Mr. Dennis Cook is a passionate patient safety advocate and patent holder who led the development of dozens of medical device products in respiratory, anesthesia, and emergency medicine. He is committed to providing an environment for creativity for product design while balancing regulatory requirements, delivering unmet market needs, and designing for manufacturing.

Mr. Cook has a dual major in Respiratory Care and Business Management from Missouri State University. He started his career as a clinician and hospital administrator for the first seven years of his career, then transitioned to medical device manufacturing in 1995. There, he managed and developed adult, infant, and emergency medical ventilators and oxygen delivery devices. Mr. Cook was then elevated to leadership roles as VP of Marketing for Medline Industries and then President of the Respiratory Division. Mr. Cook then spent several years in Private Equity portfolio businesses, acquiring, integrating, and divesting businesses. After that, Mr. Cook co-founded a respiratory and anesthesia medical device manufacturer, D-R Burton Healthcare Products LLC, and led the development of several devices that received FDA clearance, followed by commercial success. Finally, Dennis is now the CEO of Superior Felt and Filtration, which has recently become a leading contract manufacturer of “Industrial Non-Wovens and Medical and Liquid filtration products.” This transformation for Superior Felt.