J. Richard Damron, Jr. has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director since February 2001. Mr. Damron served as a consultant to Home Diagnostics from August 2000 to February 2001. Mr. Damron has been employed in the medical products industry since 1980, in both operational and financial roles. Prior to joining Home Diagnostics, Mr. Damron was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apollo Eye Group, Inc. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions and Chief Financial Officer of Chiron Vision Corp, was a partner in the investment firm of Tullis Cook & Co., and was the Executive Vice President of Operations at Cooper Vision Cilco. Mr. Damron holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Marshall University. |