Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 9, 2001
ROBERT G. DUTCHER is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Possis Medical, Inc., a rapidly growing medical device company located
in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prior to joining Possis Medical in 1985, Mr.
Dutcher was with Medtronic, Inc., most recently as Director of Research
and Development. Prior to Medtronic, he worked in an engineering
capacity for Control Data Corporation and Honeywell, Inc. He is the
inventor of 22 US medical device patients, including AngioJet patents,
and has authored several technical papers. Mr. Dutcher holds a BS in
Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University and an MS in
Electrical Engineering with a biomedical option from the University of
Minnesota. Mr. Dutcher currently serves as a member of the Board of
Directors for Daktronics in Brookings, South Dakota, and Medical Alley,
a leading Minnesota trade association. Profile
and an overview of things as they are now?
Mr. Dutcher: Possis Medical is an emerging growth medical device
company, and
