The Company has exclusively licensed the VistaSURE™ technology from the University of Minnesota. Our Founder and 2 Co-Founders met at the Earl E Bakken Medical Devices Center in the Institute for Engineering in Medicine. Joe Weber, DPT, Sandy Liu, MD, and Beth Groenke, DDS were selected for this prestigious post-doctorate Fellowship program. Its mission is to create technology-based solutions that solve clinical problems and train the next generation of medical device innovation leaders. They spent their fellowship together searching for unmet medical needs, researching technology solutions, and developing technology to meet the unmet medical needs. Together they developed the VistaSURE™ technology platform by combining urinalysis reagent technology with augmented reality analytical techniques in a software program housed on a smart phone. The initial market the Company will address is the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) market where a critical unmet need exists for early diagnosis.
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Management
Philip A. Messina, Chairman, President and CEO
Mr. Messina, co-founded Vista Biomedical™ in 2023. During his 25+ years of executive experience in early-stage MedTech and life sciences businesses, Mr. Messina acquired broad experience in regulatory Matters, licensing, royalty and distribution agreements, M&A and commercialization of new technologies. Previously from 2010 to 2019, Mr. Messina was a Co-founder, Chair, CEO, COO and VP of St. Teresa Medical. From 2008 – 2010 he was Pres/COO of Martell Biosystems. From 2003 -- 2008 Mr. Messina was COO of Gel-Del Technologies, where he negotiated a 15 million license agreement. From 1996 to 2003 he was President/COO of UroMetrics. Previously he also held positions as CEO of Life Signs Corp., Pres/CEO of Pulse Trend and sold the company providing a 4.5x return to investors. He has held various sales positions with other healthcare companies. Mr. Messina earned a B.S. from Northeastern Illinois University. He is the co-inventor of over 12 patents in medical technology.
Brian J. Jackson, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Jackson, co-founded Vista Biomedical™ in 2023. Mr. Jackson has a strong background in early-stage medical technology finance. He has helped raise over $75 million of growth capital in a variety of transactions including public offerings, private placements, venture placements, strategic partnerships, limited partnerships and traditional bank financings. Mr. Jackson is owner and President of Bacchus Investors, LLC, an executive financial consulting firm working with early-stage medical technology companies. From 2010 to 2019, he was a co-founder, Board member and CFO of St. Teresa Medical. Mr. Jackson co-founded PepTx, a bio-pharmaceutical firm and served as Chairman, President and CEO from 1999 to 2004, and 2004 to 2016 as Vice President, CFO and Director on a part-time basis. From 1988 through 1994, Mr. Jackson was the CFO and Controller for Everest Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices. Mr. Jackson holds a B.S.B. from the University of Minnesota. Mr. Jackson is the co-inventor on three U.S. patents in hemostasis technology and one U.S. patent in cardiovascular technology.
Sandy Liu, MD, Co-Founder – Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Liu is a Co-Founder of Vista Biomedical™. She graduated from Rush Medical College and completed her pediatric residency training and chief residency at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Liu is a board-certified pediatrician and is completing a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Minnesota. She also holds a B.S. in bioengineering with a concentration in cellular engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Liu has 10 years research experience and has direct experience in the medical device industry prior to medical school. She was an Innovations Fellow at the University of Minnesota, Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center.
Joe Weber, PhD, Founder – Vice President Technology and Inventor
Dr. Weber is the inventor of the technology and the Founder of Vista Biomedical™. Dr. Weber has a background in health insurance and physical therapy, including 10 years as Clinical Director and 6 years of clinical product innovation. Dr. Weber received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the U of St. Thomas (MN). He also completed a post-doctorate fellowship at the U of MN’s Earl E. Bakken Medical Device Center. Dr. Weber is the chief inventor on the Company’s patent application.
Curtis Olson, Ph.D., Sr. Contract Quality Engineer
Dr. Olson has 25 yrs of medical device engineering experience in the areas of Quality, R/D, Product design, Regulatory strategies, pre-clinical and human clinical trials, and manufacturing process development. Dr. Olson worked for or provided consulting services to NuGyn, St. Teresa Medical, Timm Medical, Alagin Research, Gel-Del Technologies, Plasiatek, and UroMetrics. Dr. Olson has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Material Science from Iowa State University. Dr. Olson is the inventor or co-inventor on 15 patents.
Beth Groenke, DDS, MS – Market Development
Dr. Groenke is a Co-Founder of Vista Biomedical™. She is a Dentist and board-certified Pain Specialist. She earned her D.D.S. and a B.S in Interdisciplinary Engineering, both from the University of Missouri. Dr. Groenke also earned a M.S. and Certificate in Orofacial Pain. She has completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center.
Rod Nail, Director of Sales
We're pleased to announce the hiring of Rod Nail who has joined Vista BioMedical as our newly created Director of Sales. Rod brings a vast wealth of experience across multiple healthcare verticals in senior level sales and marketing roles. Rod started his career with Fortune 500 companies such as Colgate, Palmolive and Johnson & Johnson in numerous senior positions. After leaving J&J, Rod became more entrepreneurial and helped several small medical companies to start or overhaul their sales and marketing teams while in critical positions such as VP Sales & Marketing, and Director of Global Sales. Prior to joining Vista BioMedical, Rod was CEO of Waterford Mask and Global Health Support and was instrumental in their success and market capitalization both domestically and globally. In addition, Rod was instrumental in product development at both Waterford and Global groups.
Vista Biomedical™ - Who We Are
Vista Biomedical™, Inc. is a medical device development and manufacturing company that is commercializing a new patent-pending, proprietary, urinalysis technology focused on in-home disease screening.
With a strong focus on research and development, we are constantly pushing the boundaries of medical technology to deliver cutting-edge products that meet the needs of patients and healthcare professionals alike. We take pride in our commitment to quality and safety, ensuring that our devices are accurate, reliable, and easy to use.
At Vista Biomedical™, we understand the importance of collaboration and partnership. We work closely with healthcare providers, regulatory agencies, and other industry leaders to ensure that our products meet the highest standards of performance and compliance.