LUMENDI EXPANDS TEAM WITH LAURENCE LEFEBVRE AS SENIOR DIRECTOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
WESTPORT, CT, May 1, 2017 — Laurence Lefebvre, from New Rochelle, New York, has joined Connecticut-based medical device innovator Lumendi, LLC as Senior Director Program Management. Ms. Lefebvre is the eighth new employee hired at Lumendi within the last six months, which includes a new vice president of sales, five regional sales managers and a senior director of business development.
Ms. Lefebvre, earned her MSc in Bioengineering at Imperial College, London and her MBA at Harvard Business School and has extensive experience in the development of new minimally invasive technologies. Before joining Lumendi, Ms. Lefebvre was with the Minimally Invasive New Technologies (MINT) group at Weill Cornell Medical Center and New York Presbyterian, where her responsibilities included leading the development of MINT’s gastrointestinal programs. Prior to MINT, she was a management and strategy consultant at Bain & Company, where she focused on healthcare and innovation. Ms. Lefebvre started her career in the medical imaging field developing new MRI techniques in partnership with Siemens.
“Laurence is an excellent addition to our team and brings many years of business acumen as well as development of new medical technologies,” said Michael Parrilla, COO of Lumendi, Ltd. In December 2016, Lumendi received United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its DiLumen™, an endoscopic accessory indicated to ensure complete positioning of an endoscope in the large intestine and assist with optical visualization, diagnosis and endoscopic treatment.
About Lumendi Headquartered in Westport, Connecticut, Lumendi, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lumendi, Ltd., a privately held innovative, medical device company headquartered in London, England. Lumendi is focused on developing, marketing and distributing surgical tools and devices that provide safe, cost-effective solutions for minimally invasive gastrointestinal interventions. Lumendi Ltd. holds a worldwide exclusive license from Cornell University on the DiLumen technology.
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