Manfred Gehrtz

Overview

Manfred Gehrtz has served as President, EMEA since April 2007. Prior to that, he was President, International between January 2006 and March 2007. Prior to that, from January 2004 until December 2005, Mr. Gehrtz served as our Corporate Vice President, General Manager for Europe. Prior to joining us, from 1995 to 2003, Mr. Gehrtz was Managing Director, the head of the Endoscope Division and Vice President of Medical Systems Europe at Olympus Optical Co. (Europa) GmbH, a developer of products in the fields of photography, endoscopy, microscopy, communication and diagnostics. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Gehrtz was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Aesculap Meditec GmbH, a German company that develops and manufactures medical laser systems. Prior to that, from 1986 to 1990, Mr. Gehrtz was a Specialist, Lab Manager and Production Facility Manager at IBM Deutschland GmbH. Mr. Gehrtz holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry and an M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Munich, Germany. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Gehrtz was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, California.