Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 24, 2003
LINDA H. MASTERSON has been the President of LifePoint, Inc., since
August 1996, Chief Executive Officer since May 1997, and Chairman since
June 2000. She has 30 years' experience in the medical
diagnostic/healthcare industry, with over 25 years of proven performance
in marketing, sales and business development, and extensive experience
as a senior manager. Prior to joining LifePoint in May 1996, Ms.
Masterson was the Executive Vice President of Cholestech, Inc., a
startup diagnostic company, for which she developed and restructured the
company business strategy. During the two-year period, the company's
market capitalization grew from less than $9 million to over $60
million. In 1993, Ms. Masterson founded Masterson & Associates, which
was engaged in the business of providing advice to biotech, medical
device and software applications start-up companies, including the
preparation of technology and market assessments and the preparation of
strategic business plans. From 1992 to 1993, Ms. Masterson was employed
as the Vice President of Marketing and Sales at BioStar, Inc., a startup
biotech company focused on the commercialization of a new detection
technology applicable to both immunoassay and hybridization based
systems. From 1989 until 1992, Ms. Masterson was employed as the Senior
Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Business Development for Gen-Probe,
Inc., a specialized genetic probe biotechnology company focused on
infectious diseases, cancer and therapeutics. While at Gen-Probe, Ms.
Masterson developed and implemented the marketing strategy that grew the
company from less than $3 million in annualized sales to over $60
million in annualized sales in under three years. Prior to 1989, Ms.
Masterson was employed in various marketing and sales positions at
Johnson and Johnson, Inc., Baxter International, Inc., and Warner
Lambert Co. Ms. Masterson has a BS in Medical Technology from the
University of Rhode Island, an MS in Microbiology/Biochemistry from the
University of Maryland and attended the Executive Advanced Management
Program at the Wharton School of Business at the University of
Pennsylvania. Profile
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Ms. Masterson: LifePoint is a medical device company and a recent
