Andy Cothrel began his medical-products career with Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories. He landed in Indiana when he took a job with the local office of Germany-based Boehringer Mannheim, later acquired by Switzerland-based Roche. He worked his way across and up through the organization, accepting roles in research and development, operations, strategy, process development and general management. While amassing experience, he bounced around the globe: Japan, Europe and Puerto Rico, culminating with his promotion to vice president and site manager for Roche’s applied science business area.
Following a year of leading a variety of early-stage companies, in 2008, he joined West Lafayette-based SonarMed, working with the team to complete product development and obtain U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance. The company’s first product, the SonarMed AirWave, will launch later this year. Beyond his position with SonarMed, Cothrel is president of Ohio-based Blue Marble Medical, a consulting practice, through which he serves on the board of Cientive Group, an Indianapolis-based information-management company that advises a number of early-stage companies. He has been actively involved in the state’s life sciences community through such organizations as the Indiana Health Industry Forum, the Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network, the Indianapolis Private Industry Council and the BioFutures Initiative.
Cothrel earned his undergraduate degree in engineering from Ohio State University and his graduate degree from the University of Michigan, where he attended as a National Science Foundation Fellow. He has furthered his studies in business at Butler University, the University of Michigan, Cranfield University in England and the London Business School.
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