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Manfred Gehrtz has served as President International since January 1 2006. Prior to that from January 2004 until December 31 2005 Mr. Gehrtz served as our Corporate Vice President General Manager for Europe. Prior to joining us from 1995 to 2003 Mr. Gehrtz was Managing Director the head of the Endoscope Division and Vice President of Medical Systems Europe at Olympus Optical Co. (Europa) GmbH a developer of products in the fields of photography endoscopy microscopy communication and diagnostics. From 1990 to 1995 Mr. Gehrtz was Managing Director and CEO of Aesculap Meditec GmbH a German company that develops and manufactures medical laser systems. Prior to that from 1986 to 1990 Mr. Gehrtz was a Specialist Lab Manager and Production Facility Manager at IBM Deutschland GmbH. Mr. Gehrtz holds a Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry and an M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Munich Germany. From 1983 to 1985 Mr. Gehrtz was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose California. | 