Meet the Team

Richard Zrebiec

President & CEO

Richard Zrebiec, President & CEO

Paul McDermott

Chief Financial Officer

Paul McDermott, Chief Financial Officer

Tom Graham

Chief Operations Officer

Tom Graham, Chief Operations Officer

Jack Leo

Chief Legal Officer

Jack Leo, Chief Legal Officer

Jack has 15+ years of experience as in-house counsel in the medical device industry, including as General Counsel for OrthoSensor, Inc., a medical device start-up which was successfully sold to Stryker Orthopedics in 2020. Prior to his in-house work, Jack practiced law at Davis Polk & Wardell in New York and Greenberg Traurig in Miami, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Immediately following law school, Jack clerked for the Delaware Court of Chancery, the nation’s premiere court for corporate matters. Jack earned his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and his Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law.

Jason Pedaci

Chief Commercial Officer

Jason Pedaci, Chief Commercial Officer

Jason has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry. After starting his career at Cardinal Health, he served as Chief Commercial Officer for Suture Express, a private equity owned surgical distribution company, who was sold to Medline in 2019. Jason has held roles in operations, finance, commercial and executive leadership. He earned his B.S. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and M.B.A. from The Ohio State University.

Erin Hicks

Chief People Officer

Erin Hicks, Chief People Officer

Erin has over 20 years of Human Resources experience in the medical device, pharmacy benefit management and semiconductor industries where she supported engineering, R&D, manufacturing, and sales. Over the span of her career, she has delivered game changing organizational results in the areas of talent development, strategy and building an inclusive culture. Erin earned her B.S. degree in Consumer Sciences and Management from Purdue University.

Tae-Hang (TH) Lee

President, Manufacturing

Tae-Hang (TH) Lee, President, Manufacturing

TH oversees Spectra Medical Device’s three manufacturing sites in South Korea. With over 30 years of experience in the medical device production environment, he has developed a systematic approach to continuous improvement through the deployment of various disciplines such as Six Sigma. Immediately prior to joining Spectra, TH was a plant manager for a kidney dialysis solution manufacturing site at Gambro (acquired by Baxter). Earlier in his career, he was a quality and plant manager at Bayer (Animal Health) and quality manager at BD. TH earned his B.S. from KonKuk University and an Executive M.B.A from EducAsia.

Rich Mulvaney

Director of Manufacturing (UK,US)

Rich Mulvaney, Director of Manufacturing (UK,US)

James Bate

Director of Engineering (UK,US)

James Bate, Director of Engineering (UK,US)

Kathy Dassler

Director of Quality

Kathy Dassler, Director of Quality

Kathy has 30+ years of Quality experience in the medical device industry and oversees the Quality Management system at Spectra including NPD, supplier management, compliance, and led the successful implementation of Spectra’s EUMDR certification. Prior to joining Spectra Medical Kathy was the Quality Manager at Smith and Nephew supporting various roles in the QMS system, including new product development, supplier management and compliance. Kathy earned her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from Fitchburg State College.

Shu Yang

Director of Supply Chain