Matthew Likens, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Likens joined the company in July of 2006. He began his professional career with the Johnson & Johnson Corporation and spent over twenty years in domestic and international sales, marketing and general management roles at Baxter Healthcare Corporation, culminating in the positions of President of Baxter Biotech North America, then President of their renal business in the U.S. In 2001, Mr. Likens joined GMP Companies, and was President of GMP Wireless Medicine, Inc. This start-up company developed and introduced the LifeSync® System, which is the first Bluetooth®-enabled wireless patient monitoring device, effectively untethering hospitalized patients from bedside monitors. Mr. Likens’ general management experience and intense focus on the customer has led each of his businesses to prominence in its respective market and will be a boon to establishing Ulthera as an industry force. He graduated cum laude from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in marketing.