ABK Biomedical Inc. Appoints Michael J. Mangano as President and CEO

ABK Biomedical announced today the appointment of Michael J. Mangano as president and chief executive officer. Mangano will be responsible for leading global business activities, including the rapid development, regulatory approval and commercialization of ABK’s unique medical device technologies.

Mangano most recently served as president and CEO of ReShape Medical, a U.S. venture-backed company focused on obesity where he increased organizational value and played a lead role in orchestrating the sale of the company to EnteroMedics in October 2017. Prior to ReShape, Mangano was president of the Americas for Sirtex Medical, a leading publicly traded Australian biomedical company, where he grew the business nearly five-fold from $30M to more than $140 million while building a team of 17 to more than 130 employees in a period of six years. His leadership resulted in a dramatic increase in the company’s valuation, leading to the recently announced acquisition in progress of Sirtex Medical by CDH Investments for $1.4B USD. Prior to Sirtex, Mangano spent 15 years with Boston Scientific in numerous senior management roles, including overseas assignments in Japan and Australia. Mangano was recently appointed to Board of Directors of Ellex Medical Lasers Limited (ASX:ELX), a global leader in medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.

Dr. Bob Abraham, co-founder and former CEO, is a practicing interventional radiologist and will remain with the company as Chief Medical Officer. He will continue to play a key role in product development and the clinical evolution of ABK’s key technology platforms.

Mangano will continue to serve on the ABK board of directors.