BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MINRAD International, Inc. (www.minrad.com) has promoted William L. Bednarski to the position of President and Chief Financial Officer reporting to William Burns, Chairman & CEO. Formally the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the company, Mr. Bednarski will now oversee the departments of regulatory, finance and corporate development.
Mr. Bednarski has been with MINRAD since February 2005 and previously worked for Nellcor, a division of Tyco International Ltd., as its Vice President of OEM and Licensing Technology. He has 18 years of medical device industry experience in various management positions. Prior to entering the medical device industry, Mr. Bednarski spent nine years in financial management positions including Controller of Alpha Wire Corporation. Mr. Bednarski holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and a BA from Harvard. Under the reorganization, Rich Tamulski will assume the role of Treasurer and Bill Rolfe will continue as the company’s Controller.
MINRAD is also proud to announce the appointment of Ken Kiyama as its new Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Kiyama, formally with Targenix LLC as its Director of Strategic Planning and Market Analysis, joins MINRAD with more than 15 years of experience in the health care industry. Other positions Mr. Kiyama has held include Director of Marketing and Pharmacy Services at Syncor International Corporation and Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing at Quartz Medical, Inc. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School with a master’s degree in Business Administration and holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.
About the Company
MINRAD International, Inc. is a leader in interventional pain management. Key product lines include anesthesia pharmaceuticals, real time image-guidance and a program to develop a conscious sedation drug/drug delivery system.
Contact: Bill Bednarski, President and CFO
716-855-1068 BBednarski@minrad.com
MINRAD International, Inc.
CONTACT: Bill Bednarski, President and CFO of MINRAD International, Inc.,+1-716-855-1068, or BBednarski@minrad.com
Web site: http://www.minrad.com/