Board of Directors

Nick Swenson has served on Pro-Dex’s Board since January 2013, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Swenson is an investor in both private and public companies. Mr. Swenson has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Air T, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRT), since October 2013, as chairman of AIRT’s board since August 2013, and as a member of AIRT’s board of directors since August 2012. Mr. Swenson serves as a director of several private companies as well.  Mr. Swenson has a B.A. degree in History from Middlebury College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. 

Ray Cabillot joined Pro-Dex’s Board in January, 2013. In addition to his responsibilities on the Board, Mr. Cabillot serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Farnam Street Capital, Inc., the General Partner of Farnam Street Partners L.P., a private investment partnership. Prior to his role at Farnam Street Partners, Mr. Cabillot was a Senior Research Analyst at Piper Jaffray, Inc. Early in his career, Mr. Cabillot worked for Prudential Capital Corporation as an Associate Investment Manager and as an Investment Manager. Mr. Cabillot is currently involved as a director for several private companies and has served as Director and Chairman of the Board for O.I. Corporation, a publicly traded company. Mr. Cabillot has a B.A. degree with a double major in Economics and Chemistry from Saint Olaf College and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota. 

Ms. Angel Domingo joined Pro-Dex’s Board of Directors in December 2021. She has served as our Director of Quality Systems and Regulatory Affairs since 2014 and joined the company in 2005. Her responsibilities include ensuring the company’s products and Quality Management Systems meet industry, regulatory and customer requirements through the device lifecycle. This encompasses compliance requirements of local, state, federal and OuS authorities. Angel holds a BS in Biology/Human Physiology and a Chemistry minor from California State University, Long Beach. Angel has extensive MedTech industry experience inclusive of Medical Device, In Vitro Diagnostics, Pharmaceuticals, and Bulk Pharm/Chemicals.

In addition to his responsibilities on the Board, Mr. Farrell has from October 2017 until the present, served as SVP of Business Services at Gundersen Health System, an integrated healthcare organization serving counties in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. Mr. Farrell is co-founder of FreshRealm, LLC, a developer of new technologies to streamline fresh food distribution and served as its Chief Operating Officer from January 2013 through September 2017.  In addition, from January 2011 until the present, he has served as Chief Executive Officer of Viszy Inc., a company developing software and services for the consumer market. Mr. Farrell is also Chief Executive Officer of B ō biam, LLC, a company that turns youth art into apparel and other products, which it merchandises through its retail store and wholesale channels. From April 1998 to January 2011, Mr. Farrell held various senior management roles at Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), a multi-national medical technology company. Mr. Farrell’s engineering career began with eight years in production support, process development and operations. Mr. Farrell then worked 10 years in product development for Medtronic, during which time Bill led management teams in program, product, and process development. At the end of his tenure with Medtronic, Mr. Farrell was Senior Director of Product Development and led corporate-wide initiatives to improve design, reliability and manufacturability practices. Mr. Farrell has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota (1996).

Mr. Hovda joined Pro-Dex’s Board in January, 2013. Mr. Hovda is Founder of MedTech Advisors LLC, a medical device consulting company, and a member of the Board of Directors of Curvafix, Inc., a privately held medical device company that has developed a pelvic fracture fixation device, since April 2021.  Previously, Mr. Hovda was CEO of Innovein, Inc., a vascular company focused on treating deep venous reflux disease, a position he held from January 2022 to August 2023. The company developed the ElevateTM Endovenous Valve replacement for treating deep vein reflux.  Prior to Innovein, Inc., Mr. Hovda served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Simplify Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company that has developed a cervical artificial disc replacement optimized for MRI imaging from 2013 to 2021.  Simplify Medical was acquired by Nuvasive in February 2021, the largest spine-focused company in the world. Prior to Mr. Hovda’s tenure with Simplify Medical, he was President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of SpinalMotion, Inc., a privately held medical device company that designed, developed and marketed artificial discs for use in the spine, from 2004 to 2013. Prior to joining SpinalMotion, he held leadership positions with Arthrocare, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTC), a developer and manufacturer of surgical devices, instruments, and implants focused on enhancing surgical techniques and patient outcomes, serving as the Vice President/General Manager of its Spine Division from 1999 to 2004, and as the Managing Director of its ENT Division from 1997 to 1999. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Hovda served in financial analysis and product management positions with Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), a multi-national medical technology company, which culminated in his service as the European Business Manager of its Upper Airway Venture from 1995 to 1997. He holds more than 40 patents related to radio frequency ablation technology, specific clinical applications, and artificial disc replacement designs and implantation methods. Mr. Hovda served for five years with the United States Navy, achieving the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. Hovda received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. 

Katrina Philp joined Pro-Dex’s Board of Directors in December 2019.  Ms. Philp has, from January 2014 until the present, served in various capacities at Air T, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRT), and most recently as its Chief of Staff from October 2017 to present. Ms. Philp is co-founder of Fox Lake Capital, LLC, where Ms. Philp worked full time from November 2012 until January 2014, a consulting firm offering financial analysis and investment expertise. Ms. Philp was a Senior Investment Analyst at Whitebox Advisors, LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund, from 2007 to 2012. Ms. Philp has a B.A. degree in Business Administration, Finance and Management from Northwestern College.

Richard L. Van Kirk joined Pro-Dex’s Board of Directors when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2015. He joined Pro-Dex in January 2006 and was named Pro-Dex’s Vice President of Manufacturing in December 2006. In April 2013 he was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Van Kirk’s career includes over 13 years of management experience in manufacturing. Mr. Van Kirk previously served as Manufacturing Manager and Manager of Product Development at Comarco Wireless Technologies, ChargeSource Division, which provides power and charging functionality for popular electronic devices and wireless accessories. Prior to Comarco, Mr. Van Kirk was General Manager at Dynacast, a leader in precision die casting. Mr. Van Kirk earned a BA in Business Administration at California State University, Fullerton and an MBA from Claremont Graduate School.