Pete Petit Email & Phone Number

Pete Petit was a serial entrepreneur, public company CEO, and prominent figure in the business world. He has a history of leading successful growth companies and driving innovation. Five of his entrepreneurial companies were taken public. Pete was the CEO of MiMedx, a leading biopharmaceutical company specializing in regenerative medicine. Under his leadership, according to Fortune Magazine, MiMedx became America's fifth fastest-growing public company in 2017.Pete's entrepreneurial journey is a testament to his strategic vision and the transformative power of startups. In 1970, Mr. Pete Petit founded Healthdyne, an international healthcare company that manufactured high-technology healthcare devices, provided healthcare information systems and technology, and provided healthcare services and disease management. The Healthdyne related companies grew to annual revenues in excess of $1 billion. In 1995, Healthdyne Maternity Management was merged with Tokos Medical to form Matria Healthcare. In 1997, Healthdyne Technologies was merged with Respironics. Mr. Pete Petit resumed the duties of President and CEO of Matria Healthcare in 2000. In 2001, Healthcare.com, which was formerly Healthdyne Information Enterprises, merged with XCare.net Corporation to form Quovadx. Matria Healthcare was sold to Inverness Medical Innovations in May of 2008 in a transaction valued at over $1.2 billion.Mr. Petit served on the Board of Directors of Atlantic Southeast Airlines for 16 years until it was acquired by Delta Airlines and Norrell Corporation, which was acquired by Spherion Corporation. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Health Museum and is a member of the Board of Directors of Intelligent Systems Corporation. Mr. Pete Petit currently serves as President of The Petit Group, an Investment Management Organization. Mr. Petit is a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Research Alliance, and he is a 1994 inductee into the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia. Mr. Petit funded a professorial chair for “Engineering in Medicine” at Georgia Tech in 1986. 1995, he endowed the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences at Georgia Tech. In 2001, he helped fund the biotechnology building at Georgia Tech, which has his name, and in 2004, the Science Center building at Georgia State University, which also has his name. 2007, he was inducted into the Georgia State Business School Hall of Fame. In October 2011, Mr. Pete Petit was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering.