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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.

With a proven track record of bringing game-changing technologies to the market, Mr. Shamir joined Luminex Corporation as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Member in 2014. From 2006 to 2014, Mr. Shamir served as President and CEO of Given Imaging, a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of diagnostic products for the visualization and detection of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, which was acquired by Covidien PLC in early 2014. Mr. Shamir currently serves on the board of directors of Exalenz Bioscience Ltd. (TASE: EXEN). He has previously served as a Board Member at Scitex Corporation, Cogentix Medical (NASDAQ: CGNT), recently acquired by Laborie Medical Technologies, and invendo medical GmBH, now part of Ambu. Mr. Shamir holds a Bachelor of Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard University.

Robert M. Davis is corporate vice president and president of Baxter's Medical Products business. In this position, Davis oversees a range of products used in the delivery of fluids and drugs to patients, and in the treatment of end-stage kidney disease. Davis took on his current role in October 2010. Prior to this role, Davis served as corporate vice president and president of Baxter's Renal business. He served as corporate vice president and chief financial officer from 2006 through May 2010, and as treasurer from 2004 through 2006. Davis joined Baxter as treasurer in November 2004 from Eli Lilly and Company, where he served in numerous positions of increasing responsibility over 14 years. Davis currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Rush University Medical Center and also serves as a member of the Finance Committee. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of AdvaMed.

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.

David J. Endicott is the CEO of Alcon, a member of its Board of Directors, and leads the Alcon Executive Committee. He joined Alcon in July of 2016 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Alcon, Mr. Endicott was President of Hospira Infusion Systems, a Pfizer company. During his tenure there, he led Hospira’s medical device business through a turnaround, carve-out, and eventual sale. Critical to the turnaround, he advanced the company’s product pipeline, returned its products to market from quality disruptions and accelerated global growth. Before joining Hospira, David served as an officer and executive committee member of Allergan where he spent more than 25 years of his career in leadership roles across Europe, Asia, Latin America and the US. He accelerated Allergan’s international growth and successfully built new markets focused on medical specialties in the areas of ophthalmology, plastic surgery, dermatology and aesthetic medicine. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of AdvaMed, and has previously served on the Boards of Zeltiq (NASDAQ: ZLTQ), and Orexigen (NASDAQ: OREX). David holds an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Whitman College, an MBA from the University of Southern California, and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.