Ben Pless

Ben Pless has over 25 years of experience developing implantable medical devices and bringing them to market. He is a member of the board of directors of several start-up medical device companies and regularly provides consulting services to the venture capital community. Most recently he was the chief operating officer and chief technical officer of NeuroPace, developer of electronic implantable devices for the treatment of neurological disorders such as epilepsy. Prior to joining NeuroPace in 2000, Ben Pless led worldwide development activities for the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division of St. Jude Medical, Inc., and served as co-founder and vice president of product development for Ventritex Inc., and general manager of its Maven Capacitors division until the company’s sale to St. Jude Medical in 1997. Pless began his career as a development engineer for implantable pacemakers at Intermedics. He received a B.S.E.E. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and attended graduate school at Rice University. He is a named inventor on approximately 100 patents and patent applications.