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Board of Directors
William C. Bopp
Director, Chairman of the Board
John ”Jed” Kennedy
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Director
Director
Director
William T. Tumber
Director
Mr. Bopp has been Chairman of the Board of Viking Systems, Inc. since October 2007. From January 4, 2008 through January 3, 2010 he was also Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Prior to joining Viking, Mr. Bopp was a private investor. Previously he was with ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of infusion devices and related disposable products, where he had been senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Bopp joined ALARIS in March 1999, as vice president and chief financial officer. He was elected to the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer in November 1999. ALARIS was acquired for approximately $2.0 billion by Cardinal Health, Inc. in July 2004, and Mr. Bopp assisted for an additional year with the integration of ALARIS into Cardinal Health before retiring in 2005. Mr. Bopp was formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer of C.R. Bard, Inc. Since 1980, he held positions of increasing responsibility with Bard, currently a $2.0 billion developer, manufacturer and marketer of health care products. From 1995 through 1998, he also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Bard and a member of the Finance Committee of the Board. Mr. Bopp is a graduate of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, and completed his MBA, Finance, from the Harvard Business School.
Mr. Kennedy is the president and chief executive officer of 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.
Joseph De Perio is a portfolio manager responsible for the public equity and private equity strategies for Clinton Group, Inc., a SEC Registered Investment Advisor that invests globally across multiple alternative investment strategies. In connection with Clinton Group leading a recent $3.0 million investment in Viking Systems, Mr. De Perio agreed to join Viking’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining Clinton Group, he held positions with Millennium Management and Trimaran Capital Partners. He is also on the Board of Overland Storage, Inc., a provider of data management and data protection solutions. He received a BA in business economics with honors from Brown University.
Hooks Johnston is a management consultant and is on the board of Resonetics, LLC. Mr. Johnston was employed by Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Division from 1990-2004, retiring as Sr. Vice President Operations. Prior to joining Smith & Nephew, he held positions in general management, operations, and project engineering. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Amy Paul worked for C.R. Bard, Inc., a medical device company, for 26 years, until her retirement as Group Vice President-International in 2008. Prior to that she had served in various positions at C.R. Bard, Inc. from 1982 to 2003, including President of Bard Access Systems, Inc., President of Bard Endoscopic Technologies, Vice President and Business Manager of Bard Ventures, Vice President of Marketing of Bard Cardiopulmonary Division, Marketing Manager for Davol Inc., and Senior Product Manager for Davol Inc. Ms. Paul is a director of Wright Medical Group, Inc. and Theraclion, a private company, and is a commissioner of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. She received a BA cum laude from Boston University and an MBA with honors also from Boston University.
William T. Tumber
Mr. Tumber served on the Board of Directors of Alaris Medical Systems, Inc. from 2000 to 2004. Prior to this Mr. Tumber spent 20 years with medical device company C. R. Bard, Inc. where he held divisional positions including VP of Human Resources, VP of Manufacturing, Division President, as well as serving as Corporate Group Vice President responsible for all of Bard's surgical businesses. He retired from Bard in 1999. Before joining Bard, Tumber worked for General Electric. He held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility which included technical recruiting, human relations, and Plant Manager of a 300-person electronic assembly facility.