Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. announced that Jack Peurach, who has served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer since 2018, has informed the Company's Board of Directors of his decision to leave the Company effective January 21, 2022 to pursue other endeavors. He has also stepped down from the Company's Board effective January 21, 2022. Effective January 22, 2022, the Board has appointed Steven Sherman, who has served as Ekso Bionics' Chairman of the Board since 2014, to become Chief Executive Officer, and has promoted Scott Davis, the Company's Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, to President and Chief Operating Officer. In addition, the Board has designated current Board member Stanley Stern to serve as the Board's Lead Independent Director effective upon Mr. Sherman's commencement as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sherman is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor and executive, and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 2014, including service as Executive Chairman from October 2018 through December 2020. Mr. Sherman is the Chairman of Imetric, an IOT platform for consumer and enterprise. Since 1988, Mr. Sherman has been a member of Sherman Capital Group, a merchant banking organization with a portfolio of private and public investments.
Mr. Davis has served as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development since April 2021. Mr. Davis has more than two decades of worldwide leadership success in fast growing high-tech companies, and has proven success in helping organizations manage change, scale, and implement transformative strategies that lead to consistent growth and positive financial performance. Prior to joining the Company, from December 2018 through March 2021, Mr. Davis served as Chief Executive Officer of Globalmatix, Inc.
Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. designs, develops, and markets exoskeleton products. Its exoskeleton technology serves multiple markets and can be utilized both by able-bodied persons and persons with physical disabilities or impairments. Its products include EksoNR, which is a wearable robotic exoskeleton specifically designed to be used in a rehabilitation setting; Ekso Indego Therapy is a modular, adjustable, lightweight, lower-limb powered exoskeleton; Ekso Indego Personal is a lightweight powered lower limb orthosis; Ekso Nomad is a power Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis, and Ekso EVO is a wearable upper body exoskeleton. The Company enables individuals with neurological conditions affecting gait, including acquired brain injury (ABI) and spinal cord injury (SCI), to rehabilitate and to walk again; assist individuals with a range of upper extremity impairments and allow industrial workers to perform difficult repetitive work for extended periods. Its segments include EksoHealth and EksoWorks.