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Mr. Garcia was appointed Chairman in November 2007 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since November 2003. He joined the company in January 2002 as Executive Vice President and was appointed President in June 2003 and Chief Executive Officer and a director in November 2003. Mr. García has over 30 years of experience in medical device manufacturing. Prior to joining IRIS Mr. García was Sr. Vice President Operations and Program Management for Cytometrics Inc. an early stage manufacturer of non-invasive medical devices for hematology and cytology. From 1994 to 1998 he was Vice President of Operations and Engineering at Datascope Corp. which manufactures medical devices for interventional cardiology anesthesiology and critical care monitoring. From 1974 to 1994 Mr. García worked with Bayer assuming positions of increased responsibility including General Manager of Technicon Electronics Corp. a subsidiary of Bayer USA and Director of Worldwide Hematology Manufacturing and Cellular Diagnostics Research and Development. Mr. García earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering (Cum Laude) at the University of Puerto Rico and received an Advanced Management Certificate from Pace University.
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