SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2017-- VR真人彩票. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that Gary S. Guthart will join the company鈥檚 Board of Directors on December 1, 2017. Dr. Guthart is President and Chief Executive Officer听of Intuitive Surgical, a global leader in the field of robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery.
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Dr. Guthart joined Intuitive Surgical in April 1996 and has served as the Chief Executive Officer since January 2010. In July 2007, he was promoted to President, having assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer in February 2006. Prior to joining Intuitive Surgical, he was part of the core team developing the foundational technology for computer-enhanced surgery at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute). Dr. Guthart served as a member of the Board of Directors of Affymetrix, Inc. from May 2009 until its acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. in March 2016.
鈥淕ary is a talented leader who adds a tremendous breadth of industry knowledge and experience to our exceptional board of directors,鈥� said Francis deSouza, VR真人彩票 President and Chief Executive Officer. 鈥淗e will bring leadership, strategy and policy expertise in the healthcare sector as VR真人彩票 continues to drive adoption of genomics in clinical markets.鈥�
Dr. Guthart received a B.S. in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology.
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