Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 6, 2009
JOSEPH P. PELLEGRINO JR., Chief Financial Officer of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.,
has served as the company's Executive Vice President, Finance since 2005. From
2003 to 2004, he served as temporary Chief Executive Officer of Affordable
Luxuries, a direct marketing company. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Pellegrino worked
at Zoots, Inc., a consumer services company, where most recently he served as
Senior Vice President of Operations. Previously, Mr. Pellegrino built and sold a
regional mall-based specialty retailing company. He has also served as an
investment banking analyst at Lehman Brothers, as part of their mergers and
acquisitions group. Mr. Pellegrino holds an AB in Economics from Harvard College
and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of LeMaitre and a picture of what the company is doing currently?
Mr. Pellegrino: The company was founded in 1983 by a vascular surgeon,