BD promotes Polen to COO | Personnel Moves – October 3, 2018

Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) said today it named current president Tom Polen as its new chief operating officer, filling a role that has been empty since 2016. Polen was appointed president in April 2017, and will continue to report to chairman and CEO Vincent Forlenza, the Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based company said. In his new position, Polen will have oversight of its three operating segments, its innovation and new product dev pipeline and global operations, BD said. “Tom’s promotion reflects his leadership role developing and implementing BD’s strategy and vision and aligning our businesses under three strong segment leaders. Tom’s priority of driving innovation to create category leadership, as well as his focus on integrating Bard and enhancing the customer experience, will help guide our segments, R&D portfolio and global operations as we continue to shape BD into a partner of choice for the global health care industry,” Forlenza said in a press release.  ViewRay appoints ex-Nevro exec Alecxih as CCO ViewRay (NSDQ:VRAY) said yesterday it appointed former Nevro (NYSE:NVRO) worldwide sales VP James Alecxih as its new chief commercial officer, effective on September 17. Prior to joining Nevro, Alecxih spent 14 years with robotic surgical giant Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG), most recently holding a position as sales senior VP for North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. Earlier in his career, he also held various sales manag...
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