Christine Heyninck-Jantz, BS, MBA

Christine Heyninck-Jantz joined Autus Valve Technologies as Sr. Vice President of Product Development in January 2025.  She is responsible for driving development and manufacturing efforts in bringing this novel technology to market.  Prior to this, Christine was Vice President Research & Development for Edwards’ Transcatheter Heart Valves business. Christine has had senior roles in teams that have pioneered the development and commercialization of both transcatheter and surgical heart valves for aortic and pulmonic indications (including the world’s first transcatheter valve) at both Edwards and Medtronic for over 20 years.  Notable accomplishments include the recently launched Alterra Adaptive Prestent and Sapien 3 Pulmonic Delivery System to treat patients with Congenital Heart Disease. 

 

Prior to her work in Research and Development, Christine had extensive experience in Manufacturing, Operations, and Technical Support for a number of medical devices.
 

Christine has a BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Pepperdine University.