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Jacques Souquet, Ph.D. has served as a director of SonoSite since April 1998. Dr. Souquet is the founder and CEO of Supersonic Imagine, a French company focused on the early detection and characterization of lesions. Prior to that, Dr. Souquet served as Chief Scientific and Technology Officer of Philips Medical Systems. Before the acquisition of ATL Ultrasound by Philips Medical Systems in 1998, Dr. Souquet served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President for Product Generation at ATL. Dr. Souquet serves on the board of directors of Median Technologies, a company involved in the development of computer aided detection for medical applications. He also serves on the educational board of North Eastern University in Shenyang, China. Dr. Souquet received a High Engineering Degree from Ecole Superieure d'Electricite of Paris, France, a Ph.D. degree from Orsay University of France in the field of optical memory, and a second Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in the field of new acoustic imaging techniques for medical ultrasound applications and nondestructive testing. | 