Case Western Reserve University

University of Virginia

Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Senior Vice President, Research and Development

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

SPR Therapeutics, Inc.

- Research & Development (R&D)
-  Strategic advancement of product initiatives
-  Guide development pathway for new products to fill unmet clinical & business needs
-  Generate a pipeline of multiple products & indications in each stage
-  Develop research plans to demonstrate success at each key stage of clinical trials with feasibility, pilot, & pivotal data leading towards regulatory approvals
-  Communicate value of products to customers, clinical community & strategic partners through messaging in public forums, target meetings, & personal relationships
-  Lead Scientific & Clinical Advisory Board meetings & integrate feedback integrate into R&D strategy

-  Intellectual Property (IP)
-  Develop IP strategy to create opportunities for multiple viable partnerships
-  Communicate IP vision internally & IP value externally
-  Implement IP strategy to obtain broad, strong, & multi-layered claim coverage
-  Direct IP counsel & employees in creation & protection of new IP to strengthen asset packages

-  Clinical & Regulatory Strategy
-  Create clinical & regulatory strategy to achieve US & OUS regulatory approvals
-  Outline pathway for CE mark, FDA Clearance, & FDA Approval for multiple product lines
-  Oversee trial design development
-  Support IDE & IRB applications & approvals

-  Fundraising Strategy for Grants & Non-Dilutive Funds
-  Create & implement funding plans to support R&D project budgets
-  Direct employees in generation of grant applications
-  Establish relationship & presence with funding agencies
-  Serve as NIH, VA, & DoD grant reviewer

Senior Vice President, Research and Development

- Lead R&D activities to launch portfolio medical device companies and commercialize their products
-  Create a pipeline of new technology and therapies to treat pain to support R&D activities of SPR Therapeutics, a portfolio company of NDI Medical that was launched in 2010
-  Direct development of a platform of neuromodulation medical devices to treat pain using percutaneous and implantable peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) systems
-  Lead development and execution of the company's research strategy
-  Align priorities of clinical studies with regulatory goals for obtaining approval for IDE, 510(k), PMA, and CE Mark applications
-  Establish intellectual property (IP) strategy for developing an IP portfolio to support commercialization of multiple product opportunities in collaboration with legal counsel and executive team members
-  Advance business strategy development in collaboration with President, CEO, CFO, CSO, CTO, CMO, VP of Clinical Affairs, VP of Regulatory Affairs, VP General Counsel, VP of Market Development, and guidance from Board of Directors and Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board
-  Responsible for overall management of research activities and achievement of technical objectives
-  Support R&D activities for Checkpoint Surgical, a portfolio company of NDI Medical that was launched in 2009 to market neurodevices to locate and identify nerves and evaluate nerve and muscle excitability in surgical procedures
-   Support R&D activities for Deep Brain Innovations, a portfolio company of NDI Medical that was launched in 2012 to commercialize highly efficient and effective deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems
-  Awarded grants as the Principal Investigator from federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to support the funding of R&D projects and complement private investment
-  Serve on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special Disabilities Programs

NDI Medical

Vice President of Research and Development

- Research & Development (R&D)
-  Generate a pipeline of multiple products & indications in each stage of R&D
-  Guide product development pathway to fill unmet clinical & business needs
-  Develop research plans to demonstrate success at each key stage of clinical trials with feasibility, pilot, & pivotal data leading towards regulatory approvals
-  Communicate value of products to customers, clinical community & strategic partners through messaging in public forums, target meetings, & personal relationships
-  Lead Scientific & Clinical Advisory Board meetings & integrate feedback integrate into R&D strategy

-  Intellectual Property (IP)
-  Develop IP strategy to create opportunities for multiple viable partnerships
-  Communicate IP vision internally & IP value externally
-  Implement IP strategy to obtain broad, strong, & multi-layered claim coverage
-  Direct IP counsel & employees in creation & protection of new IP to strengthen asset packages

-  Clinical & Regulatory Strategy
-  Create clinical & regulatory strategy to achieve US & OUS regulatory approvals
-  Outline pathway for CE mark, FDA Clearance, & FDA Approval for multiple product lines
-  Oversee trial design development
-  Support IDE & IRB applications & approvals

-  Fundraising Strategy for Grants & Non-Dilutive Funds
-  Create & implement funding plans to support R&D project budgets
-  Direct employees in generation of grant applications
-  Establish relationship & presence with funding agencies
-  Serve as NIH, VA, & DoD grant reviewer

Vice President, Research and Development

- Worked with executive team to create business, IP, regulatory, clinical, and technical strategies to maximize the commercial and clinical value of a portfolio of medical device systems that provide safe and effective therapies to large and diverse populations of patients
-  Developed and implemented research and development plans that supported the company’s objectives for future growth
-  Prioritized research opportunities to meet business goals, developed appropriate timeframes and budgets, and coordinated internal and external resources necessary to achieve the research and development goals
-  Responsible for overall management of research activities and achievement of technical objectives
-  Conducted and directed research and development to support the goals of funded projects
-  Sought and obtained funding for current and future research and development projects
-   Represented the company’s technology in public forums, publications, and technical presentations. ● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to establish product specifications, resource planning, manufacturing requirements, and the development of IP strategies in partnership with CTO and CSO
-  Led internal and external intellectual property teams to develop, acquire, and protect IP
-  Collaborated with clinicians to identify new indications and validate/adjust the company’s research and development priorities to advance business objectives
-  Integrated research activities into the company’s formal design control and quality management system as the projects transition from research into product development
-  Managed and mentored employees

Director of Research

- Collaborated with senior management to develop and achieve business objectives with the support of internal and external teams
-  Structured and prioritized R&D goals and milestones to support strategic initiatives
-  Translated corporate business objectives into effective long and short-term IP strategies
-  Secured funding to support research activities
-  Strengthened existing relationships and built new collaborations with academic and clinical research centers to accelerate development of the company’s neurostimulation systems
-  Collaborated with physicians, researchers, and NDI staff to identify, validate, and translate unmet customer needs into new product opportunities
-  Coordinated necessary technical, clinical, and capital resources to investigate feasibility, generate requirements, develop designs, conduct clinical evaluations, and specify manufacturing requirements for new products
-  Served on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special Disabilities Programs, which provides guidance on R&D of rehabilitation technology, services, and other programs that serve veterans with serious incapacities
-  Served on grant review committees for the NIH, DoD, and the VA

- Advanced towards commercialization a platform of minimally invasive implantable and non-implantable medical device technology
-  Supported strategic partnership with an established medical device corporation that resulted in the successful exit and sale of NDI Medical's first portfolio company Medstim in 2008 with a full R&D pipeline of neuromodulation therapies for urological indications
-  Conducted chronic preclinical studies to evaluate the safety of our fully implantable neuromodulation system, including the leads and rechargeable implantable pulse generator (IPG)
-  Identified and analyzed additional market opportunities to expand indications for urological neuromodulation product line
-  Coordinated IP strategy to obtain patent protection with issued claims in the US and OUS covering key elements of existing and next generation technology
-  Developed clinical trial protocols and supporting documents to advance R&D activities

Senior Project Director

- Led research teams to demonstrate proof of concept of multiple neurostimulation therapies
-  Executed clinical studies to demonstrate feasibility of treating urinary retention with a neuromodulation system that delivered electrical stimulation to a peripheral nerve
-  Developed and validated a screening tool to evaluate patients who were candidates for neuromodulation therapy and screen out responders from non-responders
-  Directed preclinical studies to validate feasibility of treating erectile dysfunction with electrical stimulation
-  Project director for development of innovative nerve cuff electrode
-  Obtained regulatory approval for clinical and preclinical trials
-  Led ISO 13485 compliant risk management activities
-  Expanded patent protection in the US and internationally in collaboration with legal counsel and executive team to cover an expanding platform of technology

Project Director

- Designed clinical and preclinical trials to assess the feasibility of potential products.
-  Designed a minimally invasive urological catheter electrode to evaluate restoration of bladder function in patients with neurological disorders
-  Developed a non-surgical percutaneous method of treating sexual dysfunction
-  Principal Investigator for 2 NIH SBIR grants
-  Began serving as a grant reviewer for NIH study sections
-  Assembled a team of scientific and clinical key opinion leaders (KOLs)
-  Filed foundational patent applications to protect core inventions
-  Advanced new products through formal design control within the quality management system

Josh Boggs