Bio

Bernie Lyons is an operating partner at Altaris and a board member of Minnetronix. Prior to his retirement, Bernie was the President & CEO of Direct Flow Medical, Inc. and has over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry. Prior to Direct Flow, he served as President and CEO of Vasca, Inc. and CardioClasp, Inc., and held several senior level positions at Boston Scientific. Bernie was also a board member at Creganna, a prior Altaris portfolio company. Today, Bernie is an Executive in Residence with Canon USA and Partners Healthcare Innovation and serves on the board of a number of innovative medical device start-ups.