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Biography

Dick Martin became president of Physio-Control Corporation in 1991 when the company was part of Eli Lilly and Company's Medical Devices and Diagnostics Division. He successfully instituted company-wide quality improvement programs, rebuilt the management team and took the company public.

Previously, Martin was the vice president for cardiovascular business development at Sulzermedica, Inc. Also, he held several senior positions in engineering, marketing and sales with Intermedics, Inc. and was named president and COO of that company in 1985.

Martin has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Duke University and taught at Christian Brothers College and the University of Tennessee before joining the corporate world. Dr. Martin has served on the board and as chairman of the Northwest affiliate of the American Heart Association. He was also on the boards and chairman of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association and the Washington Council of AeA, and served as AeA’s national chairman in 2001. Dick Martin is now retired.

Company Profile

Medtronic Physio-Control Corporation pioneered portable external defibrillation technology 30 years ago. Today the company's LIFEPAK monitor/defibrillators are used by field emergency medical personnel and staff at eight out of 10 US hospitals, and its new, very simple automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are used by first responders such as police and security officers.

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