Plasma Surgical’s executive team consists of professionals with deep experience in the medical device industry. This team's expertise includes research and development, product commercialization, and sales and marketing in surgical equipment technology.
Peter Gibson began his career as a clinical biochemist and lecturer in clinical chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. He moved into the commercial industry in 1972, primarily to influence the design of analytical instrumentation for clinical chemistry.
Since 1985, Peter Gibson has worked within the surgical instrument and implant field. He has worked closely with key surgeons and engineers to create innovative surgical instruments, including the Selector ultrasonic surgical aspirator and NeuroSensor Cerebral Blood Flow and Intracranial Pressure Monitoring System.
Peter Gibson has worked with Professor Nikolay Suslov on the development of the PlasmaJet system for the last eight years and now leads the team at Plasma Surgical Ltd. as chief executive officer.
Peter Gibson’s achievements include the start-up of four successful companies; a management buy-out; and management of companies in the UK, Italy, Finland, Germany, Sweden, France and the U.S. Peter Gibson’s expertise in the development of innovative products for global markets was acknowledged in 1997, when he was appointed as Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor to the University of Dundee.
Professor Nikolay Suslov graduated from the Moscow Bauman Technical Institute as its top ranking student and went on to complete his doctorate on the use of plasma engines on spacecraft. Nikolay Suslov continued his research in thermal and molecular physics at the Moscow Institute of Human Morphology, the Academy of Science and several leading Moscow hospitals. He gained his professorship in recognition for his work on the interaction between plasma energy sources and live biological tissues.
During the 1990s, this research led to the development of the technology used in plasma surgery and to a series of patented inventions that are now used in the PlasmaJet system. He moved to Gothenburg, Sweden in 1998 and in 2000 co-founded Plasma Surgical.
Professor Nikolay Suslov is a Swedish citizen and continues the development of plasma technology in his capacity as chief technical officer.
Jim Bazzinotti serves as chief operating officer and vice president of sales and marketing at Plasma Surgical, Inc. Jim Bazzinotti has spent more than 25 years in medical device marketing, sales management and distribution solutions. He joined Plasma Surgical in July 2006 after consulting with the company for several years. His key responsibilities include overseeing the daily activities of U.S. operations, while also managing the company’s sales, marketing and clinical study processes. Jim Bazzinotti is also responsible for establishing key relationships with clinical investigation centers.
Prior to his arrival at Plasma Surgical, Jim Bazzinotti served as the president of U.S. Neurosurgical, Inc., a consulting organization offering managerial expertise for the medical industry in sales, marketing and distribution solutions. He specialized in assisting medical device manufacturers in achieving market entry into the U.S. healthcare marketplace.
William Newlands is a certified accountant and is the finance director of Plasma Surgical. He has spent more than 20 years working within an international business environment, and during the last 15 years has served as a member of the board within several multi-national businesses.
William Newlands joined Plasma Surgical in 2004 and is responsible for overseeing the accounting, finance and legal functions of the Plasma Surgical group.
Prior to joining Plasma Surgical, he served as the finance director/chief financial officer for a number of U.S. and UK-based businesses in the areas of management consultancy, business software development and public relations.
Mike Dilworth is an experienced senior manufacturing executive with over 25 years of global operations experience in several large corporations. He joined Plasma Surgical in 2009 as vice president of manufacturing and is responsible for all manufacturing worldwide.
An industrial engineer by training, Mike Dilworth worked for a Siemens/Corning company pioneering the manufacture of fibre optic cables and equipment in the USA before joining Ciba Vision Corporation where he grew the Atlanta based Dailies contact lens manufacturing operation and went on to manage over 6500 employees in 16 facilities in the US, Europe and Asia as Vice President Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain.
