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Robert B. Ford is an American businessman and the thirteenth chief executive officer at Abbott Laboratories, a publicly-traded medical devices and health care company based in Abbott Park, Illinois. He received a bachelor's degree from Boston College and an MBA in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

I am the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), the only medical device company focused solely on heart recovery. At Abiomed, we are driven by our four principles: recovering hearts and saving lives, leading in technology and innovation, growing shareholder value and sustaining a winning culture of putting patients first. As a U.S. military veteran, I also serve as Co-Founder and Chairman of the Mentoring Veterans Program (MVPvets), a nonprofit organization committed to helping military veterans network with industry mentors to discover career opportunities in the life sciences industry.

José E. Almeida is a Brazilian businessman. He has served as the chairman and CEO of Baxter International, Inc. since January 2016. He worked for Tyco Healthcare from 1995 to 2002. He was president of Medical Devices division from October 2006 to June 2011. He served as chairman of the board of directors of Covidien since March 2012 and as the president, chief executive officer and a director since July 2011. He became a director of EMC Corporation on Jan 12, 2015 and resigned on October 30, 2015, due to his election as chairman and CEO of Baxter. In 2015, he worked for The Carlyle Group as an Operating Executive in the Global Healthcare group.

Michael A. Mussallem, age 56, has been chairman and CEO of Edwards Lifesciences, Inc. since 2000. Prior to 2000, Mussallem held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility in engineering, product development and senior management at Baxter International Inc., including Group Vice President of its CardioVascular business from 1994 to 2000 and Group Vice President of the Biopharmaceutical business from 1998 to 2000. From 1996 until 1998, he was the Chairman of Baxter's Asia Board overseeing Baxter's operations throughout Asia. Mr. Mussallem is chairman of the board of directors of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), and serves as a member of the board for Advanced Medical Optics. He is also on the boards and executive committees of the California Healthcare Institute and OCTANe, and is a trustee of the University of California, Irvine Foundation. He received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1974 and an honorary doctorate in 1999 from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana.

Kevin serves as the fifth Chairman and CEO at Stryker since it was founded in 1941 by Dr. Homer Stryker, an orthopaedic surgeon. Stryker is a leading medical technology company with over 40,000 employees. Kevin was born in India, grew up in Canada, and has lived and worked in four countries and four industries. He is the current chair of AdvaMed (Med-Tech trade association) and is a member of the Business Roundtable and Business Council. He is also active with community boards.

Joined Varian as an intern in 1999, then full time in 2001, and has held multiple cross-functional roles and executive positions during two-decade tenure with the company. Intimate understanding of healthcare, software solutions, medical devices, technology trends, reimbursement trends and strategies that lead to success in targeted channel segments globally. Marketing strategy, new product launch, portfolio strategy, M&A, P&L, restructuring, government relations, and general management experience. Consistent creation of strategies and execution against operating plans, sales goals and market objectives, including extensive experience of both high growth and slow growth periods (turnaround plans) of Varian Medical Systems journey from $500M to over $3B. Including returning Varian to double digit growth following becoming President of the $3B+ P&L of Oncology systems. Strong leadership skills with a track record of creating an inspiring vision and communicating effectively both internally/externally through developing cultural, servant leadership and focusing on people/teams to drive net promoter scores to all-time highs and enable sustainable long-term success.