Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 20, 2003

Joe Kiani – Masino Corporation

JOE E. KIANI is the Founder of Masimo Corporation and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since Masimo's inception in 1989. Mr. Kiani was also Product Engineer at Unisys. Mr. Kiani is an inventor on more than 30 patents related to signal processing, sensors, and patient monitoring. Mr. Kiani serves on the Board of SABA, a publicly traded company, The Orange County March of Dimes and Medical Device Manufacturing Association (MDMA). In February 2000, Mr. Kiani became the first recipient of the Society of Critical Care Medicine Technology Excellence Award. He has also received the Excellence in Leadership award from The March of Dimes and The Huntington Disease Society of America Celebration of Hope Award. Mr. Kiani has a BSEE degree and an MSEE degree from San Diego State University. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a very brief history and overview of

Masimo Corporation?

Mr. Kiani: I founded Masimo in 1989 with the mission of making

non-invasive monitoring reliable and effective