About
VP of Engineering at Ajax and VP of R&D at Maverix Medical, with 15 years of medtech R&D experience. Previously VP of R&D at Half Moon Medical and a principal engineer at Twelve; holds an MS from Stanford and a BS from MIT.
Experience
- Ajax HealthVP of Engineeringcurrent2025 — presentMenlo Park, CA
- Maverix MedicalVP of R&Dcurrent2025 — present
- Half Moon Medical (The Foundry)Vice President of R&D2018 — 2024Menlo Park, CA
- Twelve / MedtronicPrincipal R&D Engineer2015 — 2018Redwood City, CA
- Edwards LifesciencesSenior R&D Engineer - Advanced Technology2011 — 2015Irvine, CA
- MedtronicR&D Engineer2010Santa Rosa, CA
- ZS AssociatesBusiness Associate2008Boston, MA
- GenentechResearch Intern2007South San Francisco, CA
- UT Southwestern Medical CenterResearch Fellow2006Dallas, TX
Skills & more
Medical Device R&D4Heart Valves1Cardiovascular Devices1EchocardiographyMedical ImagingRapid PrototypingBiomaterials2Polymers1Finite Element Analysis2Design Control2FDA3Biomedical Engineering7
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Medical DevicesR&DDesignDrug DeliveryResearch and Development (R&D)NitinolPro/ESolidWorksMatlabMedical PolymersFrom Neil's professional profile.
Colleagues at Ajax Health
Aftab Kherani
Managing Partner at Ajax Health
Basile Montagnese
Associate at Ajax Health
Bill Steiner
Chief Compliance Officer at Ajax Health
Calvin Wei
Controller at Ajax Health
Carla Jung
Entrepreneur in Residence at Ajax Health
Caroline Ferner
Associate at Ajax Health
Casey Dougan
Partner & SVP Operations at Ajax Health
Cason Kynes
Partner at Ajax Health
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Neil Zimmerman?
- VP of Engineering at Ajax and VP of R&D at Maverix Medical, with 15 years of medtech R&D experience. Previously VP of R&D at Half Moon Medical and a principal engineer at Twelve; holds an MS from Stanford and a BS from MIT.
- Where does Neil Zimmerman work?
- Neil Zimmerman is VP of Engineering at Ajax Health.
- Where did Neil Zimmerman go to school?
- Neil Zimmerman studied at Stanford University (MS, Mechanical Engineering); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Biological Engineering).
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,387
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Shared employers
Also worked at Half Moon Medical (The Foundry)1
Also worked at Edwards Lifesciences9
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Also worked at Medtronic73
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Also worked at ZS Associates46
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