TMCNet: Hansen Medical appoints new COO

[February 15, 2013]

Hansen Medical appoints new COO

Feb 15, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Hansen Medical, Inc., a provider of intravascular robotics, has announced the appointment of Will Sutton to the newly created position of COO.

Mr Sutton will report directly to Bruce Barclay, President and CEO. His responsibilities will include the management and oversight of the engineering and manufacturing functions.

Mr Sutton brings over 25 years of product development and manufacturing experience in the medical technology industry. Prior to joining Hansen Medical, Mr Sutton served in senior positions at St. Jude Medical over the past 10 years. In his most recent role as vice president of R&D of the Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Division, Mr Sutton directed day-to-day and strategic R&D activities for global interventional electrophysiology products and was responsible for managing a department of 270 employees across five locations, as well as a portfolio of over 30 annual projects, the company said.


Earlier in his career at St. Jude Medical, he served as the Director of R&D for the Cardiac Surgery Division and vice president of Program Management for the AF Division, where he was responsible for overseeing day-to-day strategic R&D activities and ensuring project performance to timeline, budget, features, and success metrics.

Mr Sutton has also held multiple executive management positions in both R&D and manufacturing at Vascular Solutions, Urologix and C.R. Bard. He began his career as a development engineer in the Diagnostics Division of Abbott Labs.

"Will has extensive operations, research, product development, and manufacturing experience in the medical technology space, both in capital equipment and disposables, and within both the EP and vascular markets," said Bruce, President and CEO of Hansen Medical. "His background is ideal for the newly created COO position. As Hansen Medical sharpens its operational and commercial focus, it is imperative that we have the organizational structure, and experienced leadership to maximize profitability and ensure long-term commercial success. Will's appointment, as well as the recently announced appointment of Bob Cathcart to the position of Senior vice president of Global Sales, provides Hansen Medical with two additional, highly experienced senior executives with proven commercial success in support of this objective. I am confident that Will's expertise will be invaluable to our Company as we expand the launch of our Magellan Robotic System, and continue to advance our product pipeline." "I am excited to join the Hansen Medical team at such an important inflection point in the Company's history," said Mr Sutton. "I look forward to utilizing my experience in operations management, research, product development, and manufacturing to help Hansen Medical achieve operational and commercial excellence." http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon

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