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Executive Management
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
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.
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.