douglas godshall

A point i found interesting on the webcast yesterday ,was the fact Douglas Godshall
Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer Left a company of 29000 employees to guide HTW

Doug joined HeartWare as Chief Executive Officer in September 2006. An experienced medical device executive, Doug has overall responsibility for developing and executing HeartWare's strategic plan and for delivering key corporate, operational and financial objectives.

Prior to joining HeartWare Doug spent over 16 years at Boston Scientific, most recently as President of the Vascular Surgery Division. He previously spent five years as Vice President, Business Development where he was instrumental in developing the acquisition strategies for the cardiology, electrophysiology, neuroradiology and vascular surgery divisions. He led the negotiation and structuring of over 70 transactions and represented Boston Scientific on the Boards of 11 companies. Prior to assuming the Business Development position, he was Director of Marketing for Boston Scientific's Urology Division, where he helped to build global sales to over US$150 million.

Doug has established and led executive teams through the clinical development, market launch and commercial rollout of a range of medical devices. He has a track record of identifying and successfully executing substantial business partnerships and brings to HeartWare a breadth of financial, strategic and operational relationships.