Married for over 20 years, Michael and Renee have devoted their lives to family, service, innovation, and their Christian faith.

Renee Minogue

Renee is the founding President of the Michael & Renee Minogue Foundation. She currently serves on the boards of Boost Oxygen, a private for-profit company and Catholic Schools Foundation. She devoted many years to teaching her children and other students in home-based education programs. 

Renee graduated from the University of Notre Dame, magna cum laude and was recognized as a Fulbright Scholar. She is fluent in German and spent two years in Vienna, Austria teaching English on the Fulbright program. After her time abroad, she joined General Electric Healthcare in their technical sales program, managed the marketing launch of the first 3D ultrasound product, and earned distinction in commercial sales.

Renee is passionate about faith-based education, history, travel, and her five children.

Michael Minogue

Michael Minogue is the President and CEO of Minogue Consulting, LLC. and Heartwork Capital, with over 30 years of industry experience leading with his “Patients First” and “Dream Big, Execute Bigger” mindset. By training individuals how to adapt, execute, lead, and manage, Michael empowers and inspires people to achieve their best results with integrity, creativity, intellect, and grit.

For nearly 19 years, Michael served as Chairman, President, and CEO of Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), which revolutionized the field of heart recovery through the development of Impella®, the world’s smallest heart pumps. He devoted himself and the company to recovering hearts and saving lives, leading in technology and innovation, growing shareholder value, and sustaining a winning culture. This culture and vision led Abiomed, Inc. to be one of the fastest growing, GAAP profitable MedTech companies, generating total shareholder return of 2,467% since April 2004 and 1,172% in the last 10 years.

Under Michael’s leadership from 2004-2022, Abiomed, Inc. treated over 250,000 patients, received multiple exclusive FDA approvals, expanded their patent portfolio to over 2,000 patents and over 2,000 pending, increased revenue from $25M to $1.2B, and grew market capitalization from $170M to approximately $17B. His tenure culminated in negotiating with Johnson & Johnson, resulting in the largest all-cash acquisition in MedTech history (16.9x EV/Revenue | 64.4x EV/EBITDA) and the 7th largest MedTech deal of all time.

Prior to Abiomed, Inc., Michael spent 11 years with General Electric Healthcare, leading in roles of sales, marketing, product development, engineering, software, and services. While there, Michael filed three patents. He also served as an Infantry officer in the U.S. Army, where he earned multiple distinctions including Airborne, Ranger, and Bronze Star as the lead navigator and Platoon Leader for the 24th Infantry division in Desert Storm. Michael received his B.S. in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy at West Point and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Michael currently serves on the boards of Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ: PODD), St. John’s Preparatory School, Crane Estate Advisory Board, and MedTechVets. In addition, Michael is a co-owner of BOOST Oxygen and serves as General Partner for Essex Woodlands. Previously, Michael served on the board of the medical device industry association, Advamed (2007-2023) and as Chairman (2021-23). He has also served on the boards of LifeCell, Bioventus, and Medical Device Innovation Consortium, (MDIC, Chair-2016-19).    

Michael is passionate about supporting education, military veterans and causes for children. In 2012, Michael co-founded MedTechVets, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps military veterans discover career opportunities in MedTech. In 2015, he co-founded the Mike and Renee Minogue Foundation to support faith-based education and pediatric care through partnerships with the Catholic Schools Foundation, WonderFund, Boston Children’s Hospital, and multiple others.

Michael is married with five children and enjoys reading, running, coaching, and skiing.