Meet the Team

Chad Nikel
Chad Nikel
President & CEO
Chad Nikel, President & CEO

Chad has over 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries spanning start-up through Fortune 500 companies. Immediately prior to joining Spectra Medical Devices, he was a member of the executive leadership team at Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE) where he was President of the Blood Center and Commercial Plasma business units. He previously held roles in R&D, Manufacturing, and Sales and Marketing. Chad earned his B.S. in Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and M.B.A. from St. Mary’s University.

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Richard Zrebiec
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Zrebiec, Chief Financial Officer
Jack Leo Chief Legal Officer Spectra-66
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
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
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.

Kathy Dassler
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.

Tae-Hang (TH) Lee President, Manufacturing
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.