Primary Job Title Venture Partner Primary Organization 
Aphelion Capital
Gender Male
Robert W. Thomas has over 20 years of successful operational experience in the life sciences industry. Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for several healthcare companies, as well as serving on the Board for several non-profit organizations. Prior to his Board work, Mr. Thomas served as the CEO of Fox Hollow
Technologies and was the CEO that led the company from 12 employees in start-up mode through a successful public offering with over $200 M in annualized revenue and a $1B market capitalization. Prior to FoxHollow, Mr. Thomas served as Vice-President of Operations for Conceptus, and before that was a founder of TMP, Inc, a privately financed medical device start-up company. TMP was acquired in September 1992, by a current division of GE Healthcare, and Mr. Thomas stayed on as Vice President for the TMP division through February 1998. Prior to TMP, Mr. Thomas was a founder and held various managerial positions with Access Devices (acquired by Baxter Healthcare) and also worked with Corestates Bank. Mr. Thomas received a B.A. in Economics from Ursinus College.
