Axogen, Inc. announced the appointment of Jens Schroeder Kemp to the newly created role of Chief Marketing Officer. Kemp brings more than 20 years of strategic marketing, sales, and business development experience in high-growing medical technology. As a member of the Axogen executive leadership team, Kemp will report directly to Karen Zaderej, Chairman, CEO and President, and will oversee the development and execution of the company's marketing strategies.

Mr. Kemp most recently served as Vice President of Marketing for Ambu Inc, where he led Ambu's marketing efforts to create the single use endoscopy market across multiple clinical applications. Following Ambu's acquisition of King Systems in 2012, Mr. Kemp developed and scaled the US marketing function with new capabilities in health economics and market access, market development and digital marketing. Across more than 15 years at Ambu, he had multiple roles in business development and marketing, and served as a member of the Global Management Team.

Prior to Ambu, Mr. Kemp was a management consultant at PERA (Production and Engineering Research Association), where his role included sales, marketing, and innovation strategies for medical device and renewable energy products. Previously, he was co-founder of an artificial intelligence decision support software company Mindgroup ApS. Mr. Kemp has a bachelor's degree in business administration, and a master's degree in international marketing and management, both from Copenhagen Business School.