Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 4, 2000

John Lyon – Vista Medical Technologies (vmti)

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
TWST: Would you provide us with an overview and profile of Vista?

Mr. Lyon: Vista is a company that is devoted to creating and

distributing advanced visualization and information systems for