Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 11, 2011
JOHN KENNEDY was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Jan. 4, 2010. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served from October 2007 as Viking's President and Chief Operating Officer, as well as a member of the board of directors. Prior to October 2007, Mr. Kennedy was President of the vision systems group at Viking Systems. He joined Vista Medical Technologies, Inc., in January 1997 as Vice President of Research and Development. He was appointed Vice President/General Manager of Westborough Operations in January 2000 before being appointed Executive Vice President and COO in December 2000. Prior to joining Vista Medical Technologies, Inc., Mr. Kennedy held various positions in manufacturing, quality engineering and product development at Smith & Nephew endoscopy from 1984 through January 1997. From 1996 through January 1997, he was the Group Director of Product Development responsible for managing all divisional product development activities. From 1993 through 1996, Mr. Kennedy was Director of Research and Development and was responsible for the management of four technology product development groups. Prior to 1984, he held various engineering positions at Honeywell International Inc.'s electro-optics and avionics divisions. Mr. Kennedy received a B.S. in manufacturing engineering from Boston University in 1979. Profile
TWST: Let's start out with a brief overview of Viking Systems, the company's history, products, services and customers.
Mr. Kennedy: Viking Systems (VKNG) is a publicly traded medical device company
