Dow R. Wilson was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer effective
September 29, 2012. Mr. Wilson served as Corporate Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer from October 2011 through September 2012 and as
Corporate Executive Vice President and President, Oncology Systems from August
2005 through September 2011. Mr. Wilson served as Corporate Vice President and
President, Oncology Systems from January 2005 to August 2005. Prior to joining
the Company in January 2005, Mr. Wilson was Chief Executive Officer of the Healthcare-Information
Technologies business in General Electric (a diversified technology and services
company), from 2003 to 2005. During the previous 18 years, Mr. Wilson held various
management positions within General Electric. Mr. Wilson holds a B.A. degree
in English from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. degree from Dartmouth’s
Amos Tuck School of Business. Mr. Wilson has served on the board of directors
of Saba Software, Inc. (an e-learning software provider) since August 2006 and
in August 2011 was named the lead independent director of that board. Mr. Wilson
was appointed to our Board of Directors effective September 29, 2012.
Elisha W. Finney was appointed Executive Vice President, Finance, in addition
to being Chief Financial Officer, in February 2012. Ms. Finney served as Corporate
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2005 through
January 2012 and as Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from
April 1999 to January 2005. Ms. Finney has held various other positions, including
Treasurer, during her 25 years with the Company. Ms. Finney holds a B.B.A. degree
in risk management and insurance from the University of Georgia and an M.B.A.
degree from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Ms. Finney joined the board
of Altera Corporation (a supplier of custom logic solutions) in August 2011.
Kolleen T. Kennedy was appointed Senior Vice President and President, Oncology
Systems effective October 2011. From January 2006 through September 2011, Ms.
Kennedy served as Vice President, Oncology Systems Customer Service and Support.
Prior to that, Ms. Kennedy was the Company’s Vice President, Oncology
Systems Marketing, Product Management and Engineering from September 2004 to
January 2006. Prior to becoming Vice President, Ms. Kennedy served in various
marketing management positions since she joined the Company in 1997. Ms. Kennedy
holds a B.S. degree in Radiation Oncology and a B.S. degree in Psychology, both
from Wayne State University, as well as an M.S. in Medical Physics from the
University of Colorado.
Robert H. Kluge was appointed Senior Vice President and President, Imaging
Components Businesses in February 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Kluge served as Corporate
Senior Vice President and President, X-Ray Products from February 2008 to February
2013; Corporate Vice President and President, X-Ray Products from December 1999
to February 2008; and Vice President and General Manager of our X-Ray Products
business from 1993 to December 1999. Before joining the Company in 1993, Mr.
Kluge held various positions with Picker International (an X-ray systems manufacturer).
Mr. Kluge holds a B.A. degree in economics and an M.B.A. degree in finance from
the University of Wisconsin.
John W. Kuo was appointed Senior Vice President, in addition to being General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary in February 2012. Prior to that, he served as
Corporate Vice President and General Counsel from July 2005 through January
2012 and as Corporate Secretary since February 2005. Mr. Kuo joined the Company
as Senior Corporate Counsel in March 2003 and became Associate General Counsel
in March 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kuo was General Counsel and
Secretary at BroadVision, Inc. (an e-commerce software provider) in 2002 and
held senior legal positions at 3Com Corporation (a networking equipment provider)
from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Kuo has previously been with the law firms of Gray Cary
Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper) and Fulbright & Jaworski. Mr. Kuo
holds a B.A. degree from Cornell University and a J.D. degree from Boalt Hall
School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley.
Clarence R. Verhoef was appointed Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate
Controller in August 2012. From May 2012 to August 2012, Mr. Verhoef served
as the Company’s Vice President and Operations Controller, and from September
2006 to May 2012, he served as the Controller for the Company’s X-Ray
Products business. Prior to joining the Company, from 2003 to September 2006,
Mr. Verhoef served as the Chief Financial Officer of Techniscan Medical Systems
Inc. (a developer of ultrasound technology), and prior to that held various
finance management positions with GE Healthcare and other medical imaging equipment
companies. Mr. Verhoef holds a B.S. degree in Finance from the University of
Utah.
Varian Medical Systems Inc currently has 10372 employees.
