December 15, 2022

Verasonics

Ultrasound research firm Verasonics expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Don Christopher as chief technology officer and Stacy Douthitt as chief business officer. In addition, the company has added Alex Exposito as director of commercial sales. Ken Linkhart,Verasonics' former CTO, is continuing as the organization's first technical fellow. Christopher joined Verasonics in April 2021 as vice president of engineering. He came to Verasonics with 35 years of experience in ultrasound product development and research leadership roles at medical imaging commercial companies including ATL Ultrasound, Philips Medical Systems, Kona Medical, FUJIFILM SonoSite, and Siemens Healthineers. Douthitt is a senior marketing leader with 30 years of experience in commercial strategy and global marketing for medical device and life science firms. Douthitt is also responsible for customer success, product marketing & communications, as well as strategic marketing & alliances. Prior to Verasonics, Exposito was vice president of sales at EchoLight Medical, a developer of bone densitometry solutions. Verasonics is a privately held company founded in 2001, with headquarters in Kirkland. Verasonics is focused on providing researchers and developers with the tools to enable them to develop new algorithms and products used in biomedical ultrasound, materials science, earth sciences, and the physics of acoustics and ultrasonics.