Executive Management

Chief Executive Officer

President and Chief Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Stephen M. Heniges
Senior Vice President,

Global Marketing & Clinical Development

William C. Bopp
Mr. William C. Bopp was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Viking Systems, Inc. effective January 4, 2008. 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.

John “Jed” Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy is the president and chief operating 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.

Robert Mathews
Prior to joining the Viking Systems’ team as the Chief Financial Officer, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer at Cardinal Health’s Clinical Technologies and Services (CTS) segment, where he was responsible for the Global Finance function across all of CTS businesses. At its formation, CTS had annual revenues of approximately $2.5 billion and approximately 8,000 employees. Before joining Cardinal Health, Mr. Mathews was with Alaris Medical Systems. Mr. Mathews, then vice president of finance, chief accounting officer, and executive committee member, was responsible for developing, implementing and managing the operational and financial strategy of Alaris. During his tenure, Mathews helped lead a successful and comprehensive strategy that would result in significant shareholder value improvement, and ultimately the successful sale of Alaris to Cardinal Health for $2 billion in an all cash transaction. Mr. Mathews, who began his career at PriceWaterhouse, earned his Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University where he majored in business administration with an emphasis in accounting.

Stephen M. Heniges
Steve Heniges has over two decades of senior commercial and business development experience at several of Johnson & Johnson's divisions, where he held varying positions of increasing responsibility from 1985. Prior to joining Viking Systems, Heniges worked at Advanced Sterilization Products, a Johnson & Johnson company, where he held various positions including senior manager, business development, director of global marketing, and general manager. At Advanced Sterilization Products, his responsibilities ranged from sales, marketing, customer service, technical service and clinical education. Mr. Heniges has held various positions at Johnson & Johnson companies spanning over 20 years. Steve Heniges earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Portland State University where he majored in Biology and minored in Speech Communication.