As the President of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. and Head of the Americas, John is responsible for leading the marketing, sales, service, and support functions in North America and Latin America, across the entire Siemens Healthineers portfolio, including medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, therapy solutions, and services.
John has over 25 years of commercial and general management experience in the healthcare sector with a focus on medical devices, oncology-based medical software, cloud hosted solutions and surgical sciences. Previously, John served as President of the Americas for Varian Medical Systems, a division of Siemens Healthineers focused on oncology. He had profit and loss responsibility for North America and Latin America, including service, sales, applications training, marketing, and business operations, with an emphasis on initiatives to promote broader access to high-quality cancer care.
During his tenure at Varian, John built a successful track record of driving customer satisfaction and loyalty, setting strategy, exceeding revenue and order budget targets, and building, improving, and training direct and distributor-based organizations to meet ever-changing market dynamics in the healthcare sector.
John earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. He currently resides with his wife and two children in Dallas, Texas.
About Siemens Healthineers
Siemens Healthineers pioneers breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. The company is a global provider of healthcare equipment, solutions, and services, with activities in more than 180 countries and direct representation in more than 70. The group comprises Siemens Healthineers AG, listed as SHL in Frankfurt, Germany, and its subsidiaries. As a leading medical technology company, Siemens Healthineers is committed to improving access to healthcare for underserved communities worldwide and is striving to overcome the most threatening diseases. The company is principally active in the areas of imaging, diagnostics, cancer care and minimally invasive therapies, augmented by digital technology and artificial intelligence. In fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30, 2024, Siemens Healthineers had approximately 72,000 employees worldwide and generated revenue of around €22.4 billion. Further information is available at www.siemens-healthineers.com.
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