Jeff McCaulley

Mr. McCaulley brings over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry, having most recently served as the President of DJO Surgical, where he helped to build one of the fastest growing companies in shoulder, hip, and knee joint reconstruction with a strong focus on innovation, commercial programs, customer engagement, and operational excellence.
Prior to DJO Surgical, Mr. McCaulley served as the President and CEO of Smiths Medical, President of Zimmer Holdings’ Global Reconstructive Division, and President and CEO of WK Health. Mr. McCaulley has also held senior executive positions with Medtronic and General Electric Healthcare, including President and CEO of GE Clinical Services. Mr. McCaulley earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a Master of Business Administration from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

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Dean Childers

Dean Childers joined Avalign in February 2020 as the Chief Operating Officer. 

Mr. Childers brings significant experience to the company, having held broad general management roles with a concentration in global operations and logistics, including many years in the orthopedics supply chain with companies such as Zimmer Biomet, Integra Life Sciences, and Orthofix. He is very focused on building high-performance organizations through culture, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Mr. Childers earned a BSA in Accountancy from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a MBA from Saint Louis University.

Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson was named Chief Commercial Officer for Avalign Technologies in January of 2022. He has Global responsibility for all sales and marketing activities for Avalign Orthopaedics.
Mr. Thompson has over 30 years of healthcare industry experience in Sales, Sales Leadership, Operations, and Customer Service. He has 21 years of leading teams in the medical device, medical product, diagnostics, and distribution services industries. Prior to Avalign, Mr. Thompson held numerous positions of increasing responsibility, including National Vice President of Laboratory Products, National Vice President of Strategic Accounts, and Senior Vice President of U.S. Acute Sales for Cardinal Health. Prior to his senior leadership roles, Mr. Thompson held various sales, service, and sales management positions at Baxter International, Allegiance Healthcare, and Cardinal Health.
Mr. Thompson earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL.

Scott Gareiss

Mr. Gareiss was named Vice President, R&D and Business Development for Avalign Technologies in June 2010. Mr. Gareiss has company-wide responsibility for new product development and engineering services which includes the four operating divisions of Avalign: German Specialty Instruments, Cases & Trays, Instruments & Implants and Cutting Instruments.
Mr. Gareiss has over 15 years of experience in the orthopedic industry, having started as a product development engineer with Zimmer in 1999. Prior positions held by Mr. Gareiss include Senior Director, Professional Services with Symmetry Medical, 2004-2010; Senior Product Development Engineer with Medtronic, 2003-2004, and Zimmer, 1999-2003. Prior to his career in orthopedics, Mr. Gareiss served as an officer in the U.S. Army, 1995-1999.
Mr. Gareiss received his M.B.A. from Ball State University in 2004, and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1995.

Michael Cummings

Michael Cummings was named Chief Human Resources Officer for Avalign Technologies in October 2021.  He has global responsibility for our Human Resources function, including HR Operations, Total Rewards and Talent Acquisition Strategy.  He is a seasoned Human Resources leader, with more than 25 years of diversified human resources experience. Prior positions held by Mr. Cummings include Vice President Human Resources-The Americas for Teleflex, Director, Human Resources for RSC Equipment (Acquired by United Rentals), and Director, Human Resources for Covidien (Acquired by Medtronic). Mr. Cummings received his BA degree in Political Economy from University of Lynchburg.

Robin Huisking

Robin Huisking was named Vice President, Information Technology for Avalign Technologies in September 2019. She has global responsibility for Information Technology, spanning IT Operations and Application Strategy/Implementation to build a world class technology function. Ms. Huisking has over 30 years' experience in Information Technology across medical devices, pharmaceutical, and computer software companies. Prior to Avalign, Ms. Huisking was a Director, Global Application Development for Stryker where she held a leadership position in the Global ERP Program. Ms. Huisking holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Montclair State University and has extensive training and experiencs in Program/Project Management, managing and developing high performing geographically diverse teams.

Gary Fromm

Mr. Fromm was promoted to Vice President of Operations for Delivery Systems in June 2013. Mr. Fromm has responsibility for the Delivery Systems operating division of Avalign Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Fromm has over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry. Mr. Fromm joined Avalign as the Director of Engineering in 2010 for the Delivery Systems operating division and was appointed Director of Operations and Engineering for Delivery Systems in June 2012. Prior to joining Delivery Systems he held the position of General Manager, Dunigan Medical, 2008-2010. Mr. Fromm began his Medical Device Career with Boston Scientific Corporation, 1993-2008, where he held Management positions in Operations, Engineering and Quality.
Mr. Fromm received a B.S. degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Tony Koser

Tony Koser was named Vice President of Operations for Avalign Cutting Instruments in June 2020.

Mr. Koser started his career serving in the U.S. Army before joining Othy Inc. as a Manufacturing Supervisor in 1982. In 1987, he joined Zimmer as a Senior CNC Programmer and subsequently worked his way up through the ranks in both manufacturing and engineering during his 33 years there. Mr. Koser's last position with Zimmer was Vice President of Operations, Global New Product Introductions and Manufacturing Transfers.

Mr. Koser holds a BSBA in Business from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Rick Gutierrez

Rick Gutierrez was named President of Avalign Surgical in November 2018 and assumed the reins of the business units of Avalign German Specialty Instruments and Millennium Surgical.

Mr. Gutierrez has established an invaluable track record as a senior executive with a series of market leading medical device companies. His prior assignments have included leadership roles at BSN Medical as Sr. VP of Orthopedics, at Teleflex Medical as VP of Sales and Sales Operations and at Covidien as Area VP of Sales in the Respiratory Group. He brings an extensive experience base and strong customer orientation to Avalign Surgical.

Mr. Gutierrez holds a BBA degree in Marketing from St. Mary’s University.

Russ Ferguson

Russ Ferguson joined the Avalign team in July 2020 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing over the Surgical side of the business.

Mr. Ferguson has over 25 years of experience in the medical device and contract manufacturing markets. His former positions include the US Director of Sales with BSN Medical, Global Sales & Marketing Director with ITW Medical, North America Commercial GM with GE Healthcare, and US Director of Sales with Teleflex Medical. Mr. Ferguson has a broad array of market experience which spans surgical instrumentation, orthopedic and critical care devices. Early in his career, he held roles in both sales and marketing at Medtronic (formerly Covidien) and Philips Healthcare. 

Mr. Ferguson received his BA in Economics from the University of Washington.

Our Vision is to be THE high performance medical device contract supplier by exceeding customer expectations through collaborative engineering services, consistent manufacturing excellence and comprehensive quality systems that deliver fast, reliable, cost effective product systems, and service.

Our Mission is to improve patient outcomes by providing “best in class” medical device products to our OEM customers through our superior design and manufacturing services.


Our Core Values of Dignity/Respect, Responsibility, Integrity and Customer centric approach guide us each day in our work with our customers, and employees.