William Fernando Tapia

54 year

Health Technology

Consumer Services

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William Fernando Tapia was the founder of Z-KAT, Inc. which was founded in 1997 where he held the title of Director.
He also held the position of VP-Regulatory, Quality & Clinical Affairs at MAKO Surgical Corp.
Mr. Tapia has an undergraduate degree from Jacksonville University and a graduate degree from the University of Miami.

Former positions of William Fernando Tapia

Companies	Position	End
Z-KAT, Inc. Z-KAT, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Z-KAT, Inc. designed, manufactured and distributed digital image guided surgery equipment and the software to operate it. It developed surgical navigation technologies, haptic robotics and novel therapies for orthopedic surgery. The company was founded by Michael A. Peshkin, Rony A. Abovitz, William Fernando Tapia, Julio J. Santos-Munne, and Wayne J. Kerness in March 1997 and was headquartered in Davie, FL.	Founder	-
MAKO Surgical Corp. MAKO Surgical Corp. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology MAKO Surgical Corp. is a medical device company, which develops and markets advanced robotic arm solution, joint specific applications for the knee, hip and orthopedic implants for orthopedic procedures. It also provides RIO robotic arm interactive orthopedic system, including a tactile robotic arm utilizing an integrated bone cutting instrument and a patient specific visualization component. The company was founded by Maurice R. Ferre and Rony A. Abovitz in November 2004 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-

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Training of William Fernando Tapia

Jacksonville University	Undergraduate Degree
University of Miami	Graduate Degree

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