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Rich Christensen joined ArthroCare in 2002 and is responsible for leading ArthroCare's global manufacturing research and development materials management and quality and regulatory operations. Previously Christensen spent 20 years in the automotive industry primarily with General Motors. His automotive career included: Vice President of Operations for Build-To-Order Inc. a start-up automobile company and Executive-in-Charge of GM's Project Center the group responsible for the conceptual design and manufacture of next generation automotive products. In addition he served as assistant controller for General Motors to Brazil responsible for re-establishing manufacturing operations in Argentina and a GM/Automotive supplier production complex in southern Brazil. He also led the re-engineering of GM's SAAB Cars USA and UK-based Group Lotus plc operations. Rich holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Illinois and a MBA from the University of Chicago. | 