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Bruce KenKnight

Bruce KenKnight

Chief Executive Officer, SymKardia

Executive
Updated Nov 6, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 28, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Bruce KenKnight

Bruce KenKnight is chief executive officer of SymKardia. The company is developing selective cardiac neuromodulation as a way to treat cardiac arrhythmias. He has more than 30 years of leadership experience in medical devices for cardiology and neuromodulation.

Earlier, he was vice president of the Heart Failure Program, New Ventures at LivaNova, formerly Cyberonics. He was also president and chief executive officer of Valtech Cardio. At Boston Scientific, formerly Guidant, he was vice president of research and technology development and business development. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's and doctorate in biomedical engineering from the University of Minnesota. He is an inventor on more than 600 issued and pending patents and an author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Bruce KenKnight in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

SymKardia, Inc. Current
Chief Executive Officer
2026 – Present · Westlake, OH
SymKardia is developing selective cardiac neuromodulation as a new way to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias.
LivaNova
Vice President of the Heart Failure Program, New Ventures
Valtech Cardio
President and CEO
Boston Scientific
Vice President of Research/Technology Development and Business Development

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Bruce KenKnight works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

SymKardia, Inc. · Form D/A, Oct 28, 2026
AC
Anthony Caparso
President and director
Steven Girouard
Steven Girouard
Executive officer
Jonathan Piccini
Jonathan Piccini
Executive officer
Imad Libbus
Imad Libbus
Chief Scientific Officer
Dwight Skinner
Dwight Skinner
Executive officer
RP
AS
Arun Sridhar
Director
CR
JB

Sources

  1. SECSymKardia, Inc. Form D/A, filed Oct 28, 2026