Advisors
Bud Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton attended DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana. Upon completing the BA requirements in 1964 as a Phi Beta Kappa, Bud went on to get his MBA at Harvard. Upon graduation from HBS in 1966, he joined the Procter & Gamble Company where he was employed for the next 37 years in various executive positions in Sales, Marketing, General Management. In the latter years of his career Bud served as President Eurocos (P&G Fine Fragrance Subsidiary), Vice President Customer Marketing North America, Vice President Customer Business Development North America, Vice President Global Innovation.
Erik Wagner
Mr. Wagner has been a co-founder, board member and held executive management positions in two venture backed spinal implant companies including Spinal Concepts (1996) and Flexuspine (2005). At Spinal Concepts, he and his partners raised over $45 million in venture capital leading the company to profitability in less than six years on sales exceeding $10 million/month and growing at 70% CAGR. He left Spinal Concepts following the sale of the company to Abbott Labs for $170 million in 2003. His proven record for innovation and leadership has continued at Flexuspine with the development and clinical investigation of the world’s first spinal segmental reconstruction device. He has over 70 patents on devices ranging from spinal implants to cardiovascular atherectomy devices and currently serves on the board of directors at Flexuspine. He continues to serve as a business consultant and advisor to other medical device startups and investor groups.
Dr. Sugam Bhatnagar
Sugam brings to Bluestone Venture Partners over a decade of diverse global IVD
experience. Previously, he held marketing and management roles at bioMerieux and Beckman Coulter where he managed digital health and clinical assay portfolios, leading to the successful launch of multiple new diagnostic technologies and product lines. Before that, he was instrumental in designing and executing strategic and clinical marketing
initiatives at Roche Diagnostics in Asia.
He holds an MPH in Quantitative Methods from Harvard University where he was the
recipient of a graduate scholarship and other honors. Sugam received his medical
degree from Government Medical College in Nagpur, India, and underwent further
training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. At BlueStone, Sugam leverages both his medical training and deep industry experience to help with the scientific, technical, and commercialization diligence of new opportunities.