Ross A. Longhini was named Chief Executive Officer (interim) in January, 2008. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Longhini served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer (August 2006 - January 2008) and as Chief Technology Officer at AMS. Mr. Longhini has more than 20 years of experience in the field of medical device product development. From 1998 to 2002, he served in various management positions in Sulzer Spine-Tech of Minnesota including Vice President, Research and Development, Clinical & Regulatory. From 1991 to 1998, he was with I.V. Infusion Therapy of 3M which was sold to Gaseby in 1996, then purchased by Smiths Medical Systems in 1997. From 1983 to 1991, he was with 3M Dental Products.

Mark A. Heggestad has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since December 2006. Mr. Heggestad has more than 20 years of experience in financial leadership roles in the medical device industry. From 1987 to 2006, he served in various management positions at Medtronic, Inc., including Vice President of Finance and IT for the Cardiac Surgery Business, Vice President of Corporate Audit & Compliance Assurance and Vice President of Corporate Finance, Assistant Controller. Prior to 1987, Mr. Heggestad was an audit manager for KPMG, LLP.

Stephen J. McGill has assumed the position of Vice President, Global Sales in May 2005. Previously he served as Vice President and General Manager - International since November 2004. From January to November 2004 he served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Europe. Previous to that, he served in various senior management positions within the medical device industry throughout Europe.

Janet L. Dick was promoted to Sr. Vice President, Human Resources in April 2005. Previously she had served as Vice President since 1996. Overall, Ms. Dick has spent almost 20 years in positions of increasing responsibility within the Human Resources departments of AMS and of Schneider (USA), both of which were divisions of Pfizer at the time. Prior to joining AMS, Ms. Dick served as Assistant Vice President and Personnel Officer for Utica National Bank and Trust for four years, preceded by three years Human Resources experience with The Knutson Companies, Inc.

Lawrence W. Getlin, J.D. was promoted to Sr. Vice President of Compliance, Quality Systems and Legal in 2005. Previously he had served as Vice President since 1990. As Corporate Compliance Officer he is responsible for all compliance activities other than financial reporting. Prior to joining AMS, Mr. Getlin served as Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Pharmaseal Division of Baxter Healthcare/America Hospital Supply Corporation where he worked for a total of 14 years. This was preceded by six years sales experience with Parke Davis. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the California State Bar, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals 9th District, and District Court, Central District of California, and is Regulatory Affairs Certified (RAC).

John F. Nealon was named General Manager, Women's Health (interim) in April 2008 in addition to his Business Development duties. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Nealon served as Senior Vice-President of Business Development since April 2005. From January 2002 to April 2005, he served as Vice-President of Global Marketing at AMS. Mr. Nealon has over 15 years of experience in the medical device industry. From 1996 to 2001, he served on the management team at Survivalink, a start-up medical device company which developed and marketed automated external defibrillators (AEDs). His final three years at Survivalink, he served as Vice-President, Marketing and International Sales. In 1996, he served as Director of Product Marketing for Summit Medical. From 1989 to 1996, he served in a variety of global product marketing roles at GE Medical Systems in the x-ray, surgery and cardiology businesses.

R. Scott Etlinger has served as AMS Vice President of Global Operations since June 2004. From November 2003 to June 2004, he served as Sr. Director of Global Supply Chain Management. Mr. Etlinger has over 20 years of experience in operations, business process reengineering and finance in a world-wide setting, spanning both medical device and aircraft manufacturing industries. He was formerly with Zimmer Spine where he served as Vice President of Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Prior to Zimmer Spine, Mr. Etlinger spent over 10 year at Sulzer Orthopedics in Austin, Texas. holding positions of Vice President of Business Integration and Global Controller. Mr. Etlinger entered into the medical device industry after spending 11 years with Northrop Corporation holding engineering and operations controller positions supporting the B-2 Stealth Bomber Flight Test Program, Final Assembly Operations and Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

Whitney D. Erickson has served as Vice President and General Manager of Men's Health since January 2007. Ms. Erickson has more than 18 years of global experience including roles in process technology, operations leadership, marketing, business development and general management. She was previously with Honeywell International, where she spent 11 years, most recently as a Vice President for Business Development, involved in integration of various Honeywell acquisitions. Prior to Honeywell, Ms. Erickson was with the former James River Corporation, as well as General Electric. She has worked in a variety of industries including polymers, pharmaceutical packaging and chemical intermediates as well as security hardware and power transformation.

Daniel R. Mans has served as Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs since December 2006. In 2008, Mr. Mans was given additional responsibility to lead our corporate technology and research teams. He has more than 20 years experience in various aspects of product development in the medical device and automotive industries. He was formerly with Sulzer Spine-Tech where he served as Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs and Quality Systems. He has also served in executive management positions with several successful early-stage medical device companies. He began his medical device career at Medtronic, where he was responsible for managing clinical studies within Cardiac Rhythm Management.

Kathie J. Lenzen joined AMS in August 2004 and assumed the Corporate Controller position in March 2005. Ms. Lenzen has over 20 years experience in finance and accounting, holding positions of increasing responsibility in both public accounting and corporate finance and accounting. She served as Corporate Controller of Entegris, Inc., a worldwide manufacturer in the semiconductor industry, where she provided financial direction for domestic and international operations, including information technology and business integration project management. Ms. Lenzen is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Michael J. Casey has served as Director of Information Technology since June 2004. Mr. Casey has nearly 20 years of experience in the Information Technology and Finance professions. A 15-year veteran of AT&T Wireless, Mr. Casey led the delivery of information solutions for supply chain, finance, tax, legal, and corporate administration as a Director from 1998 to December 2003. From 1996 to 1998, he served as the Information Technology Director responsible for establishing organization, infrastructure, and solutions needed to launch and operate new markets in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio.