A team with topflight credentials.

All companies that seek to make a mark in their industry must have a management team with topflight credentials. At Axya we have assembled an outstanding group of individuals to guide our company in its efforts to become the pre-eminent source of cutting edge medical products.

Paul V. Fenton, Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Paul Fenton is a Founder of Axya Medical. He is a successful entrepreneur who has founded and led other technology based medical device companies through their early stages. Previous to his start-up experience he held engineering and product management positions at Pfizer, C.R. Bard, Gillette and General Mills. >> More

Justin C. Anderson
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing
Justin Anderson is an experienced medical device industry executive who has held a number of significant sales and marketing positions with companies such as Opus and Oratek. >> More

Francis Harrington
Vice President, Engineering and Operations
Frank Harrington developed the successful ultrasonic generator and control system that is at the heart of the Axya Knotless Fixation System.  Prior to joining Axya, Mr. Harrington was the Director of Engineering and Operations at Cambridge Accusense and Infusion Technology. >> More

Douglas Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Doug Smith works with Axya and other companies as an interim or part-time financial executive.  He has worked with other medical device companies including OmniSonics Medical Technologies, Insulet and Boston Medical Technologies and with the biotech, Avicena Group, Inc.   >> More

Thomas Egan
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
Tom Egan is the technical Founder of Axya Medical and inventor of Axya's core technology. Prior to Axya, Mr. Egan provided engineering and product development consulting services to 3M Healthcare, Gillette, Pfizer, C.R. Bard, the U.S. Navy and others.  He is the inventor of 14 patents and numerous pending applications. >> More

Howard Schrayer
R&D Planning and Regulatory Affairs 
Howard Schrayer has over 30 years experience in a variety of technical and management positions in the medical device industry. He has held positions at Johnson & Johnson, VasoMedx, Advanced Surgical and Ethicon. >> More

William Gorman
Engineering Quality Assurance
Bill Gorman is a technical professional with 20 years of medical device experience.  Mr. Gorman has held key positions at medical device companies such as Smith Industries, Pfizer, and Thermo Electron. >> More

Maria Apreleva, Ph.D.
Clinical Affairs
Maria Apreleva is a Clinical Research Associate and is responsible for establishing, training and monitoring clinical sites in Europe. She joined Axya after working as a Research Director of the Harvard Shoulder Biomechanics Group at Massachusetts General Hospital. >> More