Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 20, 2003

H.philip Vierling – Empi Inc

H. PHILIP VIERLING is President and Chief Executive Officer of Empi, Inc. With over 25 years of healthcare medical device and medical distribution experience, the past 16 years have been in progressive management roles with Empi. Mr. Vierling received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Covenant College and a Master of Business Administration degree from University of South Florida. Mr. Vierling currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Foundation of the American Physical Therapy Association, and of the non-profit organization Josiah Venture. The Carlyle Group privatized Empi in September 1999. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief history and overview of Empi?

Mr. Vierling: Empi is a 25-year-old company employing

approximately 700 employees. For most of our history we were a

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