Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 12, 2001
STEVEN G. ARLESS joined CryoCath as President and Chief Executive
Officer in April 1996. Mr. Arless has more than 29 years of extensive
Canadian and international experience in the development, marketing and
sales of medical devices products, including 17 years at Smith & Nephew
Inc. where he served as President for close to five years. His
experience includes extensive involvement in technology transfer and
strategic acquisition projects across the United States and Canada and
numerous international marketing mandates in the areas of orthotics,
prosthetics, orthopaedics, wound care and durable medical equipment. Mr.
Arless holds a BSc degree in Chemistry from McGill University. He is
currently Chairman of the Medical Device Association of Canada and was
previously a member of the Boards of Directors of the Canadian Wholesale
Drug Association, and the Canadian Advanced Technology Association. Profile
Mr. Arless: The company was started up in 1995. The genesis of the
company was that the concept and patents around the use of
