Maria Sainz , MA

CEO

CardioKinetix, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA

Maria Sainz is the President, Director, and CEO at CardioKinetix, Inc., a medical device company pioneering a catheter-based treatment for heart failure. Ms. Sainz has over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry having held commercial and general management positions in the U.S. and Europe with small companies and large corporations. She was named General Manager of Concentric Medical, Inc., a business unit of Stryker Neurovascular in October 2011 following the acquisition of Concentric Medical by Stryker Corporation. Prior to joining Stryker, Ms. Sainz has served as our President, CEO, and as a member of the board of directors of Concentric Medical, Inc. since April 2008. From February 2003 through July 2006, Ms. Sainz served as President of the Cardiac Surgery division of Guidant Corporation. From January 2001 through February 2003, she served as Vice President of Global Marketing for the Vascular Intervention division of Guidant Corporation. From late 1998 through early 2001, Ms. Sainz was also Vice President of the Intermedics Cardiac Rhythm Management business of Guidant Corporation in Europe after the acquisition of Intermedics by Guidant. Prior to that Ms. Sainz held several sales and marketing assignments of increasing responsibility in Guidant's European operations. She received her M.A. in Languages from the University Complutense in Madrid, Spain and a Masters in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management.