Rick Harper, named vice president of sales, is responsible for the overall direction of RS Medical's sales, building key relationships with physicians, surgeons and medical centers in RS Medical's specialty areas of interventional pain management/anesthesia, physical medicine and rehabilitation, minimally invasive spine and orthopedics. Harper previously served as vice president of sales with Covidien (formerly Tyco Healthcare) in Colorado. He holds a bachelor's degree in university studies with a focus in marketing from the University of New Mexico.

Tom Pierce has accepted the position of vice president of human resources where he will oversee compensation and benefits, employee relations, performance management and the design and implementation of company training. Formerly serving in the position of vice president of finance and human resources at RS Medical, Pierce earned a degree in business administration and a master's of science degree at the University of North Dakota.


Dominic Tong, M.D., appointed to vice president of medical and clinical affairs, will provide medical and clinical leadership in the development and support of RS Medical's product portfolio and pipeline. A veteran of the biopharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostic industry, Tong previously served in the position of chief medical officer at VPDiagnostics in Seattle. He received his doctorate in medicine from the College of Physicians & Surgeons at Columbia University. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency at Columbia and his fellowship at UCLA Medical Center.

Patricia White, selected for the position of vice president of marketing and business development, will be responsible for developing and executing RS Medical's marketing strategies as well as directing its business development to expand the company's product depth and market reach. Prior to her recent consultancy work in the medical device and healthcare IT markets, White was founder and CEO of Portland-based Inovise Medical, Inc. She holds a master's in business administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Doug Brunner, named vice president of operations, will plan, organize, direct and control RS Medical's IT operations and its supply chain. Brunner comes to RS Medical from Medtronic, Inc. in Minneapolis where he served as general manager and vice president of operations for the company's energy component center. Brunner holds a master's in business administration from San Jose State, a master's of science in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University and a mechanical engineering degree from Lehigh University.

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