Duke serves as CEO and Managing Director of Ajax Health. He is also Executive Chair of Maverix Medical and Chair of Bayou, the holding company of Cordis and Cordis-X. He also served as CEO of Ajax company Cortex, which was recently acquired by Boston Scientific.
Prior to Ajax, Duke co-founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of EPIX Therapeutics, which was acquired by Medtronic in 2019. Prior to EPIX, Duke served as co-founder and CEO of Spirox, which was acquired by Entellus in 2017. Prior to Spirox, he co-founded and served as CEO of CV Ingenuity, which was acquired by Covidien in 2013. Prior to CV Ingenuity, Duke served in a variety of roles at FoxHollow Technologies before being named President. In this role, Duke led the sale of the company to ev3 (now Medtronic) in 2008. Prior to FoxHollow, Duke served as an entrepreneur in residence at the private equity firm Alta Partners. Duke began his professional career as the co-founder and President of a 9-unit, ~$20 million per year restaurant company. Duke currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Stanford University Athletic Department and as a Trustee of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association.
Duke received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Stanford University.
