Graham Cox Promoted to Vice President, International for SonoSite
August 10 2005 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
SonoSite, Inc. (NASDAQ:SONO), the world leader in hand-carried
ultrasound, announced today the appointment of Graham D. Cox as
Vice President of its international business. Henry (Skip) A.
Krause, who has led SonoSite's international division for the past
two years, is resigning his position for personal family reasons,
effective September 12, 2005. "Skip has made significant
contributions to expanding our presence into new international
markets and successfully re-engineered our distribution in Japan,"
said Kevin M. Goodwin, SonoSite President and CEO. "We appreciate
his efforts and wish Skip and his family all the best in the
future." "We are fortunate to have an executive of Graham Cox's
caliber and ultrasound experience who is well qualified to
immediately assume leadership of our international business,"
Goodwin said. "Graham's proven leadership in establishing and
growing our operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East,
provides an excellent base from which to lead and maintain our
strong momentum in international markets." Currently Vice President
and General Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Mr. Cox
joined SonoSite in 1999 and was responsible for developing the
company's sales and distribution infrastructure in those regions.
Under his leadership, sales in these geographic areas rose from
less than $3 million in his first year to approximately $40 million
in the past 12 months, accounting for 30 percent of SonoSite's
global revenue. Mr. Cox has established direct sales subsidiaries
in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain and manages over
50 distributor relationships. With the appointment of Mr. Cox,
SonoSite's international headquarters will be based in the London
area where he, and the company's U.K. subsidiary, SonoSite Ltd.,
are located. Mr. Cox's background in the ultrasound industry spans
over 25 years. Prior to SonoSite, he worked with ATL Ultrasound,
Inc. now part of Philips Medical Systems and Acuson Corporation,
now part of Siemens AG. Mr. Cox received an electronic engineer
education and holds an Executive MBA with Honors from the
International Management Centers Association. About SonoSite
SonoSite, Inc. (www.sonosite.com) is the innovator and world leader
in hand carried ultrasound, with an installed base of more than
20,000 systems. The company, headquartered near Seattle, Washington
is represented by seven subsidiaries and a global distribution
network in over 75 countries. Approximately half of its revenues
are generated from international markets. 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 450 people worldwide.
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