has a majority ownership.
Thomas R. King, Board Member. Mr. King currently practices law with Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., for whom he recently served as Chairman of the Board. His expertise is in securities and corporate law and corporate governance. Mr. King’s practice is focused on counseling emerging companies. Mr. King received a BA in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1962. In 1965, he graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School with an LLB. After attending graduate school for one year, he began the private practice of law in 1966. Mr. King is a past president of The Fund for the Legal Aid Society and past Vice Chair of the Children’s Home Society of Minnesota.
James T. Rybicki, Chairman. Mr. Rybicki has a strong sales and marketing background. After five years with Johnson & Johnson and Bausch & Lomb, he joined Hydrocurve, a soft contact lens start up company, which in 1980 was sold to Revlon for $30 million. Mr. Rybicki then joined IOPTEX Inc., an intraocular lens start up, where in 1986 he became one of four principals as a result of a leveraged buyout with Merrill Lynch and Johnston & Associates. IOPTEX was sold to Smith & Nephew, Inc. in 1989 for $236 million. In 1992, after fulfilling his employment agreement, he became a private investor in microcap medical device companies with a specific emphasis on orthopedics and ophthalmology.
Edson W. Spencer, Jr., Board Member. Ed is Founder and Chairman of Affinity Capital Management. He is the Managing General Partner of the PSF Health Care Fund, L.P., the Managing Member of Affinity Ventures II, LLC and a Managing General Partner of Affinity Ventures III, IV, and V, L.P. Ed has an MBA from Columbia University and a BA from Williams College. He serves on the boards of directors of several portfolio companies and non-profit organizations.
Donald R. Brattain, Board Member. Mr. Brattain is President of Brattain & Associates, LLC a private investment company located in Minneapolis. In 1991, prior to founding his investment company, Mr. Brattain acquired Barefoot Grass Lawn Service, which he grew from $3.2 million in annual sales to $100 million. He guided Barefoot through an LBO and IPO before the sale of the company in 1998. Mr. Brattain has chaired or served on the boards of several publicly traded companies, including Orthomet, an orthopedic implant company, and Everest Medical, a laparoscopic medical device company. He currently serves on the board of Tyler Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded software services company, and several private companies in which he has a majority ownership.
Thomas R. King, Board Member. Mr. King currently practices law with Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., for whom he recently served as Chairman of the Board. His expertise is in securities and corporate law and corporate governance. Mr. King’s practice is focused on counseling emerging companies. Mr. King received a BA in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1962. In 1965, he graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School with an LLB. After attending graduate school for one year, he began the private practice of law in 1966. Mr. King is a past president of The Fund for the Legal Aid Society and past Vice Chair of the Children’s Home Society of Minnesota.
James T. Rybicki, Chairman. Mr. Rybicki has a strong sales and marketing background. After five years with Johnson & Johnson and Bausch & Lomb, he joined Hydrocurve, a soft contact lens start up company, which in 1980 was sold to Revlon for $30 million. Mr. Rybicki then joined IOPTEX Inc., an intraocular lens start up, where in 1986 he became one of four principals as a result of a leveraged buyout with Merrill Lynch and Johnston & Associates. IOPTEX was sold to Smith & Nephew, Inc. in 1989 for $236 million. In 1992, after fulfilling his employment agreement, he became a private investor in microcap medical device companies with a specific emphasis on orthopedics and ophthalmology.
Edson W. Spencer, Jr., Board Member. Ed is Founder and Chairman of Affinity Capital Management. He is the Managing General Partner of the PSF Health Care Fund, L.P., the Managing Member of Affinity Ventures II, LLC and a Managing General Partner of Affinity Ventures III, IV, and V, L.P. Ed has an MBA from Columbia University and a BA from Williams College. He serves on the boards of directors of several portfolio companies and non-profit organizations.
