Management Team

The management team of HealthSonix has extensive experience in healthcare, medical research, marketing, sales, finance, strategic planning, and operations. This group consists of individuals who have gained management skills and competencies in large multi-national corporations as well as having successfully grown a number of early stage companies. The members of the Board of Directors include experienced executive officers that have proven leadership skills to grow companies. They are well connected in the business community.

Michael Ivezic, Interim President and CEO

Michael Ivezic has over 15 years experience with startup companies. He has applied his unique entrepreneurial skills to turn early stage companies into successful international organizations. Mr. Ivezic was a partner in Frankopan & Co., a merchant bank, which has provided early stage capital and leadership during the investment and development stage to numerous firms in the sporting goods, polymer development and manufacturing, and electronics industries. He restructured Lectronic Kaddy and turned it into a global firm. He successfully took Luminart and Centraxx from invention-stage to public company status. These companies had international operations in over 20 countries. At HealthSonix, Mr. Ivezic is involved with the overall direction and development of the company until a full time CEO is hired.

Larry Phillips, B.Com, Executive Vice President

Larry has a 25 year career focused on strategically growing and managing early stage consumer goods companies on an international scale. Mr. Phillips has a broad business and operations background and has quickly spearheaded the required positive change and direction in all aspects of an organization. He has been instrumental in formulating strategic plans and then effectively assembling, implementing, and managing the resources required for success.

Dieter Doederlein, BA, MBA: Vice President Corporate Development

Mr. Doederlein has over 30 years senior management experience with companies in the healthcare, medical devices, food and nutrition, leisure, and automotive sectors. He served several of these companies as President and CEO. Having graduated from the University of Toronto in 1964, he later earned his MBA degree form the University of Western Ontario. In 1978 he was President of the Toronto chapter of the American Marketing Association, and continued as AMA's Vice President for Canada from 1979 to 1981. He also lectured at York University for the MBA extension program from 1974 to 1976.

Jocelyn Garrett Vice President Communications

Ms Garrett has an extensive background and expertise in Public Relations, marketing and management in healthcare. She headed the Communications Command Centre for the City of Mississauga during the evacuation of 240,000 citizens. As Vice President, she participated in the opening of the Credit Valley Hospital and after 14 years joined St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hospital in Hamilton as Chief of Marketing and Communications. She now heads up the Communications Department at HealthSonix Inc.

Gerry Hruby, BCom: Vice President Marketing

Mr. Hruby brings to the company over 20 years of consumer and professional marketing experience with leading international healthcare companies including Pfizer and Cooper Laboratories. His expertise covers prescription drugs and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer healthcare products. His proven ability in successfully penetrating markets and his exposure to a wide variety of medical disciplines and international markets provides a critical resource necessary to build global marketing programs and achieve international distribution.