Healthcare Industry News: Dako
News Release - January 9, 2007
Transoma Medical Appoints Nestor Jaramillo Jr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Industry Veteran Brings 20+ Years of Cardiac Device ExperienceST. PAUL, Minn.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Transoma Medical, a leader in implantable wireless diagnostic systems, has named Nestor Jaramillo Jr. vice president of sales and marketing for the company's Patient Management Device Division. Jaramillo is developing a commercial organization to introduce Transoma Medical's first clinical product, the Sleuth(TM) Implantable ECG (electrocardiogram) Monitoring System to monitor and record cardiac function.
"Nestor's broad background in sales and marketing of cardiac rhythm management products will be an enormous asset as we launch our first product targeted at improving the care of patients with chronic cardiovascular disease," said Brian Brockway, Transoma Medical chairman and chief executive officer. "Nestor is strengthening our marketing and sales organization and positioning Transoma to play a lead role in the rapidly evolving care of patients with chronic disease." Jaramillo joined Transoma Medical as vice president of sales and shortly thereafter was given additional responsibilities for marketing.
Jaramillo brings more than 23 years in the device industry to Transoma Medical and spent much of his career with Medtronic. There, he served as a vice president in several sales and marketing roles, most recently in pacing marketing, U.S. regional sales and global marketing for the Arrhythmia Management Division in the United States and internationally. He held international marketing positions with Medtronic in Europe and Latin America.
Jaramillo received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of North Dakota School of Engineering and Mines; and an MBA in marketing from the University of St. Thomas Graduate School of Business Administration. He has completed strategic business coursework at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business and the University of Michigan Business School. Among non-profit organizations, he has served as a board member for Heartbeat International and is involved with multiple organizations helping underprivileged children in Central America who need special medical attention.
About Transoma Medical
Transoma Medical, a private company based in Saint Paul, Minn., is a leading provider of implantable wireless diagnostic systems for patients with chronic cardiovascular disease and for biomedical research. The company's products include small wireless sensors that transmit information from inside the body to a receiver via radio-frequency waves, as well as unique software to condense the data these devices provide into meaningful information.
Transoma Medical has two divisions. The Patient Management Device Division is leveraging the company's extensive technology platform by developing products that provide information to physicians to help guide therapies in patients with chronic cardiovascular disease at home and away. The Data Sciences International (DSI) Division provides innovative tools for life science researchers and plays a key role in drug discovery, preclinical evaluation of safety and efficacy, and other academic and government basic research. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.transomamedical.com.
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