Mr. Livianu has been our General Counsel since April 2018. Most recently, Mr. Livianu was the global Director of Legal Affairs at Nevro Corp., a medical device company in Redwood City, California. At Nevro, he led the compliance and privacy department as well as managed corporate and commercial transactions. He also oversaw securities and corporate governance compliance. Mr. Livianu was also instrumental in preparing the company for its initial public offering, establishing the company’s legal infrastructure, and launching its therapy in the United States following FDA approval. Prior, Mr. Livianu worked at Johnson & Johnson, in their Global Surgery Group, supporting several medical device subsidiaries including surgical aesthetics company Mentor Worldwide. He also served as Corporate Counsel for Tethys Bioscience and practiced intellectual property law at O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky, & Walker LLP. Mr. Livianu received his J.D. with honors from The George Washington University Law School and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.