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Originally Published MX November/December 2005

BUSINESS DRIVERS

Business Drivers

Martinez

Rita Medical Systems (Fremont, CA), a medical device company focused on cancer therapies, has appointed Mario Martinez as vice president of operations and general manager, positions in which he will be responsible for operating personnel, information technology, manufacturing, customer service, and distribution.

Wiltse

In vitro diagnostics manufacturer Fujirebio Diagnostics (Malvern, PA) has named Monte W. Wiltse as its new vice president of sales and marketing, a position in which he will be responsible for directing the company's product management and marketing communication activities.

Lucchese

Cynthia L. Lucchese has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Thoratec Corp. (Pleasanton, CA). For the past three years Lucchese was corporate vice president and treasurer of Guidant Corp. (Indianapolis).

Bentley

Solexa Inc. (Hayward, CA), which is developing a first-generation genetic analysis instrument, has appointed David Bentley, DPhil, as its chief scientist. Bentley comes to the company from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Hinxton, UK).

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