Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 14, 2001
NORWICK B.H. GOODSPEED is President and CEO of TransVascular, Inc. Mr.
Goodspeed joined TVI as President and CEO in April 2000. Prior to TVI,
he was President and CEO of Ocular Sciences (a publicly traded contact
lens manufacturer), President of McGaw Inc. (a manufacturer of IV
Solutions and a subsidiary of Ivax ) and President and CEO of Vical,
Inc. (a gene therapy company). Earlier in his career, Mr. Goodspeed held
executive positions with BOC Healthcare and Baxter. He holds an MBA
degree from Stanford University and a BA from Yale University Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a quick overview of Transvascular?Mr. Goodspeed: The company was founded in 1996. The founder was Josh
Makower, an MD/MBA with an engineering degree from MIT, who