CryoLife Appoints Pat Mackin as President and Chief Executive Officer
CryoLife, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed James Patrick (Pat) Mackin, age 47, as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 2, 2014. Mr. Mackin is expected to be appointed to the Company's Board of Directors after his employment begins.
Steven G. Anderson will continue to serve CryoLife as its President and Chief Executive Officer until Mr. Mackin's employment begins and then continue as its Executive Chairman.
Mr. Mackin joins CryoLife from Medtronic, Inc., where he most recently served as President of Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management, the company's largest operating division. Mr. Mackin is a professional with more than 20 years of medical device industry experience. At Medtronic, he previously held the positions of Vice President, Vascular, Western Europe and Vice President & General Manager, Endovascular Business Unit.
Prior to joining Medtronic in 2002, Mr. Mackin worked for six years at Genzyme, Inc. serving as its Senior Vice President & General Manager for the Cardiovascular Surgery Business Unit and, earlier, as Director of Sales, Surgical Products division. Before joining Genzyme, he spent four years at Deknatel/Snowden-Pencer, Inc. in various roles and three years as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army.
Mr. Mackin received a Master's in Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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