Management Team

For over 30 years, Mr. Olson has been a serial founder and entrepreneur in a broad range of medical device, diagnostic, biologic and biomaterial companies. Most recently Mr. Olson was the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Foresite Innovations, LLC, a private healthcare innovation and development holding company. He is accomplished in leading and motivating all levels of management in a variety of company sizes and industries both domestically and internationally. Mr. Olson previously served as CEO, President, and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Company while it was known as “Amedica Corporation.” Mr. Olson played a key role in the Company’s 2014 initial public offering and becoming listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Mr. Olson has served in senior executive roles of President, Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board Directors.

Mr. O’Brien previously served as the Company’s Vice President and General Manager from October 2016 to July 2019 and from March 2014 through September 2016, he held prior roles as its Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Manufacturing. Mr. O’Brien has over 30 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, and operations leadership in advanced materials and medical device organizations. From 2005 to 2014, he fulfilled several engineering leadership roles for Covidien including Manufacturing Engineering Manager for the Norfolk, Nebraska facility. From 1991 to 2005, he worked for Arnold Magnetic Technologies in the production of ceramic, powder metal and molded magnets in multiple facilities across the U.S. and in England. He has extensive experience with Lean and other Continuous Improvement initiatives. Mr. O’Brien holds an M.S. in Ceramic Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Dr. Bock has more than 20 years of experience in advanced ceramic research and development. Since joining SINTX 2008, he has participated in and led process and material development efforts for SINTX’s silicon nitride and subsequent discoveries of silicon nitride’s antipathogenic and biologic properties. Prior to joining SINTX, Dr. Bock was a researcher at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he developed novel slurry systems for use in colloidal processing of advanced ceramic materials.

Dr. Bock is a co-author of more than 20 peer-reviewed technical papers in subject areas of ceramic science and biomaterials science. He served as a symposium organizer for the Surface Properties of Biomaterials Symposium at the annual Materials Science & Technology technical meeting from 2016 through 2019.

Dr. Bock holds a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Biomaterials from the Kyoto Institute of Technology.

Mr. Marcroft leads our entire commercial team. With nearly two decades of experience in medical technology business development & marketing, Mr. Marcroft has previously held positions at 3M, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific. He most recently served as Vice President of Marketing at Vision Source, where he led several key initiatives.