Michael H. Carrel

President & Chief Executive Officer
AtriCure, Inc.

Michael H. Carrel joined AtriCure in 2012. Under his leadership, AtriCure is executing on the company’s promise to decrease the global atrial fibrillation (Afib) epidemic and heal the lives of those affected by investing significantly in education, clinical science and product innovation. He is developing a customer-centric culture, encouraging his team to listen intently to physicians and patients and responding with products that make Afib treatment safer and less complex to encourage adoption by more physicians around the world.

Prior to his tenure at AtriCure, Carrel served as the president and chief executive officer of Vital Images, a global leader of advanced imaging software for use in disease screening, clinical diagnosis and therapy decision making and planning – for more than 6,000 customers, in 90 countries. The company was publicly-traded (NASDAQ: VTAL), until acquired by Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation in June of 2011.

Prior to Vital Images, Carrel was president and chief executive officer of Zamba Corporation, a publicly-traded technology company, and chief financial officer of NextNet Wireless, a privately-held provider of non-line-of-sight plug and play broadband wireless access systems, now part of Motorola.

He is currently on the American Heart Association board of directors for the Cincinnati and Minneapolis chapters.