APYX MEDICAL - Key Persons


Andrew Makrides

Job Titles:
  • Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Bio
Andrew Makrides, Esq., Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Hofstra University and a Juris Doctor Degree from Brooklyn Law School. He is a member of the Bar of the State of New York and practiced law from 1968 until joining Apyx™ Medical Corporation as a co founder and Executive Vice President and director, in 1982. Mr. Makrides became President of the Company in 1985 and the CEO in December 1998 and has served as such until March 18, 2011 at which point he relinquished his position as President, but remained CEO until December 2013. Mr. Makrides employment contract extends to December 31, 2016. Mr. Makrides has over 30 years of executive experience in the medical industry.

Charles D. Goodwin - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT TEAM
  • President
  • Chief Executive Officer & Director Bio

Craig A. Swandal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

John Andres

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Lawrence J. Waldman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
Lawrence J. Waldman, CPA, has served as a director since 2011 and he is currently the Chair of our audit committee and Lead Independent Director of the Board. Mr. Waldman has over thirty five years of experience in public accounting. Mr. Waldman joined First Long Island Investors LLC, an investment and wealth management firm, as a Managing Director in May 2016. Prior to that Mr. Waldman served as an advisor to the accounting firm of EisnerAmper LLP, where he was previously the Partner in Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development for Long Island since September 2011. Prior to joining EisnerAmper LLP, Mr. Waldman was the Partner in Charge of Commercial Audit Practice Development for Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP from July 2006 to August 2011. Mr. Waldman was the Managing Partner of the Long Island office of KPMG LLP from 1994 through 2006, the accounting firm where he began his career in 1972. Mr. Waldman serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Northstar/RXR Metro Income Fund, a non traded Real Estate Investment Trust, and has served as a member of its audit committee since 2014. Mr. Waldman also serves as a member of the State University of New York's Board of Trustees and as chair of its audit committee. Mr. Waldman was elected to the Board of Directors of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. in August of 2015, and since December 2015, serves as Chair of its Audit Committee. Mr. Waldman is also a member of Supervisory Committee of Bethpage Federal Credit Union. He previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority and as Chair and a member of the finance and audit committee of its Board of Trustees. Mr. Waldman meets the definition of a financial expert as defined by the SEC and NYSE MKT.

Matt Hill - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT TEAM

Michael Geraghty

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
Michael Geraghty, has served as a director since March 2011 and is the Executive Vice President of Global Sales at Optos, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of retinal imaging devices for screening, detection and diagnosis of eye related conditions. From 2005 through 2008, he was the President of International Sales at Gyrus Acmi where he first started in 2000 as Senior Vice President of Sales for Gyrus Medical. Prior to this, Mr. Geraghty was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Everest Medical, Inc. and before that was the Director of Marketing for Advanced Products at Arthrocare Corporation. Mr. Geraghty specializes in building independent direct sales teams in the medical device industry and has extensive domestic and international sales and marketing experience. He received his bachelor's degree from St. Mary's University and graduate degree in Executive Sales Management from the University of Minnesota.

Minnie Baylor-Henry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Director, Chair of Regulatory and Compliance Committee Bio
Ms. Baylor-Henry currently provides strategic regulatory support to healthcare companies on a consulting basis. From 1999 until 2015, she worked in Regulatory Affairs at Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries, McNeil Consumer Health Care and RW Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development Corporation. During this period, she held a series of leadership roles of increasing responsibility, culminating in her promotion to Worldwide Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Johnson & Johnson's Medical Devices business. Ms. Baylor-Henry also worked as a National Director at Deloitte & Touche in the Regulatory Affairs Life Science practice, which is part of their Audit and Enterprise Risk Services. From 1991 until 1999, Ms. Baylor-Henry worked for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration ("FDA"), where she served as a Director and Branch Chief of the FDA's Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising and Communications. Ms. Baylor-Henry holds a B.S. in Pharmacy from Howard University's College of Pharmacy and a J.D. from Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C.

Moshe Citronowicz - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT TEAM
  • Senior Vice President

Todd Hornsby - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT TEAM

Wendy Levine

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
Wendy Levine, age 49, Director, has over 25 years of healthcare marketing and advertising experience across the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and vaccine sectors. She is currently Group President and head of the advertising business at 21GRAMS, part of Real Chemistry, a global health innovation company, that she founded with her partners in 2018. From 2003 to 2007, Ms. Levine worked at Johnson & Johnson, where she served as Group Product Director in the Specialty Pharmaceuticals Business Unit and then as Director, Stakeholder Marketing in the Medical Device Business Unit. From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Levine held the position of Senior Director of Marketing for the influenza portfolio at Novartis Vaccines. From 2009 to 2014, a love for advertising brought her to the agency world, where she rose through the ranks within account management at The Bloc. From 2014 to 2015, Ms. Levine held the role of EVP, Managing Director at McCann Health. From 2015 to 2017, she worked as Director of Client Services at GSW. Ms. Levine received her bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies (economics and Western European culture) from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree in education from Beaver College (Arcadia University).