Mark M. Sieczkarek was appointed as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and to the Board of Directors in April 2003. Mr. Sieczkarek served as President, Americas, of Bausch and Lomb, Inc. from July 2001 to January 2003, as Corporate Vice President and PresidentEurope, Middle East and Africa Region from 1999 to 2001 and held positions of increasing responsibility at various divisions of Bausch and Lomb from 1995 to 1999. Prior to joining Bausch and Lomb, Mr. Sieczkarek was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of KOS Pharmaceuticals from 1993 to 1995. From 1980 to 1993, Mr. Sieczkarek held executive level positions in Finance and Commercial Operations with several Bristol Myers-Squibb subsidiaries and Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur. Mr. Sieczkarek currently serves on the Board of Directors of Solta, Inc., a public medical device company, where he also participates on both its Audit and Compensation Committees. He is also a board member of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association. Mr. Sieczkarek holds a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a M.B.A. degree in Finance from Canisius College.
Gregory E. Lichtwardt
Executive Vice President, Operations, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Lichtwardt joined Conceptus as Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer in November 2003 and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Operations, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer in April 2008. From 2000 to 2002, he was Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Innoventry, Inc., a financial services company. From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Lichtwardt was Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Ocular Sciences, Inc., a worldwide developer and marketer of soft contact lenses. Prior to his employment with Ocular Sciences, Mr. Lichtwardt, from 1989 to 1993, held senior management positions in various divisions of Allergan Inc. In addition to these positions, Mr. Lichtwardt has held various financial positions at AST Research, Inc. and at divisions of American Hospital Supply Corporation. He holds a B.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and M.B.A. degree from Michigan State University.
Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Business Development
Mr. Cote joined Conceptus as Vice President of Sales in April 2004. He currently serves Conceptus as the Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Cote was Senior Director of Sales, Gynecology Division at American Medical Systems. From 2000 to 2001, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Collagenesis, a developer and marketer of products derived from reengineered and processed human tissue. Prior to Collagenesis, Mr. Cote was Director of Sales and Marketing for Influence, a medical company developing a treatment for incontinence, from 1996 to 2000 and held various sales positions at Indigo Medical and Osbon Medical Systems, from 1990 to 1996. He holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from California State University at Sacramento.
Jeff Letasse
Vice President, Information Technology and Business Systems
Mr. Letasse joined Conceptus as Senior Director of IT in October 2002 and was promoted to Vice President Information Technology & Business Systems in February of 2009. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Letasse was Co-Founder, Executive Partner at FTL, LLC, a small boutique consulting firm that specialized in systems implementation & integration services for SF Bay Area electronics and medical device manufacturers including, but not limited to, Affymetrix, Macromedia, Extreme Networks, Cohesion, Inc, Avocet Medical, and Conceptus. Prior to consulting, Mr. Letasse held various IT management positions at Network Peripherals (1997-1998), a networking company, Xilinx (1993-1997), an FPGA/Chip maker, Silicon Graphics/MIPS Computer Systems (1986-1992), Unix Workstation/RISC Chip makers, and Convergent Technologies (1983-1986), an early Silicon Valley workstation manufacturer. He holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Valley City State University, ND, and an MBA in Information Technology from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA.
Ms. Moses joined the Conceptus team in May 2007 and serves as the Vice President of Consumer Marketing and Worldwide Brand. Ms. Moses began with Conceptus as the Director of Consumer Marketing launching the company into direct-to-consumer advertising and education and the Conceptus brand. In this role, she is responsible for the strategic direction and direct communication to consumers and prospective Conceptus patients. Prior to joining Conceptus, she worked in marketing at a variety of companies and strong consumer name brands including Quicken, Barbie, United Airlines, The Picture People and Classic Vacations. Ms. Moses received her undergraduate degree from UC, Riverside and an M.B.A in Marketing from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Spencer Roeck
Vice President, International
Mr. Roeck joined Conceptus as Vice President of International in September of 2007 and is responsible for all aspects of the Company's international operations. From 2003 to 2007 Mr. Roeck was with VNUS Medical Technologies as the Senior Director of International Sales and Marketing where he managed both direct sales and distributor growth of over 30%. From 2000 to 2003 Mr. Roeck held the position of Business to Business Account Executive with Eli Lilly and Company. Prior to his employment with Eli Lilly and Company, he was residing overseas as the Regional Sales Manager in Asia/Middle East and later Europe for Palco Labs, a medical device manufacture. Mr. Roeck received a Bachelor's degree in International Business from California State University San Jose and attended Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management.
Todd Sloan
Vice President, Professional Marketing and Research and Development
Mr. Sloan joined the Conceptus management team in February 2008 and serves as the Vice President of Professional Marketing and Research and Development. In this role, he oversees all new product development activities, sits on the new business development committee and is responsible for the clinician facing marketing strategy. Prior to joining Conceptus, he was a Director of Marketing at Boston Scientific, overseeing their women's health portfolio. Over his eleven years with Boston Scientific, Mr. Sloan held positions with increasing responsibility in both sales and marketing in the urology and gynecology specialties. Mr. Sloan received his undergraduate degree from Penn State University and Masters in Business from Lehigh University.
Louis Villalba
Vice President, Managing Director for Europe
Mr. Villalba currently serves Conceptus as Vice President and General Manager of Europe. He joined Conceptus in July 2004 as Senior Director of Business Development and was promoted in December 2007 to the position of General Manager of Europe, to grow the European business following the acquisition of Conceptus SAS. Previously, Mr. Villalba held various Marketing, Sales Management, and Corporate Development positions at VIVUS, Inc. from December 1996 to December 1999 and again from January 2001 to July 2004. Additionally, Mr. Villalba served as Product Manager at Collagen Corp., from December 1999 to January 2001, when the company was acquired by Inamed. Earlier in his career, he held International Sales Management and Sales positions with Osbon Medical Systems. Mr. Villalba earned a BA in Business Management at Menlo College.
Kevin Waters
Vice President, Finance & Corporate Controller
Mr. Waters joined Conceptus as Corporate Controller in October 2006 and was promoted to Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller in February 2009. Mr. Waters was Corporate Controller of Laserscope, a medical device company, from 2005 to 2006 which became a part of American Medical Systems through its 2006 acquisition of Laserscope. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Waters was Director of Finance of VISX, Inc, the leading provider of laser vision correction equipment, which became a part of Advanced Medical Optics through its 2005 acquisition of VISX. Prior to his employment with VISX, Mr. Waters was in the audit and assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Mr. Waters received his degree in both Accounting and Finance from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. Mr. Waters is also a certified public accountant in the State of California.
Edward Yu
Vice President, Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs
Mr. Yu was named Vice President of Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs at Conceptus in September 2009. In this role, he oversees the company's global clinical research activities and regulatory affairs efforts. Mr. Yu joined Conceptus in July 2006 and most recently served as Senior Director of Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs. From 2003 to 2006, he was responsible for the regulatory affairs strategies supporting new ventures and research and technology programs at Guidant Vascular Intervention, which became a part of Abbott Laboratories through its 2006 acquisition of Guidant VI. Before joining Guidant, Mr. Yu held positions in regulatory affairs, marketing, finance and manufacturing at diverse healthcare companies including Durect Corp., Lumenis, Inc., Lifescan, Inc., Roche Bioscience, and Genentech. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of California at Davis, and an M.B.A. degree from Santa Clara University.