SI-BONE, Inc. Appoints Tony Recupero Chief Commercial Officer

SAN JOSE, California, July 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the use of the iFuse Implant System^® (iFuse), a triangular-shaped minimally invasive surgical (MIS) device indicated for fusion for certain disorders of the sacroiliac (SI) joint, announced that Tony Recupero has joined the executive management team as Chief Commercial Officer and will be responsible for worldwide sales and marketing. Mr. Recupero brings extensive knowledge of commercialization strategies, developed through a career including more than 30 years in sales, marketing and executive leadership roles in the medical device and diagnostics industry.

Mr. Recupero was previously President of Catalyst Performance Advisors, LLC a consulting firm that developed and implemented comprehensive commercialization strategies for medical device and diagnostic clients. Mr. Recupero advised clients including NuVasive, LDR, Invuity and OrthoKinematics, among others, on their sales and go-to-market strategies. Prior to Catalyst, Mr. Recupero was President and CEO of Baxano, Inc., a medical technology company that developed and sold novel product and procedure solutions to treat lumbar spinal stenosis. During his tenure at Baxano, he grew revenue rapidly to over $9 million while executing a merger with Trans1 to form Baxano Surgical, Inc. Mr. Recupero was also previously Vice President of Sales at Kyphon, Inc. where he developed and implemented the company's sales and marketing strategy, taking the company from pre-commercialization to over $213 million in revenue in five years. At Kyphon, Mr. Recupero built a direct sales organization of 225 sales consultants and developed a field based health care specialist education program that is now the industry standard for medical device organizations and established the foundation of growth leading to Kyphon's eventual $4.2 billion acquisition by Medtronic. Mr. Recupero began his career at United States Surgical Corporation where he spent 10 years in various sales and sales management positions. Mr. Recupero is a graduate of the Harvard Business School General Manager Program and Kellog Graduate School of Management Sizing and Structuring Sales Organizations program. He holds a B.A. in Communications from the State University of New York at Albany.