Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 12, 2016

Interview with the President, CEO and Co-Founder: K2M Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:KTWO)

Major, Eric
Eric Major has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of K2M Group Holdings Inc. since January 2004, and is a Co-Founder of the company. Mr. Major previously co-founded and served as the President and CEO of American OsteoMedix Corp., a minimally invasive spinal device company that was acquired by Interpore Cross International in 2001. Following the sale of AOM, he served as President of the Minimally Invasive Division for Interpore Cross International — now a Biomet company — until 2002. Prior to co-founding AOM, Mr. Major served in several sales/marketing, strategic and product development capacities with various spinal companies including Acromed Spine Inc. — now a Johnson & Johnson company — and Synthes Spine, Inc. Mr. Major has over 20 years of experience in the spine industry and was the 2010 recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Emerging Technologies in the Greater Washington, D.C. region. Mr. Major is a member of the AdvaMed CEO Advisory Council and is active in the local Leesburg, Virginia, community, serving on the Loudon Small Business Development Center board of directors as well as the board of trustees for the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, Inc. He holds a B.S. from James Madison University and is a member of the JMU College of Business Executive Advisory Council. Profile
TWST: Let's start, if you would, by telling us a bit about the company's products and technologies, as kind of a means of introduction.

Mr. Major: K2M is a company