Bio

Phil Smith is an operating partner at Altaris and is Chairman of the board of Intricon and a board member of Trean. Phil has over 30 years of board, strategic advisory and operational leadership experience in the healthcare industry, predominantly with medical device companies. Previously, Mr. Smith was a managing director at investment banking firms Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps), BMO Capital Markets (formerly Greene Holcomb Fisher) and Piper Jaffray, where he advised healthcare clients and executed mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. Prior to his investment banking career, Mr. Smith held various executive leadership positions at several medical technology companies, including as President and CEO of Angeion Corporation, a global medical technology company focused on cardiorespiratory health solutions and DGIMED Ortho, an orthopedic trauma technology company. Mr. Smith also served as an Executive Vice President of Vital Images, a global medical imaging software company. Mr. Smith received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.