Our Founder
Grigorios - Vasileios(Gregory) Krinos
Founder & CEO
Grigorios – Vasileios (Gregory) Krinos is a medtech leader with more than 30 years’ experience in executive leadership positions.
ABOUT
He is currently the major shareholder and managing director of GKARDIA Medical Devices Inc., a newly established distributor in Greece and Cyprus for medical devices focusing on CardioVascular segment. He is also working as a consultant and minor investor to emerging and innovative start – ups around 3D printing for medical applications and cardiovascular devices (heart support and transcatheter valve technologies) and other medtech projects mainly focusing on optimal distributor network identification, medtech market intelligence and going direct business scenarios.
Finally, he collaborates as a consultant with medical device companies in areas that focus mainly on the optimal identification of a distributor network, on the information of the medical device market and on immediate business scenarios.
ABOUT
He is currently the major shareholder and managing director of GKARDIA Medical Devices Inc., a newly established distributor in Greece and Cyprus for medical devices focusing on CardioVascular segment. He is also working as a consultant and minor investor to emerging and innovative start – ups around 3D printing for medical applications and cardiovascular devices (heart support and transcatheter valve technologies) and other medtech projects mainly focusing on optimal distributor network identification, medtech market intelligence and going direct business scenarios.
Finally, he collaborates as a consultant with medical device companies in areas that focus mainly on the optimal identification of a distributor network, on the information of the medical device market and on immediate business scenarios.
Reference points in his career
In his previous positions, he was Director of Intuitive’s Surgical DaVinci distributor in Balkans (P&L accountability of more than $11 million and management of a team of 30 and 4 countries) and was Director Greece and Eastern Europe at Edwards Lifesciences, the No.1 heart valve company in the world for almost 18 years(P&L responsibility from $12 to more than $30 million depending on the period and manage a team of up to 50 and several distributors in up to 11 countries in the region).
He founded the local branch of Edwards Lifesciences in Greece at the age of 34, in 2002, having the role of General Manager, as a natural consequence of the worldwide spin – off of Baxter CardioVascular Group from Baxter International. Since then, except Greece and Cyprus, he had regional responsibility for the company in various countries of the Balkans and Eastern Europe and has contributed decisively to the establishment of branches in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Furthermore, he ha s served as Director Europe for Sales Force Effectiveness from 2006 to 2009, contributing drastically to creating methods, tools and processes for the seamless presentation of medical products of the company across Europe.
He has been awarded with his tea ms three times with the highest prize of the company worldwide (President’s Club) in 2002 for Greece, in 2004 for the Czech Republic and in 2013 for Poland.
He is an honors graduate of Varvakios Model School, he studied Biomedical Engineering and was tra ined among others on issues of Leadership, Sales and Negotiations in the USA, France, Switzerland.
He is Member of the Hellenic – American Chamber of Commerce, the Greek Association of Chief Executive Officers, and the Greek Federation of Basketball Coaches.
Reference points
in his career
In his previous positions, he was Director of Intuitive’s Surgical DaVinci distributor in Balkans (P&L accountability of more than $11 million and management of a team of 30 and 4 countries) and was Director Greece and Eastern Europe at Edwards Lifesciences, the No.1 heart valve company in the world for almost 18 years(P&L responsibility from $12 to more than $30 million depending on the period and manage a team of up to 50 and several distributors in up to 11 countries in the region).
He founded the local branch of Edwards Lifesciences in Greece at the age of 34, in 2002, having the role of General Manager, as a natural consequence of the worldwide spin – off of Baxter CardioVascular Group from Baxter International. Since then, except Greece and Cyprus, he had regional responsibility for the company in various countries of the Balkans and Eastern Europe and has contributed decisively to the establishment of branches in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Furthermore, he ha s served as Director Europe for Sales Force Effectiveness from 2006 to 2009, contributing drastically to creating methods, tools and processes for the seamless presentation of medical products of the company across Europe.
He has been awarded with his tea ms three times with the highest prize of the company worldwide (President’s Club) in 2002 for Greece, in 2004 for the Czech Republic and in 2013 for Poland.
He is an honors graduate of Varvakios Model School, he studied Biomedical Engineering and was tra ined among others on issues of Leadership, Sales and Negotiations in the USA, France, Switzerland.
He is Member of the Hellenic – American Chamber of Commerce, the Greek Association of Chief Executive Officers, and the Greek Federation of Basketball Coach es.