Barry Cheskin

Private Equity Investor at

Shalon Ventures, Inc.

65 year

87 connections

Electronic Technology

Health Technology

Consumer Services

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Barry Cheskin was the founder of PowerVision, Inc. (founded in 2002) and AirXpanders, Inc. (founded in 2005), where he holds the titles of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director and Chairman, respectively.
He is currently a Principal at Shalon Ventures, Inc. where he holds the title of Principal.
Mr. Cheskin's former positions include President & Chief Executive Officer at RITA Medical Systems, Inc. (1997), President & Chief Executive Officer at NanoGram Devices Corp., Chief Executive Officer at Greatbatch Ltd., and Division President at Datascope Corp.
Mr. Cheskin received a graduate degree from Stanford University, an undergraduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (conferred in 1982), and an MBA from Columbia Business School (conferred in 1988).

Barry Cheskin active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Shalon Ventures, Inc. Shalon Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Shalon Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on life sciences, medical devices, pharmaceutical, financial, entrepreneurial resource and health tech sectors. It provides financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements.	Private Equity Investor	-

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Former positions of Barry Cheskin

Companies	Position	End
AIRXPANDERS INC	Founder	2019-07-23
RITA Medical Systems, Inc. RITA Medical Systems, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops and manufactures electrodes and generators for radiofrequency interstitial tissue ablation	Chief Executive Officer	1997-05-01
Greatbatch Ltd. Greatbatch Ltd. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Designs and manufactures specialized lithium battery power systems for critical applications	Chief Executive Officer	-
Datascope Corp. Datascope Corp. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Manufactures and sells medical instruments used in interventional cardiology and radiology, anesthesiology, cardiovascular surgery, emergency medicine and critical care	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
NanoGram Devices Corp. NanoGram Devices Corp. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Develops nano-scale materials for use in various battery and medical device applications	Chief Executive Officer	-

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Datascope Corp. Datascope Corp. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Manufactures and sells medical instruments used in interventional cardiology and radiology, anesthesiology, cardiovascular surgery, emergency medicine and critical care	Electronic Technology
RITA Medical Systems, Inc. RITA Medical Systems, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops and manufactures electrodes and generators for radiofrequency interstitial tissue ablation	Health Technology
AirXpanders, Inc. AirXpanders, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops medical devices for women who require tissue expansion for breast reconstruction	Health Technology
Stanford University Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
NanoGram Devices Corp. NanoGram Devices Corp. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Develops nano-scale materials for use in various battery and medical device applications	Electronic Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Functions as a College/University	Finance
Shalon Ventures, Inc. Shalon Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Shalon Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on life sciences, medical devices, pharmaceutical, financial, entrepreneurial resource and health tech sectors. It provides financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements.	Finance
Greatbatch Ltd. Greatbatch Ltd. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Designs and manufactures specialized lithium battery power systems for critical applications	Producer Manufacturing
Columbia Business School Columbia Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services