The First True NPWT Innovation In Over 10 years

Mr. Wojciechowski is the Chief Executive Officer of Aatru. He brings 20 years of demonstrated start-up and technology development expertise in the areas of NPWT and LCD optical films . Mr. Wojciechowski held leadership positions at Micros Chip, served as CEO at Concast Standard, Trivium Technologies, Executive GM at Oglebay-Norton Advanced Materials, and is a co-inventor on more than 15 patents in NPWT and optical films.

Mr. Wojciechowski holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cleveland State University.

Mr. Lash is the Chief Operating Officer of Aatru. He brings over 30 years of technology consultative sales and marketing with large corporations and start-ups, including serving as CEO for Micros Chip and COO at Trivium Technologies, Inc. Prior to his executive leadership roles, Mr. Lash had a variety of senior sales and marketing at EMC Corporation, Teradata, NCR Corporation, and AT&T.

Mr. Lash holds a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Affairs and Communications from Cleveland State University.

Mr. Armstrong is the President and a Director of Aatru.  He has more than 30 years of medical device leadership experience driving global commercial growth, transforming organizational effectiveness, and leading innovation in new product development and business models, including 20 years in wound management with 12 years in NPWT.  Most recently, Mr. Armstrong was the Vice President Business Unit Leader for Post Acute Care & Respiratory Business at Invacare. He previously held many upstream and downstream executive positions within Smith & Nephew Wound Management, and he spent the early years of his career at Bristol Myers Squibb.

Mr. Armstrong holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Buan is the Chief Technology Officer and a Director of Aatru. He has more than 20 years of medical device leadership experience in R&D, engineering, quality, and operations/logistics, including 13 years in wound management and 9 years in NPWT. He previously held leadership positions and/or medical device product development consulting services for Biodaptive, LLC, Smith & Nephew, Kalypto Medical, and Surmodics.

Dr. Buan holds Bachelors degrees in Physics and Math from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, a Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

Dr. Ustin is the Chief Medical Officer of Aatru. He has worked in device design for start up medical companies for almost 20 years. Dr. Ustin is a practicing trauma surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio with a strong background in engineering and entrepreneurship.  After completing an undergraduate degree in engineering at Dartmouth College, Dr. Ustin received his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine.  He began his training in general surgery at Case Western Reserve and in lieu of traditional research time obtained a Masters in Electrical Engineering from University California, Berkeley.  Dr. Ustin then completed his general surgery training at Emory University and did a fellowship in Acute Care Surgery, comprising trauma, emergency surgery, and surgical critical care at Harvard University and the Massachusetts General Hospital.

He has also served on oversight and advisory committees at MetroHealth, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and through Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical

Dr. Middaugh is the Chief Scientific Officer and a Director of Aatru. He held scientific positions of increasing management and leadership for 26 years at Energizer Battery. Dr. Middaugh was an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Northeastern University and the University of Kansas and previously served as a consultant to RBC Technologies and Revolt Technology, LTD.

Mr. Middaugh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Harvard University and received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mr. Evo is the Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel for Aatru. He has over 35 years as a licensed business and transaction attorney and has worked as an executive and consultant in many business sectors. After a career in professional hockey, he served as the President of the Detroit Red Wings, senior management at Ideal Technologies and co-founder, partner and president of the Capital Centre, LLC.

Mr. Evo holds a Liberal Arts Bachelor degree from the University of Western Ontario and received a J.D. from the University of Detroit.

Robin Martin, Ph.D. has held a variety of global senior clinical scientific roles over 15 years at Smith & Nephew Advanced Wound Management. Beginning in 2002, Doctor Martin has worked in large multi-disciplinary global teams designing, launching and marketing medical devices such as: VERSAJET™ hydrosurgery debridement system, BIOBRANE™ temporary biosynthetic skin replacement, and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) systems such as RENASYS™ and PICO™ and building clinical evidence to support their use. He is widely published and is considered an expert in his field.