Jian is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to Noah Medical, Jian also co-founded two other successful startups and served as the CEO. In addition, he was employee #2 at Auris Health, which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson for $5.7B in 2019. Prior to joining Auris, he worked at Intuitive Surgical. Jian received his MS and PhD from Columbia University.

Nicky Espinosa has represented a variety of emerging-growth med tech and VC clients in private practice as a litigation partner in major national law firms (Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Dewey Ballantine and Dechert). In industry, she has served as a legal executive for Illumina, Intuitive Surgical, and Heartflow. She has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, is a registered patent attorney, and has practiced before US District Courts and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Nicky received her JD from UC Law San Francisco. 

John has spent his entire career focused on medical device research and development, with an emphasis on vision systems. He is passionate about building great teams to solve key problems in healthcare. Prior to Noah Medical, John worked at Stryker for 15 years. John received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University.

Brent Lloyd is a strategic executive leader with 20 years of experience driving service excellence, operational transformation, and technology enablement in the medical device industry. As Vice President of Service and Technology Operations at Noah Medical, he leads global IT, field service, customer care, and service commercialization functions to accelerate growth, strengthen customer relationships, and ensure regulatory compliance. Known for building high-performing teams and scalable operating models, Brent combines customer focus, digital transformation, and continuous improvement to deliver measurable business impact.