Appoints experienced people leader as Vice President of Human Resources

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NeuroPace, Inc. (Nasdaq: NPCE), a medical device company focused on transforming the lives of people living with epilepsy, today announced the appointment of Amy Treadwell as its new Vice President of Human Resources, effective immediately.

“We are excited to have Amy join the team and help us continue to build an engaged, high-performing culture that supports our growth,” said Joel Becker, Chief Executive Officer of NeuroPace. “We are at an important point in our growth with a number of significant commercial, operating, and technological opportunities in front of us. We believe Amy’s appointment, along with the recent appointments of Brett Wingeier as Vice President of Research and Development and Katie Keller as Vice President of Marketing, helps position us to take full advantage of these opportunities and execute our strategy of increasing access, adoption, and utilization of RNS therapy.”

“I am excited to join NeuroPace and look forward to developing our people to help the company capitalize on the many great opportunities ahead,” stated Ms. Treadwell.

Ms. Treadwell brings significant experience and a track record of success in healthcare and technology roles to NeuroPace. Most recently, she served as the Vice President of People at cyber security start-up CyCognito, and prior to that held human resources leadership positions at Carbon Health, Fitbit and eBay. Ms. Treadwell has a Juris Doctor degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California.

About NeuroPace, Inc.
Based in Mountain View, Calif., NeuroPace is a medical device company focused on transforming the lives of people living with epilepsy by reducing or eliminating the occurrence of debilitating seizures. Its novel and differentiated RNS System is the first and only commercially available, brain-responsive platform that delivers personalized, real-time treatment at the seizure source. This platform can drive a better standard of care for patients living with drug-resistant epilepsy and has the potential to offer a more personalized solution and improved outcomes to the large population of patients suffering from other brain disorders.

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