Richard C. Carlson, CEO and Director since 2006 and Acting Chairman of the Board, has extensive experience in bringing new medical products to market during his more than 32 years in the medical industry. He has served in a broad range of operating roles including positions in marketing, sales, international and strategic planning with Companies marketing urology, orthopedic, cardiology, ophthalmology and neurology products. Most recently, he was with SurModics, Inc. where he was Vice President of Marketing/Sales and Strategic Planning. Prior to that he provided marketing support for one of Boston Scientific’s specialty businesses in Europe. Mr. Carlson has held senior management positions at C. R. Bard, Advanced Surgical Intervention, Medtronic and American Medical Systems. Mr. Carlson has a BS in Business Economics and MBA in Marketing from the University of Minnesota.
Richard B. Thon, Chief Financial Officer, has been ProUroCare’s CFO since 2001. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Thon was also the CFO of CHdiagnostics, LLC, a marketer of blood glucose diagnostic supplies. He has held senior financial management roles in a variety of companies including Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, MEDgenesis Inc., Instant Web Companies, Data Med Clinical Support Services Inc., and Control Data, and has Big-4 public accounting experience. Mr. Thon has a BBA in Accounting from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin.