

Our leaders
Our leaders
Our board of directors and executive leadership team are guided by Our credo and are passionate about helping patients and meeting the needs of all of our stakeholders. These executives serve as leaders not only for our employees, but also for the medical device industry and our global communities.
Executive leadership team
Please click on picture or name to see a short bio.
Chief Executive Officer

Bernard J. Zovighian
Chief Executive OfficerCorporate Vice President,
Strategy & Corporate
Development

Donald E. Bobo, Jr.
Corporate Vice President,Strategy & Corporate
Development
Corporate Vice President,
Advanced Technology
Chief Scientific Officer

Todd J. Brinton, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Corporate Vice President,Advanced Technology
Chief Scientific Officer
Corporate Vice President,
Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies

Daveen Chopra
Corporate Vice President,Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies
Corporate Vice President, Public Affairs

Dirksen J. Lehman
Corporate Vice President, Public AffairsCorporate Vice President,
EMEA, Canada, Latin America and JAPAC

Jean-Luc Lemercier
Corporate Vice President,EMEA, Canada, Latin America and JAPAC
Corporate Vice President,
Human Resources

Christine Z. McCauley
Corporate Vice President,Human Resources
Vice President,
Quality and Regulatory Compliance

Gary I. Sorsher
Vice PresidentQuality and Regulatory Compliance
Corporate Vice President,
Global Supply Chain & Quality

Joseph Nuzzolese
Corporate Vice President,Global Supply Chain & Quality
Corporate Vice President,
Critical Care

Katie M. Szyman
Corporate Vice President,Critical Care
Katie Szyman has been corporate vice president since 2015 and is currently responsible for the company’s global critical care and vascular business. Prior to 2015, Szyman held a variety of roles with increasing levels of responsibility for more than 20 years at Medtronic, plc, where she served as its senior vice president and president of the global diabetes business from 2009 to 2014, overseeing research, development, operations, sales and marketing for the company’s insulin infusion pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems. Prior to that, she held a variety of leadership roles at Medtronic, including senior vice president of corporate strategy and business development, general manager of endovascular, and vice president of finance for the cardiovascular business. Szyman serves on the boards of Outset Medical Inc., Inari Medical Inc., and the American Heart Association of Orange County, and joined the board of the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation in 2015. She previously served on the boards of Octane, Tornier, Inspire Medical Systems, and the California Healthcare Institute. Szyman graduated from the University of St. Thomas and earned her master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.
Corporate Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer

Scott B. Ullem
Corporate Vice President,Chief Financial Officer
Corporate Vice President,
General Counsel

Arnold A. Pinkston
Corporate Vice President,General Counsel
Corporate Vice President and Group President,
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Structural Heart

Larry L. Wood
Corporate Vice President and Group President,Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Structural Heart
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