John A. Deedrick
Managing Director

John is a co-founder of AMV and has over 10 years venture investing experience. Prior to joining AMV, John was a Venture Manager for Mayo Medical Ventures. During his time at Mayo, John co-founded four companies; Santarus (NASDAQ – STRS), Copharos, Teramedica and Torax Medical. In addition, he managed investments in several emerging medical companies including Exact Sciences (NASDAQ - EXAS), Circe Biomedical (acquired), Ascension Orthopedics, Neotonus, CardiacAssist, Image-Guided Neurologics (acquired), TomoTherapy (NASDAQ – TTPY) and Volcano Therapeutics (NASDAQ – VOLC).

Prior to joining Mayo, John spent 12 years in numerous operating roles within Honeywell and Alliant Techsystems. John holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Northwestern College and an M.B.A. from St. Thomas University.

John currently serves on the boards of SoftScope, MyoScience, Torax Medical and Nevro.