Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 17, 2000
KATSUMI ONEDA is President and CEO of Vision-Sciences, Inc. and its
division, Machida, Inc. Mr. Oneda co-founded Vision-Sciences, Inc. with
Lewis C. Pell in 1990 and took the company public in November 1992. He
has co-founded a number of other medical device companies, including
Pentax Precision Instrument Corporation, Ashai Optical Co., Ltd.,
American Endoscopy, Inc., Versaflex, Inc., Heart Technology, Inc.,
InStent, Inc., Biosense, Inc., Influence, Inc., and Impulse Dynamics,
LLC. Mr. Oneda is currently a Director of The Japanese-American
Association of NY, Inc. as well as a Director of the New York Law
Enforcement Foundation. Profile
TWST: Would you provide our readers with an overview of Vision-Sciences,Inc., including your market, your position within that market and the
customer base that you seek to serve?
Mr. Oneda: