Cyberkinetics, Inc. Appoints Timothy Surgenor as President and CEO.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2003 Cyberkinetics, Incorporated, a leader in the emerging field of neurotechnology, announced today that it has appointed Timothy Surgenor as President and Chief Executive Officer. Surgenor will be responsible for leading the commercialization of Cyberkinetics' unique brain interface products and will oversee the Company's overall strategic development. "Tim has a successful history of developing and commercializing innovative healthcare products at Genzyme and Haemonetics. He has the ideal background to lead Cyberkinetics' products through development and into commercialization," said Mark Carthy, Chairman of Cyberkinetics and Partner at Oxford Bioscience Partners. "We are very pleased that Tim has joined our team." "I am extremely excited to join Cyberkinetics' pioneering efforts to develop brain computer interfaces which can detect and reliably decode neural signals and thereby turn thoughts into action," said Surgenor. "Our goal is to leverage this exciting technology to build a leadership position in the rapidly emerging market for medical devices which can help patients overcome severe disabilities and other neurological disorders This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g.back pain), signs (e.g. aphasia) and syndromes (e.g. Aicardi syndrome). ." Mr. Surgenor joins Cyberkinetics after serving as Executive Vice President of Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HAE), a company commercializing automated blood processing systems, where he was responsible for global marketing, business development, regulatory affairs Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs, is a profession within regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and banking. Regulatory Affairs professionals usually have responsibility for the following general areas: abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. and an undergraduate degree from Williams College. Cyberkinetics has raised $5 million to date including an investment from Oxford Bioscience Partners of $4 million and $1 million from George Hatsopoulos, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Thermo Electron Corporation. About Cyberkinetics, Inc. Cyberkinetics (www.cyberkineticsinc.com) is a leading neurotechnology company, building direct brain-computer interfaces to treat individuals affected by paralysis or neurological disorders. Cyberkinetics' intellectual property features key technologies licensed from Brown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , Emory University, and the University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. . Cyberkinetics is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island  “Providence” redirects here. For other uses, see Providence (disambiguation). Providence is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. , and maintains an engineering group in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. . |
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