Mr. Wilder joined the Company in September 2002 as President, and became Chief Executive Officer in October 2002. From 1991 until 2002, he served at Medtronic, Inc., a medical device company, most recently as vice president and general manager of its endovascular stent grafts division from 2001 until 2002. From 1991 until 2000 while at Medtronic, he held a variety of finance, business development and operations positions at U.S. and international locations, including Hong Kong, Belgium and The Netherlands. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University and a master’s degree in management from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.