IRIDEX Corporation announced the appointment of Maria Sainz and David Bruce to the company’s board of Directors effective as of April 13, 2018. Ms. Sainz and Mr. Bruce will both join the Compensation Committee. Ms. Sainz will also join the Nominating and Governance Committee. Concurrent with these additions, George Marcellino will depart from the Board of Directors to focus on his new role as IRIDEX’s Vice President of Clinical Affairs. Maria Sainz brings 25 years of experience in the medical device industry to the IRIDEX Board of Directors. Sainz most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CardioKinetix, a privately held transcatheter cardiovascular implant company. There she led the company’s regulatory, clinical and commercialization efforts outside the U.S. while securing expedited access pathway status for the device in the U.S. Prior, Sainz held several leadership positions with Guidant Corporation. She was President of the Cardiac Surgery Division for Guidant at the time of the company’s acquisition by Boston Scientific, at which point she continued as an advisor to Boston Scientific. Sainz began her career at Eli Lilly & Co. She holds a Master of Arts in Languages from the University of Complutense in Madrid and a Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Halyard Health, Orthofix International and MRI Interventions. David Bruce most recently served as COO for Catheter Robotics, a privately held, commercial stage, remote catheter systems company. There he was responsible for planning and executing strategy for commercial market penetration, clinical studies and additional regulatory clearances for label expansion. Prior to that, Bruce served as President and CEO and Director of Arstasis, an arterial access device company, which he transitioned from development to commercialization and growth. Before Arstasis Bruce served as CEO and Director of Patient Safety Technologies, CEO and Director of EP MedSystems, and Platform General Manager of the AcuNav Catheter Business for Siemens Medical Solutions Ultrasound Division.