Michael Piccirillo

Ao Spine International engages in research and development in educational programs, strategies, and tools for community of spine surgeons. The company is headquartered in Davos, Switzerland.

AO Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that specializes in the surgical treatment of trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. The Swiss company has a network of over 215,000 healthcare professionals and offer over 830 educational events around the world each year, attended by over 58,000 participants. The non-profit company has 20,000 surgeon members working in various fields of surgery. The organization has subsidiaries in Switzerland and Germany and was founded in 1958. The CEO is Christoph Lindenmeyer.

NuVasive, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, sale, and provision of procedural solutions for spine surgery. It offers a comprehensive portfolio of procedurally integrated spine surgery solutions, including surgical access instruments, spinal implants, fixation systems, biologics, and enabling technologies, as well as systems and services for intraoperative neuromonitoring. The company was founded by Alexis V. Lukianov on July 21, 1997 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.