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Douglas A. Michels joined the Company June 2004, as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Michels spent 19 years with Johnson & Johnson and 7 years with Abbott Laboratories. At Johnson & Johnson, he was President, International, for Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., and President of Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc. He also held numerous General Management and Marketing and Sales positions, in both medical devices and diagnostics. While at Abbott Laboratories he held various sales and marketing positions. Mr. Michels has served on the Board of the National Blood Foundation, the Board of the National Committee for Quality Health Care, and the Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care. He is active in his church ministry.
Mr. Michels received a B.S. degree in Public Health Administration from the University of Illinois in 1978 and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University in 1990. | 