Vice President of Operations Announced By Ergoresearch

Ergoresearch Ltd has appointed Frédéric Petit vice president of operations. Previously, Petit was director of operations for Clinique de Pied Équilibre, a division of Ergoresearch, which he joined in 2007.

OrthoCon Names New President and CEO

John J. Pacifico has been named president, CEO and member of Orthocon Inc.’s board of directors. He joined the company in 2007 as vice president of corporate development, and was made senior vice president of commercial operations in 2009; Pacifico was responsible for the commercial launch of OrthoStat, the company’s first U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved product, according to the company.

Comings and Goings at Small Bone Innovations

Richard L. Kovach has joined Small Bone Innovations Inc. as senior vice president. Kovach will be responsible for worldwide product management, product development, medical education, clinical, regulatory, reimbursement and intellectual property management. Before he was hired at Small Bone Innovations (SBi), Kovach was president and chief operations officer at OrthoHelix Surgical Designs Inc., a Medina, Ohio-based provider of extremity fixation products.

The addition of Kovach is tempered by the departures of two senior SBi executives—Thomas A. Crowley, Jr., president; and Florian Kemmerich, president, SBi International SAS. Crowley, who left to focus on his role as board director of several charitable organizations, is providing consulting services to SBi. Kemmerich, on the other hand, accepted a position leading Olympus Biotech Europe SAS.

Two New Leaders Join Ortho Kinematics

Ortho Kinematics has announced the additions of David Muller as vice president of sales and Ken Walker, RN, as director of clinical operations.

Muller has held senior positions with both start-up and major spine industry manufacturers in his 30-year tenure in the medical device industry.

Walker will oversee all aspects of the ongoing clinical study of the company’s KineGraph VMA (Vertebral Motion Analyzer). Previously, he was director of the Zimmer Institute and global director of medical education for Abbott Spine, Inc.

Orthofix Names New CFO

Orthofix International N.V. has promoted Brian McCollum to chief financial officer. McCollum, who had been serving as interim CFO since Jan. 1, officially assumed his new role on March 1. Last year, executives named McCollum senior vice president of finance. He joined Orthofix’s corporate finance group in 2001, eventually advancing to the position of corporate controller. In 2006, McCollum was named vice president of finance, Americas, and two years later became vice president of international finance and group treasurer. Prior to joining Orthofix, McCollum was a senior audit associate with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.