​GAEL DIANE TISACK is Vice President of Legal Affairs and Intellectual Property at Terumo Cardiovascular Group and Terumo Americas Holdings in Ann Arbor, MI. She previously served as Vice President of Regulatory, Legal and Clinical Affairs at Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation. Prior to this, Ms. Tisack was the patent counsel for Terumo CVS for two years and the Assistant General Counsel and IP Manager for Ross Controls, an industrial valve company. Before that, she was an associate at Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione drafting patent applications and intellectual property transaction agreements for three years. Ms. Tisack received a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and worked for Ford Motor Company in that capacity for 11 years. She returned to the University of Michigan and received a JD with honors in 1999.