Our Company
CEO • 7D Surgical
How it Began
What's in a Name
The 7th Degree of freedom is the function of time. Incorporating the 7th degree of freedom allows one to fully quantify where a particle is in space at any given time. Thus, 7D Surgical was born.
The Opportunity
The technology took an extensive amount of time, was unreliable with anatomical accuracy, cost an exorbitant amount of money, and required a lot of unnecessary radiation. This existing solution for navigating spinal anatomy didn’t solve the problem, it created more frustrations and doubts. As a result, navigation wasn’t being adopted nor trusted for spine surgery. In fact, there was no real evolution in spinal navigation technology for years, it was old and antiquated.
The founders knew that there was a massive opportunity to create a technology that would actually solve the problem at hand. They decided to create a company to develop optical and spatial technology that would revolutionize image guided surgery, despite no direct experience in software or hardware engineering for that field.
Perseverance & Determination
Impressively, only 4 short years later, 7D Surgical had taken an academic prototype through the rigors of regulatory approvals and achieved a successful limited launch in Canada and the US, without any VC funding.
Now & Into the Future
Leadership
Beau Standish, PhD, PEng
Beau Standish, PhD, PEng
Dr. Beau Standish has 16+ years of extensive experience in the commercialization of medical imaging technologies and is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of 7D Surgical. He provides executive and financial leadership, has recruited key team members, and oversees the day-to-day operations of the organization. He has led the $35M+ CAD private financing/leveraged funding opportunities for 7D Surgical in addition to the development of strategic collaborations and partnerships with the generation of significant revenue from multiple global jurisdictions. He is the author on >50 patents and software copyrights and has defined 7D Surgical’s go-to-market corporate strategy including product development, pricing, positioning, messaging, branding and communication roll-out.
Beau was previously employed at a successful high-tech parallel transceiver company, Xanoptix Inc. (USA) and was an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto Canada. He is a professional engineer with an Engineering Physics degree from McMaster University and holds a PhD in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto, where he was a Terry Fox Scholar of the National Cancer Institute of Canada.
Beau's #1 passion is his family, and he loves to spend time with his wife and two daughters camping, hiking, and gardening. He also thoroughly enjoys physical fitness and is an avid runner.
Michael Leung, PhD, PEng
Michael Leung, PhD, PEng
Michael Leung is a founding member of 7D Surgical, where he leads all activities related to software. He oversees the team’s activities to define, develop, improve, test, deploy, and maintain the company’s software product offerings. An engineering enthusiast at heart, he has spent his career working on ways to use technology to improve healthcare. He has research and development experience in treatment planning for radiation therapy, optical imaging modalities and their medical applications, machine learning for genomic medicine, and systems and algorithms for image-guided surgeries. He holds over 40 peer-reviewed publications and patents in these subject areas. He completed a BASc in Engineering Science, a MSc in Medical Biophysics, and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, all at the University of Toronto.
Michael regularly plays the piano and likes listening to non-fiction audiobooks while exercising.
Adrian Mariampillai, PhD
Adrian Mariampillai, PhD
Adrian Mariampillai is a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of 7D Surgical. He holds a PhD in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto and an MSc and BSc in Mathematical Physics from Queen's University. He is an inventor on 40+ field patents and an author of 70+ peer-reviewed publications. Several of his publications are highly cited and have been instrumental in the development of optically-based vascular imaging technology. At 7D Surgical. Adrian is highly involved in product management and manages the companies R&D activities, operations, and intellectual property portfolio.
Victor Yang, MD, PhD
Victor Yang, MD, PhD
Brian Stuart
Brian Stuart
Brian has more than 20 years’ experience in the medical device industry holding various sales and marketing positions with companies like Johnson & Johnson and Brainlab. Much of his career has been focused in the neurosurgical and spinal surgery space, with over 14 years directly promoting image guidance technologies generating 70+ million in revenue. Joining the company in 2016, Brian has been responsible for the commercial launch of the 7D Surgical’s flagship navigation technology, now with over 50+ units placed in 8 countries. Brian leads all customer facing teams including worldwide sales, marketing, clinical support, and business development.
Brian lives in Maryland with his wife and two teenage daughters. In his free time, he enjoys motorcycles, woodworking, and travel.
Autumn Gentry
Autumn Gentry
Autumn has more than 14 years’ experience in the medical device industry in marketing and product development. Prior to joining the company, Autumn has held leadership positions in marketing and market development at NuVasive, K2M, and St. Teresa Medical. Her career has primarily been focused in neurosurgical and orthopedic spine surgery where she has developed and launched over 50 products covering a wide array of surgical solutions, and has extensive experience in adult and pediatric deformity, image guidance and enabling technologies. Autumn joined 7D Surgical in March of 2020 and has been directly responsible for implementing and executing a comprehensive global marketing strategy. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the University of Florida.
Autumn resides in Atlanta, Georgia and loves spending time with her husband, stepdaughter and two shih tzus. She is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at Straight Blast Gym, an avid Florida Gator fan, a running enthusiast, and thoroughly enjoys the outdoors.
