CEO Reading List: Richard O. Martin

Dick Martin became president of Physio-Control Corporation in 1991 when the company was part of Eli Lilly and Company's Medical Devices and Diagnostics Division. He successfully instituted company-wide quality improvement programs, rebuilt the management team and took the company public.

Previously, Martin was the vice president for cardiovascular business development at Sulzermedica, Inc. Also, he held several senior positions in engineering, marketing and sales with Intermedics, Inc. and was named president and COO of that company in 1985.

Martin has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Duke University and taught at Christian Brothers College and the University of Tennessee before joining the corporate world. Dr. Martin has served on the board and as chairman of the Northwest affiliate of the American Heart Association. He was also on the boards and chairman of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association and the Washington Council of AeA, and served as AeA’s national chairman in 2001. Dick Martin is now retired.

Dick Martin's Suggested Reading List

	Jack Welch Speaks: Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader by Jack Welch, Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
Cabela's Marine Catalog The World's Foremost Outfitter of fishing, hunting and outdoor gear.
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and It's All Small Stuff : Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking over Your Life by Richard Carlson, Ph.D., Published by Hyperion, 1997.

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