Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 30, 1999
BOB DUGGAN has served as Chief Executive Officer of Computer
Motion, Inc., since 1997, Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the company since 1990, and has been a shareholder since 1989.
Mr. Duggan has been a private venture investor for more than 25
years, and has participated in such fields as medical equipment,
computer local and wide area networks, PC hardware and software
distribution, digital encryption, consumer retail goods and
outdoor media communications. He also assisted in corporate
planning, capital formation and management for his various
investments. He is a member of the University of California,
Santa Barbara Foundation Board of Trustees, as well as the
University's Engineering Steering Committee. Formerly, Mr. Duggan
served as a member of the Boards of Trustees for the Santa
Barbara Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Symphony. Profile
TWST: Since the company was founded in 1989, what have been themilestones in its evolution?
Mr. Duggan: Computer Motion was founded with the goal of placing
a surgical robot in every OR