Category: Personnel
AngioDynamics names Joseph DeVivo as its new CEO, replacing Jan Keltjens, and reveals the departure of one of its senior business development executives.
AngioDynamics Inc. (NSDQ:ANGO) named a replacement for former CEO Jan Keltjens, who left suddenly in June, tapping Joseph DeVivo for the corner office.
The Latham, N.Y.-based oncology device company also revealed the resignation of senior vice president of business development Lynda Wallace, according to SEC filings.
Matthew Scott, former director of operations for Zimmer Holdings' dental business, is named senior vice president of operations for custom knee implant maker ConforMIS.
ConforMIS lured Zimmer's dental business operations director, Matthew Scott, away to be its new chief operating officer as it looks to scale up its customized knee implant business.
The Bedford, Mass.-based medical device company said Scott bring's a decade's worth of ops experience from his tenure at Zimmer. ConforMIS makes knee replacement implants and instrumentation that are custom-fit to patients' morphology.
Edwards Lifesciences said its CFO, Thomas Abate, plans to retire once a replacement is found later this year.
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) said its finance chief, Thomas Abate, plans to retire later this year after a replacement is found.
The Irvine, Calif.-based medical device company said Abate, 60, will stay on as CFO while the search goes on. Edwards hired Peter Crist of Crist/Kolder Associates to assist in the quest, according to a press release.
J.C. Scott, SVP, government affairs for AdvaMed is named one of the top lobbyists in the Beltway by CEO Update, a publication covering trade councils
AdvaMed's government affairs guru J.C. Scott has been named a "top lobbyist" by CEO Update, a publication that covers the trade association industry.
Scott received praised by the publication for his work on efforts to repeal the medical device tax,. He was one of only two healthcare related lobbyists on the list.
Sales representatives in the medical device industry earn more on average than their peers in every other segment, according to a survey from MedReps.com.
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Medical device sales representatives earned more on average than their peers in any other healthcare segment, including healthcare IT, according to a 2012 survey by MedReps.com.
Although base salaries in the pharmaceutical, biotech/biopharma and health IT/software segments were higher, when combined with commissions and bonuses medtech sales reps earned top dollar at about $155,000 per year.
NxStage names Robert Funari its new chairman, following the resignation of Philippe Chambon after 15 years on the medical device company's board.
NxStage Medical (NSDQ:NXTM) named Robert Funari to replace Philippe Chambon as non-executive chairman after 15 years on the medical device company's board of directors.