CONMED CEO and leadership

Curt R. Hartman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CONMED Corporation. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of CONMED on March 1, 2014, assumed the Interim CEO role on July 22, 2014, and became the full-time President and CEO on November 9, 2014. Prior to CONMED, he had a twenty-two-year career at Stryker Corporation (“Stryker”), a publicly-traded large-cap medical device company, from 1990 through February 2013.

During his tenure with Stryker, he served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from February 2012 to October 2012 and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 2009 to October 2012. Mr. Hartman initially joined Stryker as a Manufacturing Engineer. He subsequently held roles of increasing responsibility to include Unit Supervisor, Production Unit Manager, Director of Information Technology, National Accounts Director and Vice President, General Manager, and Global President of the Instruments Division.

Mr. Hartman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and holds a Harvard AMP Program Certificate from Harvard Business School. He also has completed the Stryker Advanced Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Hartman currently serves on the Board of Veran Medical Technologies, a venture-backed medical technology company.

TODD W. GARNER joined the Company as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer on January 2, 2018. Prior to joining CONMED, he served as Vice President - Investor Relations for C.R. Bard, Inc. from 2011 until December 2017. Mr. Garner’s prior roles with C.R. Bard, Inc. include Vice President, Controller (Division Chief Financial Officer) for its Medical division from 2007 through 2011, Director of Financial Reporting from 2005 through 2007 and the Controller of the Reynosa Operations from 2003 through 2005. Prior to working at C.R. Bard, Inc., Mr. Garner was the acting CFO and Controller at Echopass Corporation (currently Genesys Corporation) from 2000 to 2003, the Controller and Value Planning Manager at Futura Industries, Corp. from 1997 to 2000, Accounting Manager at Excel Communications in 1997 and Accounting Coordinator at Verizon from 1995 to 1996. Mr. Garner began his career with Arthur Andersen LLP, where he was a senior auditor from 1992 to 1995. Mr. Garner holds an MBA from the University of Texas - Pan American, and a B.S. in accounting from Brigham Young University. Mr. Garner is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Curt R. Hartman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CONMED Corporation. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of CONMED on March 1, 2014, assumed the Interim CEO role on July 22, 2014, and became the full-time President and CEO on November 9, 2014. Prior to CONMED, he had a twenty-two-year career at Stryker Corporation (“Stryker”), a publicly-traded large-cap medical device company, from 1990 through February 2013.

During his tenure with Stryker, he served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from February 2012 to October 2012 and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 2009 to October 2012. Mr. Hartman initially joined Stryker as a Manufacturing Engineer. He subsequently held roles of increasing responsibility to include Unit Supervisor, Production Unit Manager, Director of Information Technology, National Accounts Director and Vice President, General Manager, and Global President of the Instruments Division.

Mr. Hartman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and holds a Harvard AMP Program Certificate from Harvard Business School. He also has completed the Stryker Advanced Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Hartman currently serves on the Board of Veran Medical Technologies, a venture-backed medical technology company.