Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 26, 2004
JOHN R. LYON is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Vista
Medical Technologies, Inc. Mr. Lyon co-founded Vista Medical
Technologies in July 1993 and has served as President since July 1993,
as Chief Executive Officer since December 1996 and as a Director since
July 1995. Prior to co-founding Vista Medical, Mr. Lyon served for three
years with Cooper Companies, as President of the International Division
within Cooper's Health Care Group from January 1991 through December
1992, and as President of Cooper Surgical, a manufacturer and
distributor of minimally invasive surgical products, from January 1992
through January 1993. Mr. Lyon also was employed by Kaiser Aerospace in
a business development role from February 1993 until Vista Medical was
founded as a Kaiser subsidiary in July 1993. Mr. Lyon holds a BA from
the University of Durham, United Kingdom. Profile
Mr. Lyon: Vista Medical Technologies is transitioning to become a pure
play in healthcare services, focused on disease state management of
morbid
