Dave Rosa is Sunshine Heart’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Rosa has spent the past 19 years in a variety of positions in the medical device industry. He was appointed CEO in October of 2009.

Prior to joining Sunshine Heart, he was President and CEO of Milksmart, Inc., a privately held company developing a unique stent-like agricultural technology that increases milking efficiencies, output and quality. From 2004-2008, Rosa was Vice President of Global Marketing for Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology at St. Jude Medical, Inc. While at St. Jude, he directed the launch of twenty seven new products within the Company’s cardiovascular division.

From 1999-2004, Rosa held executive management positions at privately held A-Med Systems, Inc., an emerging medical technology company that designs, develops and commercializes percutaneously placed ventricular assist devices (pVADs) for acute heart failure. His roles included Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer. From 1995- 1999, he served as Product Manager for Angioplasty Balloons and Director of Intravascular Ultrasound at SCIMED Life Systems, a privately held company that was engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of medical devices to treat cardiovascular disease. SCIMED was acquired by Boston Scientific Corporation and now operates as a subsidiary of Boston Scientific.

Mr. Rosa holds an M.B.A. in Marketing Management from Duquesne University and a B.S. in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University.