Overview

Gender

female

Investor Type

Investment Partner,Angel

Suennen is a co-founder and Managing Member of Psilos Group, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm with over $550 million under management. Suennen has headed Psilos’ West Coast office since the firm’s founding in 1998 and focuses on the medical device, healthcare IT and healthcare services.

In addition to OmniGuide, she serves as a Director on the Board of several Psilos portfolio companies, including AngioScore, Inc. (chairman), InSound Medical, Inc., IntelliDOT Corp., Navitas Cancer Rehabilitation Centers of America, Inc. (chairman), and VeraLight, Inc (chairman).

Prior to Psilos, Suennen was at Merit Behavioral Care (formerly American Biodyne, Inc), where she held various senior executive roles including Senior VP/ GM of the Public Sector Division, Senior VP of Pacific Region Operations and Senior VP of Sales & Marketing.

Suennen joined Merit in 1988, and, during her nine-year tenure, played a key role in its growth from a start-up to an $800 million/year company, including acquisitions, the IPO in 1991, and it’s sale to Magellan Health for $800 million in 1998.

Previously, Suennen has held senior positions at INGRES/Relational Technology, Inc., X/Open, and Regis McKenna, Inc.

Suennen holds an M.A. in political science, a B.A in political science and a B.A. in mass communications, all from the University of California, Berkeley.

Suennen also sits on the National Advisory Council of the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.