ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
A. DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Our executive officers and directors and their ages and positions as of the date of this annual report are as follows:
| Name |
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Age |
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Position |
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| Executive Officers: |
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| Gavriel D. Meron |
|
51 |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| Kevin Rubey |
|
46 |
|
Chief Operations Officer |
| Zvi Ben David |
|
43 |
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Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Yoram Ashery |
|
37 |
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Corporate Vice President—Business Development |
| Shoshana Friedman |
|
50 |
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Corporate Vice President—Regulatory and Medical Affairs |
| Mark Gilreath |
|
37 |
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Corporate Vice President—Marketing Strategy |
| Nancy L. S. Sousa |
|
47 |
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Corporate Vice President and President of Given Imaging, Inc. |
| Manfred Gehrtz |
|
53 |
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Corporate Vice President, General Manager for Europe |
| Pablo Halpern(1) |
|
53 |
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Corporate Vice President, General Manager for Japan and Rest of World |
| Sharon Koninksy |
|
32 |
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Director of Corporate Human Resources |
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| Directors: |
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| Doron Birger(2) |
|
52 |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| James M. Cornelius(2)(3)(4) |
|
60 |
|
Director |
| Michael Grobstein(2)(3)(4) |
|
61 |
|
Director |
| Jonathan Silverstein(2) |
|
37 |
|
Director |
| Reuven Baron |
|
60 |
|
Director |
| Dr. Dalia Megiddo(3) |
|
52 |
|
Director |
| Chen Barir |
|
45 |
|
Director |
| Eyal Lifschitz |
|
36 |
|
Director |
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(1)
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Mr. Halpern
has resigned his position effective April 30, 2004.
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(2) |
Member of our compensation and nominating committee. |
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(3) |
Member of our audit committee and independent
director under Nasdaq National Market listing requirements. |
|
(4) |
Outside director under the Israeli Companies
Law. |
Gavriel D. Meron founded Given Imaging in 1998 and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since that time. Mr. Meron became a director in August 2002. Prior to founding us, from 1995 to 1997, Mr. Meron served as Chief Executive Officer of APPLItec Ltd., an Israeli designer and manufacturer of video cameras and systems primarily for the medical endoscopy market. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Meron was General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Optibase Ltd., an Israeli manufacturer of hardware and software products that compress and playback digital video and sound for multimedia applications. From 1988 to 1993, Mr. Meron was Chief Financial Officer of InterPharm Laboratories Ltd., an Israeli company listed on the Nasdaq National Market and a subsidiary of the Ares-Serono Group, a Swiss ethical pharmaceutical company. From 1983 to
1987, Mr. Meron held various management positions at the Tadiran Group, an Israeli telecommunications and semiconductor manufacturer. From 1973 to 1983, Mr. Meron served as an officer in the Israeli army overseeing the budgets of a range of military industries. Mr. Meron holds an M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University and a B.A. in economics and statistics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Kevin
Rubey has served as our Chief Operations Officer since
June 2001. Prior to joining us, from 1998 to May 2001, Mr. Rubey
worked at Eastman Kodak Company, a consumer and professional photographic and
information imaging company where he led manufacturing and operations for the
Health Imaging Business Unit. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Rubey was Manufacturing
Director of the Medical Imaging Business Unit of Imation Corporation, a U.S.
information technology company specializing in data storage and color image
management. Prior to that, from 1977 to 1996, Mr. Rubey worked at the 3M
Corporation in a variety of positions in the health, consumer
and information technology businesses. Mr. Rubey holds a B.Sc. in mechanical
engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
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