Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 20, 2010
Cesar M. Garcia has been a Director of IRIS International since November 2003 and Chairman of the company's board since November 2007. He joined IRIS International in January 2002 as Executive Vice President; he was appointed President in June 2003 and Chief Executive Officer in November 2003. Mr. Garcia has more than 30 years of experience in the design, manufacturing and commercialization of medical devices. From 1998 through 2001, Mr. Garcia was Senior Vice President, Operations and Program Management, for Cytometrics, Inc., an early-stage manufacturer of noninvasive photonics-based medical devices. From 1994 to 1998, he was Vice President of Operations and Engineering at Datascope Corp., a manufacturer of medical devices for interventional cardiology, anesthesiology and critical care monitoring. From 1974 to 1994, Mr. Garcia worked with Bayer Diagnostics (now Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics), where he held positions of increased responsibility, including General Manager of Technicon Electronics Corp., a subsidiary of Bayer USA, and Director of Worldwide Hematology Manufacturing and Cellular Diagnostics Research and Development. Mr. Garc'a earned a B.S. in industrial engineering, cum laude, at the University of Puerto Rico, and he received an Advanced Management Certificate from Pace University. Profile
TWST: What is IRIS International? Please give us an overview and take us through each of the company's operating divisions.
Mr. Garcia: IRIS International (IRIS) is a global leader in the automated
