John "Jed" Kennedy Mr. Kennedy is the President, Vision Systems Group at Viking Systems. Mr. Kennedy joined Vista Medical in January 1997 as Vice President of Research and Development. He was appointed Vice President/General Manager of Westborough Operations in January 2000 before being appointed Executive Vice President and COO in December 2000. Prior to joining Vista, Mr. Kennedy held various positions in Manufacturing, Quality Engineering and Product Development at Smith & Nephew Endoscopy from 1984 through January 1997. From 1996 through January 1997 he was the Group Director of Product Development responsible for managing all Divisional Product Development activities. From 1993 through 1996, Mr. Kennedy was Director, Research and Development responsible for the management of four technology product development groups. Prior to 1984, he held various engineering positions at Honeywell's Electro-Optics and Avionics divisions. Mr. Kennedy received a B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University in 1979.
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