Precision Vascular Appoints Rafael Andujar to Board of Directors.Business Editors WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001 Precision Vascular, innovators of advanced neurovascular devices, today announced the appointment of Rafael Andujar to its board of directors. Mr. Andujar currently serves as vice president and general manager of Precision Vascular Europe, SA. "We are pleased to welcome Rafael Andujar to our board of directors. Rafael's wealth of experience and knowledge, demonstrated by the rapid development of Precision Vascular's fully integrated infrastructure in Europe, will be play an instrumental role in helping the company to continue to grow and prosper," said Glenn Foley, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and chairman of the board of Precision Vascular. An industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in the international medical device market, Mr. Andujar joined Precision Vascular in January 2001 from Medtronic AVE (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MDT MDT abbr. Mountain Daylight Time MDT (in the US and Canada) Mountain Daylight Time MDT n abbr (US) (= mountain daylight time) → ) where he was instrumental in establishing its international NeuroVascular division. Prior to that, Mr. Andujar spent over two decades with C.R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE: BCR BCR B Cell Receptor BCR Business Communications Review (magazine) BCR Banca Comerciala Romana (Romanian bank) BCR Breakpoint Cluster Region BCR Benefit/Cost Ratio BCR Bay City Rollers ), a worldwide leader in developing, manufacturing, and supplying healthcare products that focus on vascular, urology and oncology disease states. In his 22 years with Bard, he established the Bard de Espana, Laboratories Bard France, Bard Italia, Bard Benelux and Bard Portugal and increased Bard Europe sales from $7 million in 1977 to over $280 million in 1997. C.R. Bard, Inc. has recently agreed to be acquired by Tyco International Ltd., (NYSE: TYC TYC Texas Youth Commission TYC Torneos Y Competencias (Argentina) TYC To Your Credit TYC Toronto Youth Cabinet (youth members of the Toronto City Council) TYC Teconnaught Youth Club (Ireland) ) and will finalize the merger in the fourth quarter of this year. Mr. Andujar holds a Ph.D. in business administration from Western University in Agoura Hills, California For the unincorporated community, see . Agoura Hills is a city (incorporated in 1982) in Los Angeles County, California, and has the ZIP code 91301. The population was 20,537 at the 2000 census. This city on the Ventura Freeway (U.S. . He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and an MBA in sales and marketing from the Centro de Altos Estudios Empresariales in Barcelona, Spain. Mr. Andujar is fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. About Precision Vascular Based in West Valley City, Utah West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County in the state of Utah. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 108,896. A 2006 estimate placed its population at 118,917 making it the second-largest city in Utah. , Precision Vascular is an incubative start-up grown from Sarcos Incorporated, pioneers in microengineering and telerobotics. While other medical device companies offer neurovascular systems that build upon coronary platforms, Precision Vascular is focused on a singular vision - to leverage advanced microfabrication technology to produce the most advanced neurovascular devices on the market. |
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