Peter Sommerness
Consultant / Advisor at Vensana Capital Management LLC
Network origin in Peter Sommerness first degree
| Entity | Entity type | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Company | Medical Specialties | 182 | |
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 156 |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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| Private Company | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 106 |
Vensana Capital Management LLC
 Vensana Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Vensana Capital Management LLC (Vensana Capital) is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm founded in 2019 by Peter Klein Justin & Kirk G. Nielsen. The firm is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 32 |
Chart of Companies connected to the second degree
Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Peter Sommerness via their personal network
| Company | Sector | Related people | Main position |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. | Medical Specialties | President Director of Finance/CFO Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY | Medical Specialties | Chief Executive Officer Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal President | |
Medtronic, Inc.
 Medtronic, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. | Medical Specialties | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| BIOGEN INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director of Finance/CFO Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member | |
| CVS HEALTH CORPORATION | Drugstore Chains | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| ENDOLOGIX, INC. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Chairman Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Corporate Officer/Principal | |
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Advanced Medical Technology Association
 Advanced Medical Technology Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Advanced Medical Technology Association is a trade association which provides medical technology solutions. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| Kellogg School of Management | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
| Harvard Business School | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
Vertiflex, Inc.
 Vertiflex, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology VertiFlex, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It offers minimally invasive solutions for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), which is the cause of spinal surgery in the elderly. The firm specializes in minimally invasive, motion preservation, spine and medical device. The company was founded by Moti Altarac in 2005 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Relievant Medsystems, Inc.
 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Relievant Medsystems, Inc. develops treatment and technologies for chronic back pain. Its Intracept System solution is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy delivered into the vertebral body of the spine to ablate the basivertebral nerve. Relievant Medsystems was founded by James C. Peacock, Jeffrey Charles Lotz, and Rex Peters in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Medical Specialties | Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer | |
Cornell University
 Cornell University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY. | College/University | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
Intact Vascular, Inc.
 Intact Vascular, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Intact Vascular, Inc. develops products for minimally invasive peripheral vascular procedures. Its tack endovascular system is designed to optimize peripheral balloon angioplasty results in the treatment of peripheral artery disease and this technology will offer physicians a new treatment option for treating peripheral artery disease. The company was founded by Robert Mero Giasolli and Peter M. Schneider in 2011 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA. | Medical Specialties | Corporate Officer/Principal Chairman Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member | |
Northwestern University
 Northwestern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Corporate Officer/Principal Director/Board Member Masters Business Admin | |
| Harvard College | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
 Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets soft tissue equipment. The firm's main focus is assisting physicians in the early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. The company was founded by Ben Heavrin, Bruce Lynskey, Jerome R. Edwards, and Evan Austill, Jr. in 2005 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Vytronus, Inc.
 Vytronus, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology VytronUS, Inc. develops imaging and therapeutic capabilities of ultrasound energy to treat cardiac arrhythmias. The firm develops a catheter-based ablation platform based on low-intensity collimated ultrasound (LICU) which allows for precise non-contact energy delivery and producing high-resolution maps of cardiac anatomy. The company was founded by Hira V. Thapliyal in 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Versant Venture Management LLC
 Versant Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Versant Venture Management LLC (Versant Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Brian Atwood, Samuel Colella, Bill Link and Ross Jaffe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Basel and Vancouver. | Investment Managers | Chairman Private Equity Investor Corporate Officer/Principal | |
EPIX Therapeutics, Inc.
 EPIX Therapeutics, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology EPIX Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a medical device company that designs and manufactures catheter-based systems. It offers irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheters for atrial fibrillation. The company was founded by Kenneth Carr, Peter van der Sluis, Eric Kanowsky and Timothy J. Lenihan in 2007 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Electronic Equipment/Instruments | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
The Medical Device Manufacturers Association
 The Medical Device Manufacturers Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Medical Device Manufacturers Association operates as a trade association. The private company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Thomas C. Thompson. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| MIT Sloan School of Management | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| Columbia Business School | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
Lutonix, Inc.
 Lutonix, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Lutonix, Inc. develops and commercializes drug coated balloon catheters. Its catheters help to deliver therapeutic dose of paclitaxel. The firm’s catheters are used to treat peripheral and coronary lesions. The company was founded in July 2007 by Dennis Wahr and Lixiao Wang and is headquartered in New Hope, MN. | Medical Specialties | Sales & Marketing Founder Chief Operating Officer | |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| The University of Chicago | College/University | Doctorate Degree Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree | |
| Stanford University | College/University | Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
Metavention, Inc.
 Metavention, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services metavention, Inc. develops novel interventional therapies and sympathetic nervous system. The company was founded by Bobak Azamian in 2011 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN. | Medical/Nursing Services | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member | |
| CVRX, INC. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer | |
SpyGlass Pharma Inc
 SpyGlass Pharma Inc Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Spyglass Ophthalmics, Inc. develops products for vision and eye care. The company was founded by Malik Y. Kahook and Glenn Sussman and is headquartered in Mission Viejo, CA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Founder | |
TriVascular, Inc.
 TriVascular, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology TriVascular, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It provides devices and procedures for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms and endovascular grafts. The company was founded by Michael V. Chobotov, Robert G. Whirley, and Joseph W. Humphrey in 1998 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Director of Finance/CFO | |
| University of Michigan | College/University | Doctorate Degree Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree | |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | College/University | Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | College/University | Corporate Officer/Principal Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| US Military Academy | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Global Healthcare Exchange LLC
 Global Healthcare Exchange LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Global Healthcare Exchange LLC engages in the provision of supply chain automation services for the healthcare sector. It offers E-commerce; Contracting; AP Automation; Data Management; Business Intelligence; and Compliance and Credentialing solutions. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Louisville, CO. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer | |
Cartiva, Inc.
 Cartiva, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Cartiva, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It provides devices for patients with osteoarthritis, cartilage damage and other musculoskeletal conditions. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. | Medical Specialties | Founder Director/Board Member | |
| University of Wisconsin | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Ulthera, Inc.
 Ulthera, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Ulthera, Inc. provides ultrasound therapy under the Ultherapy brand. It focuses on ultrasound imaging to to deliver its collagen-boosting treatment. The company was founded by Peter G. Barthe, Inder Raj S. Makin, Brain D. Oconner, Lana Slayton, and Michael H. Slayto n in April 2004 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. | Medical Specialties | Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member | |
Case Western Reserve University
 Case Western Reserve University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc.
 Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Part of Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. is a company that manufactures surgical appliances. The company is based in Arlington, TX. | Medical Specialties | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Sales & Marketing | |
TomoTherapy, Inc.
 TomoTherapy, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology TomoTherapy, Inc. manufactures and provides radiation treatment systems for advanced radiation therapy. It provides radiation treatment services for cancer patients with its TomoTherapy Hi·Art System, which changes the intensity of the radiation beam so that it adapts to the shape of the tumor. The firm's system focuses on killing cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. The company was founded by Thomas Rockwell Mackie and Paul J. Reckwerdt in 1997 and is headquartered in Madison, WI. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Sales & Marketing |
Statistics
International
| United States | 48 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
Sectoral
| Health Technology | 24 |
| Consumer Services | 16 |
| Commercial Services | 5 |
| Finance | 3 |
| Retail Trade | 2 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 491 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 211 |
| Independent Dir/Board Member | 104 |
| Chief Executive Officer | 101 |
| Undergraduate Degree | 91 |
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| Bradley Bolzon | 41 |
| Nelda Connors | 34 |
| Brent Hill | 32 |
| Peter Klein | 29 |
| Kristina Johnson | 29 |
| Michael Mahoney | 27 |
| David Roux | 27 |
| Arthur Rosenthal | 26 |
| Bob Paulson | 26 |
| James Tobin | 26 |
| Kirk Nielsen | 25 |
| Roy Tanaka | 23 |
| David Milne | 22 |
| Bruce Shook | 21 |
| Richard Mott | 20 |
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