Executive Team

Dr. Arun Menawat is Chairman and CEO of Profound Medical Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company that markets real-time MRI-guided thermal ultrasound systems for incision-free ablation of abnormal or cancerous tissue. Profound’s key product is the TULSA-PRO therapeutic system, designed for precise and customizable ablation of diseased prostate tissue.

Before joining Profound, Arun served as the Chairman and CEO of Novadaq Technologies Inc. for 13 years, guiding the company from a startup to one of the fastest growing, NASDAQ listed medical technology companies in North America, with a market cap of mostly over one billion USD during the final three years of his leadership. Earlier, Arun served as President of Cedara Software Corp., a company that developed the industry’s first medical imaging software platform. Today, Cedara’s imaging platform and its big data collection are part of IBM’s Watson Health.

He obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, and an Executive MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. In 2014, he was named the EY Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year in the health sciences category.

Mr. Tom Tamberrino is a seasoned leader with a distinguished career in sales and marketing leadership, business development, and executive management, with much of his success rooted in the U.S. healthcare industry. He brings a wealth of experience, including a history of entrepreneurial ventures and significant contributions to the medical technology sector. Prior to joining Profound Medical, Mr. Tamberrino served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Novadaq Technologies Inc. for several years. Under his leadership, Novadaq established itself as the market leader in near-infrared fluorescence imaging, achieving remarkable growth and driving revenues from an annual run rate of $27 million in 2012 to over $82 million in 2017. This growth culminated in Novadaq’s acquisition by Stryker Corporation for approximately $701 million, after which Mr. Tamberrino continued with Stryker until 2018 to support the integration of Novadaq’s business. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tamberrino held progressive sales management positions at LifeCell Corporation, eventually serving as Area Director. During his time at LifeCell Corporation, he led a 50-person sales team across the Northeastern U.S. and Canada, marketing regenerative tissue matrices. Mr. Tamberrino holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with a Minor in Psychology from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration from Emory University.

Rashed Dewan has over 20 years of finance and accounting experience in public and private companies, with expertise in the medical device sector. Mr. Dewan has extensive experience with systems design and implementation and a strong track record of success in accounting, finance, sales and operations management. Mr. Dewan is a Certified Public Accountant, and has a Bachelor of Science Degree with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Southern California.

Dr. Mathieu Burtnyk has over 15 years experience creating and developing imaging technologies and therapeutic ultrasound solutions, from benchtop to bedside, with a focus on prostate disease. He started his career in academia, obtaining his PhD in Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center. He is the inventor of the patented closed-loop temperature feedback control algorithm used by the TULSA-PRO today in clinic. Mathieu joined Profound in 2011, leading the scientific design and execution of pre-clinical through Phase I and TACT Pivotal clinical studies.