Jeffrey Gold , MBA

Partner

Jeff Gold is currently a venture partner with Longitude Capital, Inc. He has served as President & CEO of CryoVascular Systems where he joined with over twenty-four years of experience in the medical device field. He received his engineering training at Northeastern University in Boston, MA and earned his MBA from the University of Florida. In addition, he served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of CardioThoracic Systems (CTS), a company now owned by Guidant that is involved in developing and marketing leading-edge products and technologies in the field of minimally invasive cardiac surgery, specifically beating heart coronary bypass surgery. Prior to the role with CTS, Jeff spent over eighteen years with Cordis Corporation, now a Johnson & Johnson company. The last position Mr. Gold held at Cordis was as co-founder and President of Cordis Endovascular Systems, a subsidiary company engaged in the development and marketing of advanced devices and technology for the treatment of diseases of the brain and neurovascular system. In 2004, Mr. Gold received CEI's Distinguished Alumnus Entrepreneur of the Year award.