Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 18, 2000
RALPH E. HANSON is Founder, President, CEO and Chairman of Pace Medical,
Inc. Pace Medical designs, manufactures, and markets temporary cardiac
pacemakers, a pacing analyzer, lead introducers, external pacing cables
(disposable and reusable) and associated accessories. In addition, he is
Chairman of Pace Medical's wholly-owned subsidiary APC Medical Ltd.,
Welwyn Garden City, England. He is the Founder, President, CEO and
Chairman of American Pacemaker Corporation ('APC'). Mr. Hanson was
President/General Manager of Parke Davis, Medical Instrument, formerly
Medical Technology Inc. ('MED/TEK') which was acquired by Parke Davis &
Company in February 1969. He was the Founder, President, CEO, Chairman
of Medical Technology Inc. ('MED/TEK'). The company was acquired by
Parke Davis & Company in February 1969. Mr. Hanson was the Director of
Marketing for Hewlett-Packard, Sanborn Medical Division, responsible for
the sale of all products sold world-wide through direct sales
representatives and distributor sales organizations. He resigned to
become Founder and President of MED/TEK. Mr. Hanson holds a BSEE degree
in Electrical, Electronic Engineering from the Indiana Institute of
Technology. He has certificates from the Wharton School of Finance
(Finance), American Management Association (Marketing) and Harvard
Business School (Innovations Marketing). Profile
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