Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 12, 2004

DAN GLADNEY – COMPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMPX)

DAN W. GLADNEY, President and Chief Executive Officer of Compex Technologies, Inc., joined the company on September 3, 2002. He has 24 years of medical device experience. Most recently, he held the position of President and CEO at Acist Medical Systems, Inc., from 1996 to 2001, a manufacturer of high tech cardiovascular devices. He successfully sold Acist Medical Systems to Bracco s.p.a., an Italian pharmaceutical company, in July 2001. Prior to that, he held executive management positions at Cardiotronics, Baxter/Endomedix, Karl Storz Endoscopy and The Kendall Company. Mr. Gladney currently holds Board positions with the following companies: Compex Technologies, Heart Leaflet Technologies, Incisive Surgical and Neurovasx. Mr. Gladney holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Eastern Michigan University. He has also completed MBA coursework at Pepperdine University. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of Compex and a

picture of the things you're doing at the present time.

Mr. Gladney: The company name was changed from Rehabilicare to