President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Bihl

Anthony P. Bihl III

President and Chief Executive Officer

Anthony "Tony" P. Bihl, III was named Chief Executive Officer in April 2008. Mr. Bihl has over 25 years experience in financial, operational, and global management and medical instrument manufacturing. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics Division from January to November 2007, after its acquisition of the Diagnostics Division of Bayer HealthCare LLC, an operating unit of Bayer AG, a chemical and pharmaceutical company, where he served in various positions since 2000. From September 2004 to December 2006, he served as the President of the Diagnostics Division of Bayer Healthcare, LLC. In May 2002, he became the Senior Vice President of Business Planning and Administration (BPA), where he was responsible for the oversight, direction and management of the various functions within BPA, including accounting, supply chain, strategic planning, business development, information management and technology, and the Viterion TeleHealthcare joint venture with Matsushita. From January 2000 to May 2002, he served as the Vice President of Finance & Controlling for Bayer Diagnostics' Laboratory Testing segment. Prior to his time with Bayer, Mr. Bihl held various managerial positions of increasing responsibility within finance and operations in the medical diagnostics, diagnostics imaging and biotechnology businesses. Mr. Bihl earned his B.S. in Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University.

AMS Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark Heggestad

Mark A. Heggestad

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mark A. Heggestad has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since December 2006. Mr. Heggestad has over 20 years of experience in financial leadership roles in the medical device industry. From 1987 to 2006, he served in various management positions at Medtronic, Inc., including Vice President of Finance and IT for the Cardiac Surgery Business, Vice President of Corporate Audit & Compliance Assurance and Vice President of Corporate Finance, Assistant Controller. Prior to 1987, Mr. Heggestad was an audit manager for KPMG, LLP.

Vice President, General Manager Men's Health Whitney Erickson

Whitney D. Erickson

Vice President, General Manager Men's Health

Whitney D. Erickson has served as our Vice President and General Manager of Men's Health since January 2007. Ms. Erickson has over 20 years of global experience including roles in process technology, operations leadership, marketing, business development and general management. She was previously with Honeywell International, where she spent 11 years, most recently as a Vice President for Business Development, involved in integration of various Honeywell acquisitions. Prior to Honeywell, Ms. Erickson was with the former James River Corporation, as well as General Electric. She has worked in a variety of industries including polymers, pharmaceutical packaging and chemical intermediates as well as security hardware and power transformation.

Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Maximillian D. Fiore

Maximillian D. Fiore

Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Maximillian D. Fiore was named our Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in August of 2009. Mr. Fiore has over 25 years experience in Engineering, R&D, Quality, International and Manufacturing. Most recently, he was Sr. Vice President of Research, Development and Operations at OmniSonics Medical Technologies in Wilmington, Massachusetts. OmniSonics is a venture-backed medical device company focused on developing breakthrough products for the treatment of vascular occlusive disease. Prior to OmniSonics he was Vice-President of R&D for Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Division in Andover MA. From 1994 until 2003 he was Vice President of Engineering at Aradigm Corporation in California. Prior to that, Mr. Fiore was the Director of Engineering at Johnson & Johnson - Lifescan from 1990 to 1994. Prior to that Mr. Fiore held Managerial positions at Abbott Laboratories from 1982 until 1991. Mr. Fiore holds undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Bio-Medical Engineering from Northwestern University and a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jeanne Forneris

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Jeanne Forneris, J.D. was named our Senior Vice President and General Counsel in February of 2010. Ms. Forneris has over 30 years experience in a legal counsel role, including 12 years experience in the medical device industry.

Most recently, Ms. Forneris served as Vice President, Strategic Investments for the Medtronic, Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Division from January 2007 to February 2010. In this role, Jeanne chaired the CRDM Ventures Board and drove the execution of a comprehensive investment and acquisition strategy for CRDM.

Jeanne also served as Vice President and Senior Counsel for the Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Division of Medtronic from July 1999 to January 2007 where she lead the CRDM legal team, comprising more than 30 commercial, regulatory and patent lawyers and support staff. She was responsible for managing the delivery of all legal services in support of the CRDM business. Jeanne also served as interim General Manager of the CRDM Patient Management business. Jeanne joined Medtronic in 1999 as Senior Counsel, Litigation.

Prior to Medtronic, Jeanne was Vice President and General Counsel of M.A. Mortenson Company, a large, privately held construction company headquartered in the Twin Cities. Previously, she was in private practice where she specialized in commercial litigation and construction law.

Jeanne holds a bachelor's degree in political science and history from Macalester College and a juris doctorate from the University of Minnesota.

Sr. Vice President and General Manager, BPH Therapy Joe W. Martin

Joe W. Martin

Sr. Vice President and General Manager, BPH Therapy

Joe W. Martin has served as Sr. Vice President and General Manager since April 1, 2009. Mr. Martin brings over 25 years of leadership experience in medical products, including capital equipment and surgical products. Most recently, Martin served as the CEO of Milestone Scientific, a leading provider of medical and dental solutions. Prior to Milestone Scientific Martin spent 13 years at Bayer Healthcare in a variety of leadership positions, including president of the diabetes care division. Before joining Bayer Healthcare, he held leadership positions of increasing responsibility in sales and marketing, including international roles, during his 12 years in the diagnostics division of Abbott Laboratories.

Senior Vice President, General Manager Women's Health John Nealon

John F. Nealon

Senior Vice President, General Manager Women's Health

John F. Nealon has served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Women's Health since April 2008. Prior to his appointment as General Manager, Mr. Nealon served as Senior Vice President of Business Development from April 2005 to July 2008. From January 2002 to April 2005, he served as Vice-President of Global Marketing at AMS. Mr. Nealon has over 15 years of experience in the medical device industry. From 1996 to 2001, he served on the management team at Survivalink, a start-up medical device company which developed and marketed automated external defibrillators (AEDs). His final three years at Survivalink, he served as Vice-President, Marketing and International Sales. In 1996, he served as Director of Product Marketing for Summit Medical. From 1989 to 1996, he served in a variety of global product marketing roles at GE Medical Systems in the x-ray, surgery and cardiology businesses.

AMS Vice President Minnetonka Operations & Supply Chain Tom Rasmussen

Thomas K. Rasmussen

Vice President Minnetonka Operations & Supply Chain

Thomas K. (Tom) Rasmussen has served as Vice President of the Minnetonka Operations and Supply Chain since August 2007. Mr. Rasmussen has over 32 years of experience in engineering, quality, R&D, international, manufacturing, and supply chain. From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Rasmussen worked for Smiths Medical as Director of Operations - Infusion Systems, then Vice President Medication Delivery Operations, and finally as Vice President of the U.S. Supply Chain. Prior to Smiths Medical he worked for the 3M Company primarily within its various Health Care divisions in many different business functions and locations. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1977 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Mr. Rasmussen is a registered Professional Engineer with the State of Minnesota.

Senior Vice President, Human Resources Randall Ross

Randall Ross

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Randall Ross was named our Sr. Vice President of Human Resources in June of 2009. Randy has over 20 years of experience in the field of Human Resources Management. Most recently, he was Vice President of Human Resources for Best Buy, a global retailer of technology and entertainment products and services, where he led the HR function for the company's 4,000-plus corporate staff and its subsidiaries. Prior to Best Buy, he had Human Resource leadership assignments at Target Corporation and Dow Chemical Company. He also served in a number of roles at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), including adjunct faculty member in the graduate program in Human Resource Development, staff psychologist and instructor for the University's Center for Business Excellence. Randy is a licensed psychologist in the state of Minnesota. He has has published numerous articles and a book on career development and occupational stress. Randy attended the University of Iowa where he earned both BA and PhD degrees. Previously he has served as a board member for the Minnesota Children's Museum, the Division of Executive Professional Development at the University of St. Thomas, and the Human Resources Outsourcing Association. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors for The Children's Theatre Company, Chaska Valley Family Theatre and Blue Knight Seminars.