Pulse Biosciences, Inc. Appoints Jon Skinner as Chief Financial Officer
February 04 2025 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Expanded executive team to support operational
excellence and commercialization of the CellFX nanosecond PFA
Platform
Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLSE) (the “Company” or “Pulse
Biosciences”), a company leveraging its novel and proprietary
Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation™ (nanosecond PFA or nsPFA™)
technology, today announced the appointment of Jon Skinner as Chief
Financial Officer, effective February 3, 2025.
“I am excited to announce Jon as our next CFO, further building
upon our momentum at Pulse Biosciences. His experience as a
financial leader at both growth stage and scaled public diversified
medtech companies will be extremely valuable in our efforts to
advance our nanosecond PFA technology platform,” said Paul
LaViolette, Pulse Biosciences Co-Chairman and CEO. “Jon will be a
fantastic addition to our leadership team and we look forward to
benefitting from his strategic and financial insights as we scale
commercialization and our operations.”
Jon Skinner is an accomplished financial leader with experience
across the healthcare sector. He most recently served as Vice
President, FP&A and Investor Relations at Copeland, a private
equity backed industrial company. Prior to this role, Mr. Skinner
was Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development at Imperative
Care, a venture backed medical technology company. There, he
spearheaded M&A, strategy, partnerships, and sales operations
along with providing financial and strategic support for all
development stage business units. While at Imperative Care, he also
served as the interim CFO of Kandu Health during its spin-out and
fundraising process. Prior to his time at Imperative Care, Mr.
Skinner served as Vice President, Finance – Interventional Urology
at Teleflex (NYSE: TFX), a global medical technology company. There
he led accounting, FP&A, customer service, and sales operations
for the Interventional Urology Business Unit, following his role as
Senior Director, Corporate Development, where he helped close 25
M&A transactions. Prior to Teleflex, Mr. Skinner spent time at
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA) working on its carve-out and
IPO and at Duff & Phelps (now Kroll) in the Valuation Advisory
Group. Mr. Skinner holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of
Business Administration from The Ohio State University.
“I am thrilled to be joining Pulse Biosciences at this exciting
point in the Company’s history. I believe nanosecond PFA will be a
disruptive catalyst to advance the treatment of several disease
states representing very large markets,” said Jon Skinner, Pulse
Biosciences Chief Financial Officer. “I look forward to working
alongside this talented and experienced management team and
leveraging my experience to drive disciplined growth and
operational excellence.”
Inducement Grants
In connection with his appointment, the Company granted Mr.
Skinner options to purchase 300,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock, in aggregate, at an exercise price equal to $20.93 per
share, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on January
31, 2024, the last trading day preceding Mr. Skinner’s employment
start date. These awards were approved by Pulse’s Board of
Directors and granted under its 2017 Inducement Equity Incentive
Plan, as amended to date, as an inducement material to Mr. Skinner
entering into employment with Pulse, in accordance with Nasdaq
Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). Subject to Mr. Skinner being continuously
employed by the Company through each applicable vesting date, half
of the option shares will vest over four years, with 37,500 shares
subject to the options vesting on the first four anniversaries of
Mr. Skinner’s employment start date, and half of the options shares
will vest upon the achievement of product revenue and market
capitalization milestones for the Company ranging from $2 billion
to $5 billion. The Company is providing this information in
accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
About Pulse Biosciences®
Pulse Biosciences is a novel bioelectric medicine company
committed to health innovation that has the intention as well as
potential to improve the quality of life for patients. The
Company’s proprietary CellFX® nsPFA™ technology delivers nanosecond
pulses of electrical energy to non-thermally clear cells while
sparing adjacent noncellular tissue. The Company is actively
pursuing the development of its CellFX nsPFA technology for use in
the treatment of atrial fibrillation and in a select few other
markets where it could have a profound positive impact on
healthcare for both patients and providers. Pulse Biosciences is
now headquartered in Miami, Florida and maintains its office in
Hayward, California.
Pulse Biosciences, CellFX, Nano-Pulse Stimulation, NPS, nsPFA,
CellFX nsPFA and the stylized logos are among the trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of Pulse Biosciences, Inc. in the United
States and other countries.
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