JOHN MACMAHON

CEO, Mitre Medical Corporation

CTO & Co-Founder, Cytokind, Inc.


John MacMahon is a serial entrepreneur specializing in early-stage product development. Beginning with Kerberos Proximal Solutions (acquired by Fox Hollow Technologies), He has led and/or founded numerous medical device startups in the vascular field. John was COO for Maya Medical (acquired by Covidien) and led their transfer of manufacturing from the US to Ireland. He was also the General Manager for Europe for Claret Medical (acquired by Boston Scientific).

Presently, John is the CEO of Mitre Medical and is a member of the corporate boards of Luma Therapeutics and Smart Human Dynamics. John is an active mentor for entrepreneurs from Stanford BioDesign, Enterprise Ireland, and the Kauffman Foundation. He received his Bachelors in Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and graduate studies in both electrical and biomechanical engineering at Stanford University (MS EE).