• Executive Team
  • Kim Blickenstaff

    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Kim joined Tandem in August 2007, bringing more than 30 years of healthcare experience in finance, marketing management, sales and strategic planning. Prior to joining Tandem, he was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Biosite Incorporated, a medical diagnostic company that was acquired by Inverness Medical Innovations for $1.8 billion in June 2007. Prior to founding Biosite, he held various finance, operations, research management, sales management, strategic planning and marketing positions with Hybritech Incorporated and Baxter Healthcare.

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    John Cajigas

    Chief Financial Officer

    John joined the Company in May 2008, bringing more than 20 years of healthcare experience in finance and administration. Prior to joining Tandem, he was Vice President, Finance of Biosite Incorporated, a medical diagnostics company acquired by Inverness Medical Innovations for $1.8 billion in June 2007. He helped guide Biosite through its initial public offering in 1997 and was responsible for managing the Company's worldwide finance functions and internal control structure. As the Company expanded its commercial operations, he also facilitated the implementation and monitoring of new financial, logistical and reporting processes, which spanned over multiple departments.

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    Bob Anacone

    Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

    Bob joined Tandem in February of 2009 as Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing and is responsible for strategic planning and product commercialization.

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    Mike Rosinko

    Vice President, Engineering

    Mike joined Tandem in November, 2007 and has worked closely with the Company since its founding. In this role, he is responsible for project management, product development, engineering management, design controls and risk analysis. He has 25 years of experience in product development, including blood separation and processing systems, cardiovascular catheters, ultrasonic transducers, pacemakers, fiber optic systems, optical sensors and lasers. He has extensive experience in the development of complex control algorithms. Prior to joining Tandem, he held positions including Vice President of Engineering for CardioGenesis, Sr. Project Manager for The Aubrey Group, and R&D Project Manager for Biosense Webster.

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    Erik Verhoef

    Vice President, Strategy and Market Research

    Erik Verhoef, Vice President, Strategy and Market Research, Erik is responsible for strategic planning and the Company's market research and analytics. Prior to joining Tandem, he served as Director of Commercial Analysis at Biosite Incorporated. In addition, he worked in various brand marketing and analytics roles with GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb, helping launch such notable multi-billion dollar brands as Abilify, Wellbutrin XL, Boniva and Advair. Prior to his career in pharmaceutical marketing, he held equity research positions with William Blair & Company and Susquehanna Financial, where he was the lead analyst covering the pharmaceutical sector. He was a founding member of the Advisory Board's Implementation Center in Washington, D.C. and began his career as a healthcare consultant with Tiber Group in Chicago, IL.

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    Don Canal

    Vice President, Quality & Regulatory Affairs

    As Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Don joined Tandem Diabetes Care in October 2010. Having worked with several medical device companies in the past, Don brings a wealth of knowledge in medical device Design, Operations and Quality/Regulatory.  Prior to joining Tandem, Don worked with companies such as Flextronics Medical as Vice President of Engineering, Alveolus as Vice President of Regulatory, Quality, General Manager at MedSource Technologies,  and Vice President of Regulatory and Quality at  CardioNet. Don also held senior level positions with McGaw and Bridge Medical.

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    Jim Leal

    Vice President, Operations

    Jim joined Tandem in October 2010 as the Vice President of Operations, bringing 25 years of manufacturing and engineering experience. Previously, Jim was the Vice President of Manufacturing and Field Support for Volcano Corporation and held Director Roles with CardioNet, Inc. and Digirad Corporation. He held Senior Engineering roles with FlipChip Technologies and Hughes Aircraft Company.

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