William L. Bednarski

William L.
Bednarski became our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on February 16, 2005.
Prior to joining us, Mr. Bednarski worked for Nellcor, Inc., a manufacturer of oximetry and critical care products and related medical monitoring that is a division of Tyco International, Inc., since 1993, most recently as its Vice President of OEM and Licensing Technology, since 2001.
From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Bednarski was Director of Business Development at the Ohmeda Monitoring Group of BOC, Inc. Prior to entering the medical device industry, Mr. Bednarski spent nine years in financial management positions beginning as a Financial Analyst at Ford Motor Company and serving as Controller of a division of Otis Elevator Corporation and of Alpha Wire Corporation.
Mr. Bednarski has a BA from Harvard University and has an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania