People: Varian Medical Systems Inc (VAR)
VAR on New York Consolidated
69.88USD
21 May 2013
69.88USD
21 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Richard Levy |
74 | 2006 | Chairman of the Board |
Dow Wilson |
53 | 2012 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Elisha Finney |
51 | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Executive Vice President - Finance |
Clarence Verhoef |
57 | 2012 | Corporate Senior Vice President - Finance, Corporate Controller |
John Kuo |
49 | 2012 | Corporate Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary |
Kolleen Kennedy |
53 | 2011 | Corporate Senior Vice President, President - Oncology Systems |
Robert Kluge |
66 | 2008 | Corporate Senior Vice President, President - X-ray Products |
R. Andrew Eckert |
51 | 2012 | Lead Independent Director |
Susan Bostrom |
52 | 2004 | Independent Director |
David Illingworth |
59 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Mark Laret |
58 | 2007 | Independent Director |
Ruediger Naumann-Etienne |
66 | 2003 | Independent Director |
Erich Reinhardt |
66 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Venkatraman Thyagarajan |
66 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Spencer Sias |
Vice President - Corporate Communications and Investor Relations |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Richard Levy |
Dr. Richard M. Levy, Ph.D., is Chairman of the Board of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. He is director since 1999. The Company Chairman of the Board since February 2003 and Chief Executive Officer from April 1999 to February 2006. The Company President from April 1999 to August 2005. Previously, Executive Vice President responsible for medical systems business from 1990 to April 1999. Mr. Levy was a director of Pharmacyclics, Inc. during the past five years. |
Dow Wilson |
Mr. Dow R. Wilson is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Mr. Wilson served as Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from October 2011 through September 2012 and as Corporate Executive Vice President and President, Oncology Systems from August 2005 through September 2011. Mr. Wilson served as Corporate Vice President and President, Oncology Systems from January 2005 to August 2005. Prior to joining the Company in January 2005, Mr. Wilson was Chief Executive Officer of the Healthcare-Information Technologies business in General Electric (a diversified technology and services company), from 2003 to 2005. During the previous 18 years, Mr. Wilson held various management positions within General Electric. Mr. Wilson holds a B.A. degree in English from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. degree from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business. Mr. Wilson has served on the board of directors of Saba Software, Inc. (an e-learning software provider) since August 2006 and in August 2011 was named the lead independent director of that board. Mr. Wilson was appointed to the company Board of Directors effective September 29, 2012. |
Elisha Finney |
Ms. Elisha W. Finney is Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Executive Vice President - Finance of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Ms. Finney served as Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2005 through January 2012 and as Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 1999 to January 2005. Ms. Finney has held various other positions, including Treasurer, during her 23 years with the Company. Ms. Finney holds a B.B.A. degree in risk management and insurance from the University of Georgia and an M.B.A. degree from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Ms. Finney was appointed a director of Thoratec Corporation (a medical device manufacturer) in June 2007 and joined the board of Altera Corporation (a supplier of custom logic solutions) in August 2011. |
Clarence Verhoef |
Mr. Clarence R. Verhoef is Corporate Senior Vice President - Finance, Corporate Controller of Varian Medical Systems Inc. From May 2012 to August 2012, Mr. Verhoef served as the Company’s Vice President and Operations Controller, and from September 2006 to May 2012, he served as the Controller for the Company’s X-ray Products business. Prior to joining the Company, from 2003 to September 2006, Mr. Verhoef served as the Chief Financial Officer of Techniscan Medical Systems Inc. (a developer of ultrasound technology), and prior to that held various finance management positions with GE Healthcare and other medical imaging equipment companies. Mr. Verhoef holds a B.A. degree in Finance from the University of Utah. |
John Kuo |
Mr. John W. Kuo is Corporate Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Corporate Vice President and General Counsel from July 2005 through January 2012 and as Corporate Secretary since February 2005. Mr. Kuo joined the Company as Senior Corporate Counsel in March 2003 and became Associate General Counsel in March 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kuo was General Counsel and Secretary at BroadVision, Inc. (an e-commerce software provider) in 2002 and held senior legal positions at 3Com Corporation (a networking equipment provider) from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Kuo has previously been with the law firms of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper) and Fulbright & Jaworski. Mr. Kuo holds a B.A. degree from Cornell University and a J.D. degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. |
Kolleen Kennedy |
Ms. Kolleen T. Kennedy is Corporate Senior Vice President, President - Oncology Systems of Varian Medical Systems Inc. From January 2006 through September 2011, Ms. Kennedy served as Vice President, Oncology Systems Customer Service and Support. Prior to that, Ms. Kennedy was the Company’s Vice President, Oncology Systems Marketing, Product Management and Engineering from September 2004 to January 2006. Prior to becoming Vice President, Ms. Kennedy served in various marketing management positions since she joined the Company in 1997. Ms. Kennedy holds a B.S. degree in Radiation Oncology and a B.S. degree in Psychology, both from Wayne State University, as well as an M.B.A. in Medical Physics from the University of Colorado. |
Robert Kluge |
Mr. Robert H. Kluge is Corporate Senior Vice President, President - X-ray Products of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Kluge served as Corporate Vice President and President, X-ray Products from December 1999 to February 2008 and as Vice President and General Manager of the company X-ray Products business from 1993 to December 1999. Before joining the Company in 1993, Mr. Kluge held various positions with Picker International (an x-ray systems manufacturer). Mr. Kluge holds a B.A. degree in economics and an M.B.A. degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin. |
R. Andrew Eckert |
Mr. R. Andrew Eckert is Lead Independent Director of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. He is Chief Executive Officer of CRC Health Corporation (a provider of behavioral health services) since January 2011. A managing director of Symphony Technology Group (a private equity firm) from October 2009 to December 2010. Previously Chief Executive Officer and President of Eclipsys Corporation (a healthcare information management software provider) from October 2005 to May 2009. From 2004 to 2005, Chief Executive Officer of SumTotal Systems, Inc. (an enterprise software provider). From 2002 to 2004, Chief Executive Officer of Docent Inc. (an enterprise software provider). Previously, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ADAC Laboratories (a medical imaging company) from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Eckert has served on the board of directors of Eclipsys Corporation and Connetics, Inc. in the past five years. |
Susan Bostrom |
Ms. Susan L. Bostrom is an Independent Director of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Former Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Worldwide Government Affairs of Cisco Systems, Inc. (a networking equipment provider) from January 2006 to January 2011. From February 2000 to January 2006, Senior Vice President of Cisco Systems, taking on responsibility for Worldwide Government Affairs in October 2002 and becoming Chief Marketing Officer in January 2006. From 1998 to February 2000, Vice President of the Internet Business Solutions Group at Cisco Systems. Ms. Bostrom is a director of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (an electronic design company). |
David Illingworth |
Mr. David J. Illingworth is an Independent Director of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Retired; former Chief Executive Officer of Smith & Nephew plc (an orthopedic devices company) from July 2007 until April 2011. From 2002 until July 2007, Chief Operating Officer and division president at Smith & Nephew. Prior to joining Smith & Nephew, he served in senior management roles for XL Vision, Inc., VidaMed, Inc., Nellcore Puritan Bennett LLC and GE Medical Systems. Mr. Illingworth served as a director of Smith & Nephew in the past five years. |
Mark Laret |
Mr. Mark R. Laret is an Independent Director of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. He is Chief Executive Officer of University of California, San Francisco (“UCSF”) Medical Center since April 2000. Chief Executive Officer of University of California, Irvine Medical Center from 1995 to March 2000. Mr. Laret is on the board of directors of Nuance Communications, Inc. (a provider of voice and language solutions). |
Ruediger Naumann-Etienne |
Dr. Ruediger Naumann-Etienne, Ph.D., is an Independent Director of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Owner and Managing Director of Intertec Group (an investment company specializing in the medical technology field) since 1989. Mr. Naumann-Etienne is a director of Encision Inc. (a provider of laparoscopic surgery instruments) and IRIDEX Corporation (a provider of light-based medical systems and delivery devices). He was chairman of the board of directors of Cardiac Science Corporation from 2006 to 2010, and was also a director of BioRad Laboratories, Inc. in the past five years. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Naumann-Etienne was chairman of the board of directors of OEC Medical Systems (since acquired by General Electric Company). |
Erich Reinhardt |
Mr. Erich R. Reinhardt, Ph.D., is Independent Director of Varian Medical Systems Inc. He served in management roles at Siemens Healthcare (formerly Siemens Medical Solutions), including President and CEO from 1994 to 2008. He is currently Chairman of Medical Valley Europaische Metropol Region in Nürnberg in Germany. Reinhardt also serves on the boards of a private healthcare company, a hospital and a research institute in Germany. He has advanced degrees from the University of Stuttgart in Germany where he earned his Ph.D. in engineering in 1989 and an MA in electrical engineering in 1972. |
Venkatraman Thyagarajan |
Mr. Venkatraman Thyagarajan is an Independent Director of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Retired; former Senior Vice President and Area Director for GlaxoSmithKline Asia Pacific (a global pharmaceutical company) from January 2003 to April 2008. From January 2001 to December 2002, Vice President for South Asia for GlaxoSmithKline Asia Pacific and Managing Director of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (an Indian pharmaceutical company). Mr. Thyagarajan is vice chairman of the board of directors of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and a director of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (an Indian software company). |
Spencer Sias |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Richard Levy |
1,374,850 |
Dow Wilson |
4,118,420 |
Elisha Finney |
2,747,140 |
Clarence Verhoef |
-- |
John Kuo |
705,385 |
Kolleen Kennedy |
2,098,240 |
Robert Kluge |
2,437,950 |
R. Andrew Eckert |
-- |
Susan Bostrom |
-- |
David Illingworth |
-- |
Mark Laret |
-- |
Ruediger Naumann-Etienne |
-- |
Erich Reinhardt |
-- |
Venkatraman Thyagarajan |
-- |
Spencer Sias |
-- |
As Of 27 Sep 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Richard Levy |
3,555,000 | 126,470,000 |
Dow Wilson |
178,211 | 1,315,245 |
Elisha Finney |
603,000 | 13,416,186 |
Clarence Verhoef |
0 | 0 |
John Kuo |
238,608 | 3,769,086 |
Kolleen Kennedy |
1,900 | 50,977 |
Robert Kluge |
830,875 | 20,041,535 |
R. Andrew Eckert |
0 | 0 |
Susan Bostrom |
0 | 0 |
David Illingworth |
0 | 0 |
Mark Laret |
0 | 0 |
Ruediger Naumann-Etienne |
0 | 0 |
Erich Reinhardt |
0 | 0 |
Venkatraman Thyagarajan |
0 | 0 |
Spencer Sias |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
LEVY RICHARD M |
2,000 | $0.00 |
KUO JOHN W |
1,112 | $52.83 |
KUO JOHN W |
1,112 | $70.00 |
FINNEY ELISHA W |
5,000 | $49.88 |
FINNEY ELISHA W |
5,000 | $69.95 |
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T |
754 | $70.28 |
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T |
954 | $52.83 |
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T |
200 | $69.40 |
LEVY RICHARD M |
20,000 | $70.00 |
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T |
300 | $68.70 |
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T |
640 | $57.90 |
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T |
340 | $69.35 |
ECKERT ROBERT ANDREW |
380 | $0.00 |
KUO JOHN W |
1,111 | $70.00 |
KUO JOHN W |
1,111 | $52.83 |
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T |
954 | $52.83 |
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T |
954 | $69.47 |
KUO JOHN W |
606 | $57.90 |
KUO JOHN W |
606 | $72.00 |
LEVY RICHARD M |
20,000 | $71.61 |
LEVY RICHARD M |
2,000 | $0.00 |
FINNEY ELISHA W |
5,000 | $49.88 |
LEVY RICHARD M |
20,000 | $39.85 |
FINNEY ELISHA W |
5,000 | $71.60 |
GUERTIN TIMOTHY E |
100,000 | $50.66 |
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