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Management Team
Kevin Hykes – President and CEO - Mr.
Hykes joins Cameron Health from his most recent position as
Chief Commercial Officer of Visiogen, Inc., a venture-backed
ophthalmology company. Visiogen was acquired by Abbott
Laboratories in October 2009. At Visiogen, Mr. Hykes was
responsible for creating the global commercialization strategy
for Visiogen and for establishing the company's business in
Europe. Prior to joining Visiogen, Mr. Hykes spent 16 years at
Medtronic where he held a number of senior management roles in
the U.S. and Europe, including the Category Vice President of
the company's defibrillation business, Vice President of
Healthcare Systems and a member of Medtronic’s Operating
Committee. Prior to joining Medtronic, Mr. Hykes spent three
years as a consultant with Andersen Consulting in their Chicago
office. Mr. Hykes also serves on the Board of Directors for
Hansen Medical, Inc. Mr. Hykes received his Master’s degree in
Business Administration from the Northwestern University, and a
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from the University of
Wisconsin.
Richard Sanders – Vice
President, Sales and
Marketing - Mr. Sanders
has over 30 years of
leadership experience in
the CRM Industry beginning
his career with Medtronic,
Inc. Prior to his tenure at
Cameron Health, Mr. Sanders
held several executive
management positions at
Guidant Corporation Cardiac
Rhythm Management Business,
including VP of Global
marketing and VP of
Research. He also held
various executive positions
with Intermedics, Inc.
before it was acquired by
Guidant. Mr. Sanders earned
his Master’s degree from
University of Miami in
Biomedical Engineering and
received his undergraduate
degree in Chemical
Engineering from Cornell
University in Ithaca NY. He
has co-authored numerous
book chapters and journal
articles in the CRM field.
He served on the Board of
Medical Alley and is an
Associate member of the
Heart Rhythm Society.
Jon Hunt, Ph.D. - Vice
President of Clinical and
Regulatory Affairs -
Jon has been in the medical
business for 22 years in
various capacities ranging
from basic scientific
research to sales and
marketing. Jon joined
Cameron Health, Inc. in May
2002 after spending the
previous 10 years with
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.,
St. Jude Medical and
Cardiac Pathways
Corporation. Jon began his
career with Cardiac
Pacemakers, Inc. (now
Guidant Corporation) as the
Director of Clinical
Programs; he subsequently
held positions in St. Jude
Medical in Clinical Affairs
and as the Business Unit
Director for the Cardiac
Rhythm Management division
for Europe, the Middle East
and Africa. At Cardiac
Pathways Corporation, Jon
held various executive
positions as Vice President
of International Sales and
Marketing and Vice
President of Worldwide
Sales and Marketing. Dr.
Hunt received his Ph.D. in
Motor Control from The
Pennsylvania State
University, his Master’s
from California State
University, Long Beach and
his undergraduate degree
from Keele University in
the United Kingdom.
David Hackbarth -Vice
President, Operations -
David has 29 years
leadership experience in
Operations Management in
the medical device
industry. David started his
career with 13 years at
Guidant CRM where his final
assignment was Engineering
Manager for the start-up of
Guidant’s Puerto Rico
operations. As Director of
Manufacturing Engineering,
David established the
Manufacturing Operations
for the Implantable Atrial
Defibrillator at InControl.
In San Diego, as Vice
President of Operations at
CryoGen, Inc. he
successfully established
manufacturing operations,
passed ISO and FDA GMP
inspections. Most recently
as Vice President of
Operations he established
manufacturing operations
and passed ISO inspection
for CryoCor, Inc. Currently
David is assisting Cameron
Health in the establishment
of it’s operations. David’s
educational background
includes a BS University
Wisconsin and a Management
Certificate University
Washington.
Todd Kerkow – Vice
President, Product
Development - Todd has
14 years of experience in
the medical device industry
in various engineering and
leadership positions where
he has continually helped
deliver successful products
to the marketplace. Todd
began his career at Guidant
where he held positions as
a mechanical design
engineer on the Mini II,
Mini III, and Mini IV
defibrillators;
manufacturing process
development engineer on the
Prizm and Prizm II
defibrillators; test
fixture group supervisor
for both the pacemaker and
defibrillator manufacturing
lines; manufacturing
process development manager
for the Teligen and Cognis
defibrillators; leads
product development manager
for the Acuity Spiral LV
lead; and MRI-safe device
product development
manager. Since joining
Cameron Health in 2006, he
has held the positions of
Director of Mechanical
Engineering, Director of
Implant Hardware, and Vice
President of Product
Development.
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