James E. Orsak, BSME, MBA holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Memphis State University. He also has a MBA from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN. He began his 32 year career in orthopedics with Smith & Nephew as a Product Development Engineer where he brought 15 products and line additions to the market in 5 years, including the innovative Taylor Spatial Frame hexapod external fixator. He then worked 9 years with Orthofix as the Director of Global Marketing where he introduced the first Guided Growth Plate and Limb Lengthening Nail to the US market. After Orthofix, he founded Diffusion Medical where he invented the CoreTrak mini fixator and LolliPop blade plate, which were then sold to Wright Medical and Pega Medical respectively. He then spent five years with Wright Medical as Director of Marketing in their Foot and Ankle Division before leaving in 2012 to start Heartwood Enterprises, a consulting, distribution, and development company. At Heartwood, he was the distributor of Pega Medical pediatric products in the Southeast US, and started the US subsidiary of Citieffe, a geriatric trauma company that he ran for 5 years as Managing Director. In 2017, James took on the role of VP of Sales & Business Development for Pega Medical, which was sold to Orthopediatrics in 2022. He is named on 19 patents, and has authored a Chapter on Biomechanics for “External Fixation for The Foot & Ankle” by Lippincot, Williams, & Wilkins. He has also served on the Boards of AMDT Technologies, Fixx Orthopedics, and IBEX.