Austin Dirks is a veteran of the healthcare, medical device, and technology industry, formerly serving as CEO and Founder of GreenLight Medical, growing the company from idea to execution to acquisition by symplr in March 2022. GreenLight Medical, a healthcare technology company, helps hospitals evaluate and decide on new medical technology for use by physicians. Following acquisition, Austin served as Managing Director within symplr, helping to integrate the GreenLight Medical product and team into symplr as well as lead the commercial and product strategy for the supply chain technology business pillar.

Before founding GreenLight Medical, Austin worked as a cardiac medical device representative for St. Jude Medical (acquired by Abbott), as well as for Thoratec Corporation, working on merger and acquisition opportunities with the Business Development team.

Austin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. At Vanderbilt, Austin competed for the Track and Field team as a pole vaulter, gave campus tours as a tour guide, and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

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