Management

CEO

Mr. Lucas has been the Chief Executive Officer of Envoy Medical Corporation for the last seven years and brings over 15 years of experience in the active implantables in the hearing health industry. He has served in various roles and gained a tremendous amount of specialized experience, working his way up from an intern to CEO. Mr. Lucas received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of St. Thomas and JD from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

CFO

Mr. Wells has 20 years of experience in the small-cap public company arena. Mr. Wells joined Envoy Medical, Inc. as its Chief Financial Officer in August, 2023. From 2014 to 2021 he was the CFO of ENDRA Life Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: NDRA), a publicly traded clinical diagnostics technology company, where he directed ENDRA’s initial public offering (IPO) and subsequently raised an additional $55 million across multiple transactions. In December 2022, David joined the Board of Directors of HeartSciences (NASDAQ: HSCS), which is developing a cardiac device which seeks to bridge today’s “diagnostic gap” in cardiac care by providing effective front-line solutions that assist in the detection of heart disease in at-risk patients.

VP of R&D

Mr. Hoegh has over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry, primarily in the development and on-market support of active implantable devices such as neuromodulation systems for spinal, sacral, deep brain, and hypoglossal nerve stimulation. Mr. Hoegh’s previous experiences consist of leading engineering teams at Nuvectra, ICU/Smiths Medical, Medtronic, and Apnex Medical. Mr. Hoegh received a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry from Valparaiso University and a Master of Science degree in Technology Management from the University of St. Thomas.

Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Karin Simonson has served as our Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary since December, 2023. From April, 2023 to December, 2023, Ms. Simonson was General Counsel for Monarch Healthcare Management. She has almost 20 years of diverse in-house counsel experience supporting clinical, regulatory, sales, marketing, compliance, data privacy, research and development, HR, IT, contracts and commercial operations with increasing responsibilities at both small and large companies including, Coloplast, Medtronic, American Medical Systems and Carlson Hotels Worldwide.