
Here’s the latest personnel changes from medical device, diagnostics and life science companies around the nation. For more recent hirings and firings, check out MassDevice’s compilation of the latest personnel moves.
- Covidien CEO gives away the keys to the corner office
Richard Meelia, the CEO who led Covidien plc (NYSE:COV) steps down today and hands the corner office to incoming CEO José (Joe) Almeida. Meelia will stay on as non-executive chairman of Covidien’s board for a transition period of up to a year after his retirement, according to a press release.Meelia was named CEO after Covidien was spun out of the collapsing Tyco International in 2007. He navigated the company through the 2002 scandal involving Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco, who was convicted in 2005 of taking more than $100 million from the company.
In a statement sent to MassDevice Meelia said he had every confidence in his successor.
"Joe Almeida is a great leader who has proven his mettle over many years, most recently in his outstanding direction of our Medical Devices segment," he said. "As I prepare to transition my responsibilities to Joe, I have every confidence that, backed by our superb global workforce, he will lead our Company on to even better performance and greater success in the years to come."
One of Almeida’s first moves was a shuffling of the deck at the Mansfield, Mass.-based company.
Read more - SonoSite adds two to senior management team without increasing operating expense
Ultrasound company SonoSite Inc. (NSDQ:SONO) announced that it added two new members to its executive team.The Bothell, Wash.-based company simultaneously appointed Jack Sparacio as chief operating officer and Matthew Damron as global chief marketing officer without adding operating expenses thanks to organic company savings.
Read more - Charlie Baker joins board at MedVentive
Former Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial nominee Charles Baker joined the board of directors at MedVentive Inc.In the 1900s Baker served as Secretary of Health & Human Services and Secretary of Administration & Finance for Massachusetts. Beginning in 1999 Baker served as CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care for a decade.
MedVentive helps physicians transition to risk-based contracting models established by the Accountable Care Organization mandate in the health care reform law.
Read more - Conceptus names new executive VP of R&D
Conceptus Inc. (NSDQ:CPTS) named Feridun Ozdil to the newly created position of executive VP of research and development. Ozdil has 19 years of experience in medical devices, spanning research, development, commercialization and intellectual property management. He has several patents and publications in the fields of metallic and bioabsorbable polymer stents and balloon and drug delivery catheters.
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