Debbie Kaster
VP, Investor Relations
Debbie joined Shockwave in July 2020 as Head of Investor Relations. From 2016 to 2020 Debbie was a Managing Director at Gilmartin Group, an investor relations and strategic advisory firm focused on healthcare. Prior to Gilmartin Group, Debbie spent 5 years as Director of Business Development at Kyphon, where she initiated, won and fully negotiated a competitive bidding process for a $725 million acquisition by Kyphon of St. Francis Medical, which ultimately led to the $4 billion take over of Kyphon by Medtronic. Prior to that, Debbie was a Vice President in the Investment Banking Group at Piper Jaffray, where she successfully led deal sourcing, financings and negotiations from start to finish for over 40 companies, including the Kyphon IPO. Debbie began her Wall Street career at JPMorgan in Equity Research.
Debbie has a BA in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance and Strategy from The Wharton School of Business.
