CONMED Corporation Appoints Nathan Folkert as Vice President and General Manager of Orthopedics
September 24 2015 - 4:01PM
Business Wire
CONMED Corporation (NASDAQ:CNMD) today announced that it
has appointed Nathan “Nate” Folkert as Vice President and General
Manager of its Orthopedics business.
Mr. Folkert brings 15 years of diverse medical device experience
to CONMED. Most recently, he served as President of Zimmer’s Trauma
Division, where he held full P&L responsibility and oversaw
sales, marketing, global research and development, manufacturing,
regulatory, quality and human resources. Prior to that, he was
General Manager of Zimmer’s Canadian operations, where he was
responsible for all major orthopedic product segments and delivered
above-market growth while improving operating profitability. He
previously served as Director of Marketing of Zimmer’s U.S. Knee
business. Mr. Folkert started his career at Stryker Medical in
2000, where he held several managerial positions beginning in
manufacturing operations, subsequently moving into product
management and group marketing.
Curt R. Hartman, CONMED’s President and Chief Executive Officer,
commented, “We are very excited to welcome Nate to CONMED and our
executive team. His leadership abilities coupled with a track
record of delivering exceptional results across many assignments,
covering both procedure-specific products and capital equipment,
will further accelerate our efforts to enhance innovation and
profitably expand our market share in our Orthopedics
business.”
Mr. Folkert added, “I am excited to join CONMED’s executive team
and lead the Orthopedics business. The portfolio of products
represents a tremendous value proposition for our customers, and I
look forward to leading this talented team and leveraging CONMED’s
platform of innovative, leading technologies.”
Mr. Folkert earned an MBA from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of
Business and a BS in Political Science from the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point.
About CONMED Corporation
CONMED is a medical technology company that provides surgical
devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures. The
Company’s products are used by surgeons and physicians in a variety
of specialties, including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology,
neurosurgery and gastroenterology. The Company distributes its
products worldwide from several manufacturing locations. CONMED has
a direct selling presence in 16 countries outside the United
States, and international sales constitute over 50% of the
Company’s total sales. Headquartered in Utica, New York, the
Company employs 3,400 people. For more information, visit
www.conmed.com.
Forward Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on
certain assumptions and contingencies that involve risks and
uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and relate to the Company's performance on a
going-forward basis. The forward-looking statements in this press
release involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual
results, performance or trends, to differ materially from those
expressed in the forward-looking statements herein or in previous
disclosures. In addition to general industry and economic
conditions, factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements
in this press release include, but are not limited to the risks
relating to forward-looking statements discussed in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2014.
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