Mary Corkins
Mary Corkins recently served as Director of Reimbursement at St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc. With over twenty years reimbursement experience in the healthcare industry she has successfully lobbied to create policy for coverage in cardiology, orthopedic and neurosurgery specialties on behalf of medical device organizations. In addition, Mary has held management positions with Cyberonics and CardioNet, responsible for delivering an attractive reimbursement landscape for new technologies product launch. Ms. Corkins holds a Master's of Business Administration in International Business from The University of Toledo, a BA from Michigan State University and certification from the American Academy of Professional Coders.

Ronald Podraza
Ronald Podraza is CEO of Reimbursement Principles, Inc., a Denver-based consulting group specialized in medical devices reimbursement. Ron is an attorney. In his early career he was general counsel of a cardiac pacemaker company and start-up CEO of new product ventures. In 1993 he returned to law school for an advanced degree in health care finance (reimbursement.) He was CEO of NeuroControl Corporation, a venture-backed medical device innovator, from 1994-1998. In 1998 he co-founded Reimbursement Principles. Stanford University School of Law awarded his J.D. degree and Georgetown University Law Center awarded his LL.M. degree.

Shelley Trimm
Shelley joined Alquest in 2006 from Saint Frances Medical Technologies, where she served as Director of Regulatory and Quality Assurance. During her 16 year career, Shelley has established regulatory, quality, and clinical strategies for spine orthopedics, neurology, and cardiology PMA products. She has planned and managed FDA pre-submission and panel meetings; and developed and obtained clearance/approval for numerous submissions including premarket notifications, IDE applications, PMA applications, IDE supplements and annual reports, CE Mark technical files, and Japanese Shonin Market Approval. Shelley earned B.S. in Anatomy/Physiology with a Minor in Chemistry, from California State University, Sacramento.