09.25.15
ConMed Corp. has appointed Nathan Folkert as vice president and general manager of its orthopedics business.
Folkert brings 15 years of diverse medical device experience to the company. Most recently, he served as president of Zimmer’s trauma division, where he held full profit and loss responsibility and oversaw sales, marketing, global research and development, manufacturing, regulatory, quality and human resources. Prior to that, he was general manager of
Zimmer’s Canadian operations, where he was responsible for all major orthopedic product segments and delivered above-market growth while improving operating profitability. He previously served as director of marketing of Zimmer’s U.S. knee business. Folkert started his career at Stryker Medical in 2000, where he held several managerial positions beginning in manufacturing operations, subsequently moving into product management and group marketing.
“We are very excited to welcome Nate to ConMed and our executive team,” said Curt R. Hartman, ConMed’s president and CEO. “His leadership abilities coupled with a track record of delivering exceptional results across many assignments, covering both procedure-specific products and capital equipment, will further accelerate our efforts to enhance innovation and profitably expand our market share in our Orthopedics business.”
Folkert earned an M.B.A. from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and a B.S. in political science from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Headquartered in Utica, N.Y., ConMed makes surgical devices and equipment used in a variety of specialties, including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery and gastroenterology.
Folkert brings 15 years of diverse medical device experience to the company. Most recently, he served as president of Zimmer’s trauma division, where he held full profit and loss responsibility and oversaw sales, marketing, global research and development, manufacturing, regulatory, quality and human resources. Prior to that, he was general manager of
Zimmer’s Canadian operations, where he was responsible for all major orthopedic product segments and delivered above-market growth while improving operating profitability. He previously served as director of marketing of Zimmer’s U.S. knee business. Folkert started his career at Stryker Medical in 2000, where he held several managerial positions beginning in manufacturing operations, subsequently moving into product management and group marketing.
“We are very excited to welcome Nate to ConMed and our executive team,” said Curt R. Hartman, ConMed’s president and CEO. “His leadership abilities coupled with a track record of delivering exceptional results across many assignments, covering both procedure-specific products and capital equipment, will further accelerate our efforts to enhance innovation and profitably expand our market share in our Orthopedics business.”
Folkert earned an M.B.A. from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and a B.S. in political science from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Headquartered in Utica, N.Y., ConMed makes surgical devices and equipment used in a variety of specialties, including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery and gastroenterology.