Sonosite Appoints Dieter Schwartmann Vice President, Europe and Acting Manager, Germany; Accomplished Ultrasound Executive Bring
17 November 2005 - 10:05PM
Business Wire
SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader in hand-carried
ultrasound, today announced the appointment of Dieter Schwartmann
as Vice President of Europe and Acting Manager of SonoSite GmbH,
the company's wholly-owned German subsidiary, effective December 1,
2005. Mr. Schwartmann brings 30 years of experience in the medical
ultrasound and technology industry including serving as Vice
President of Europe for ATL Ultrasound, Inc., now part of Philips
Medical Systems. Under his leadership, sales for ATL Europe doubled
in the period between 1995-2000. From April of 2001 until May of
2004, Mr. Schwartmann was Vice President of the ultrasound business
line of Philips Medical Systems with responsibility for Europe, the
Middle East and Africa. He also served as a member of the Steering
Committee overseeing the integration of Philips Medical Systems'
acquisition of ATL Ultrasound and Agilent Technologies Healthcare
Solutions Group Imaging Systems. Mr. Schwartmann joined ATL
Ultrasound in 1990 as a Country Manager responsible for Germany,
Eastern Europe and Russia. Most recently, Mr. Schwartmann was Vice
President and board member of Aloka Holding Europe AG, a leading
Japanese ultrasound manufacturer and distributor. A German
national, Mr. Schwartmann was a founder and served as General
Manager for nine years of Sonotron GmbH, an ultrasound distributor
and service provider, and as regional sales manager for ultrasound
and other medical products for Kontron Medical GmbH. Additionally,
he worked with Beckman Instruments in Germany and Carl Zeiss GmbH,
a maker of medical optical instruments. "Dieter is a proven
executive and exceptional leader," said Kevin M. Goodwin, SonoSite
President and CEO. "His first priority is to strengthen our German
operations and establish a solid foundation from which to better
capitalize on Europe's largest ultrasound market." "We are very
fortunate to recruit an individual with such dynamic and broad
ultrasound management experience to head up our business in
Europe," said Graham Cox, SonoSite Vice President, International.
"We look forward to working with Dieter to accelerate our growth
opportunities and build on the successful launch of our newest
product, the MicroMaxx(TM) system." "SonoSite has the right
products to address the challenges that European health care
systems face," said Mr. Schwartmann. "Smaller, faster and less
costly than their traditional cart-based counterparts, SonoSite
hand-carried systems are changing medical practice by bringing
ultrasound to the patient and thereby helping clinicians to
increase productivity and deliver better patient care. I am
delighted to be joining this leader of ultrasound innovation."
Leadership in Hand Carried Ultrasound SonoSite is the innovator and
leader in hand-carried ultrasound with an installed base of more
than 20,000 systems and 60% market share worldwide in the
hand-carried ultrasound market. In a recent independently conducted
survey commissioned by SonoSite, customers gave the company's
products an overall satisfaction rating of 97% based on image
quality, ease of use, durability, reliability and ergonomic
transducer design. Since the first product shipment in 1999,
SonoSite ultrasound devices are increasingly being used in and for
procedures where physicians need inexpensive, non-radiating imaging
for diverse applications such as real time assessment in emergency
situations, guiding biopsies and nerve blocks, as well as for full
diagnostic examinations. About SonoSite The Company,
(www.sonosite.com) with corporate headquarters near Seattle,
Washington, USA and international headquarters in London, England,
is represented by eight subsidiaries and a distribution network in
over 75 countries. SonoSite's small, lightweight systems are
expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by
cost-effectively bringing high performance ultrasound to the point
of patient care. The Company employs approximately 470 people
worldwide. SonoSite, GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SonoSite,
Inc. based in Erlangen, oversees a direct sales distribution
network in Germany and Switzerland.
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