Jeff Soinski has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors  of Avinger since December 2014. 

 From its formation in September 2009 until the acquisition of its Unisyn business by GE Healthcare in May 2013, Mr. Soinski served as Chief Executive Officer of Medical Imaging Holdings and its primary operating company Unisyn Medical Technologies, a national provider of technology-enabled products and services to the medical imaging industry.  Mr. Soinski remains a Director of Medical Imaging Holdings and its remaining operating company Consensys Imaging Service.  

From 2001 until its acquisition by C.R. Bard in 2008, Mr. Soinski was President and CEO of Specialized Health Products International, a publicly-traded manufacturer and marketer of proprietary safety medical products. During his tenure, Specialized Health Products ranked three consecutive years in the top half of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America.  In 2008, Mr. Soinski was named “Utah CEO of the Year” for small public companies by Utah Business magazine. 

Mr. Soinski has served on the board of directors of Merriman Holdings, parent of Merriman Capital, a San Francisco-based investment banking and brokerage firm, since 2008.  He holds a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College.