Bill Gerard
President Arterex North America (NextPhase Medical and Formula Plastics)
Bill brings over 26 years of experience in Medical Device Contract Manufacturing, most recently as President of Carlisle’s Contract Manufacturing group (formerly Providien Medical).
Prior to Carlisle and Providien, Bill worked at The Tech Group, a medical device CMO with locations across the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. During his tenure at The Tech Group, Bill held positions of increasing responsibility, including Managing Director of Tech Group Latin America, Vice President of Engineering, and finally as Vice President of Operations, helping lead the organization through their acquisition by West Pharmaceutical.
Robert A. Olsen
Chief Commercial Officer, Arterex North America
Rob came to the Company as Vice President, Sales & Marketing in 2017 from Nexcore Technology with more than 25 years of experience in the medical device outsourcing industry and was promoted to his current role in 2020. Most of his experience has been focused on business development across a broad spectrum of electronic and disposable medical devices, where he has developed and executed strategies that have led to significant growth.
Rob’s previous role was at Vention Medical, where as Vice President, Business Development he led a team responsible for identifying, securing, growing, and retaining business that helped create substantial value and resulted in a successful exit event for shareholders.
Earlier, he served as Vice President, Business Development at Flextronics International, and as Director, Business Development at Nypro.
Rob earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Boston University and a Master of Business Administration from Nichols College.
Matthew Giza
Senior Vice President & General Manager (Electromechanical Device and Single Use Device Divisions)
Matt joined the Company in 2022 from Interstate Specialty Products, a converter of specialty materials for the Life Sciences and Medical markets. He has more than 25 years of experience in a variety of high-tech businesses utilized in manufacturing complex electromechanical medical devices, specialized components, and capital equipment.
Matt’s career has encompassed all facets of customer engagement, organizational development, operations, and value creation.
Matt previously served for 10 years as Executive Vice President & General Manager for Cogmedix and helped build a well-recognized, high-growth medical device contract engineering and manufacturing company.
Earlier, Matt served as Director of Sales & Marketing for Zygo’s Optical Systems Division, where he led a successful diversification strategy into Life Sciences. He was also Director, Worldwide Sales & Service for GSI Group (now Novanta) and led global sales and services for optical scanning and encoder products.
Matt earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration from Clark University.