Meet Our Team
University of Waterloo Mechanical Engineering graduates who started Vena Medical as their Capstone Design Project. This engineering project transitioned to a full-time venture through the Conrad Entrepreneurship Option. Vena Medical is proud to be a Velocity startup.
CEO
President & COO
Michael and Phil both graduated from University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) focused in Mechanical Engineering with an Entrepreneurship Option. They co-founded Vena Medical during the final year of their undergraduate degree and went full-time immediately after graduating. They attended TMCx Accelerator and Y Combinator in the year following. They are both published authors in the Journal of Neuro-Interventional Surgery and the American Journal of Neuroradiology, Inventors on two pending patents and winners of numerous awards related to business and entrepreneurship.
Brandon Carhart
Director of Quality Assurance
Meet Our Partners
