CONMED
Pete Shagory
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development

Pete joined CONMED Corporation in 2015 and is responsible for all corporate strategy,business development, M&A and acquisition integration activities for the company. In histenure to date, Pete has led acquisitions totaling over $1.2 Billion in transaction value forCONMED. Prior to joining CONMED, Pete spent two years at Cardinal Health where heoversaw the strategic investment and M&A ;pipeline as well as new business formationefforts for the Medical Products Group within Cardinal Health’s Medical Segment. Prior tojoining Cardinal Health, Pete spent fifteen years as a venture capitalist, leading thehealthcare and life sciences investment effort at Baird Venture Partners in Chicago foralmost ten years and serving on the Boards of venture companies including AccuriCytometers (sold to Becton Dickinson), NimbelGen, Inc. (sold to Roche Holding AG) andPharMEDium Healthcare Corporation (sold to Oak Investment Partners). Pete spent aprevious five years at Vector Fund Management, a life-sciences venture firm also based inChicago. Prior to his career in venture capital, Pete worked in corporate finance, mergers &acquisitions and merchant banking at JP Morgan & Co. and Banc One Capital Corporation.Pete was the founding Chair of AdvaMed’s National Venture Capital Advisory Board and afounding Board member of the Mid-America Healthcare Investors Network (MHIN). Petereceived his undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Finance from MiamiUniversity in Oxford, Ohio, and his MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth.