James E. Nicholson, Chairman and Chief of Technology.  He is based in the Boston, Massachusetts area and has been described as a “Serial Entrepreneur” having invented a number of world-standard medical products and founded 7 medical device companies. 

Jim has an impressive track record in the medical device industry as the founder of several medical device start-up companies including Mitek Surgical Products, Innovasive Devices, and Cortek, Inc. OrthoPlex is Jim's seventh venture.

Jim is the inventor of numerous enabling medical and surgical products, including the Mitek Anchor and Venodyne Intermittent Compression. It is estimated that surgeons using Jim's products have saved more than 250,000 lives.

Jim led both Mitek and Innovasive through successful IPOs and both companies were subsequently acquired by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division. He holds BS/MS degrees from MIT in Aeronautical Engineering and has been awarded 39 patents.