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- Chairman & CEO at eVent Medical Inc.
- Past
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- President at Kinetic Group LLC
- President & CEO at Newport Medical Instruments Inc
- President at Newport Medical Instrument Inc
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'Kirk Inoue'’s Summary
Since November 2006, Kirk is the Chairman and CEO of eVent Medical Inc (USA) and eVent Medical Ltd (Ireland), global manufacturing and marketing company of ICU ventilators. eVent Medical is a subsidiary of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company of Japan, publicly traded company with $2.3 billion annual sales.
Among his various entrepreneurial successes, Kirk founded and served as CEO of Newport Medical Instruments for 18 years, today the third largest manufacturer of respiratory ventilators in the US and the pioneer of its industrial niche in China. Widely praised for his ability to lead companies in the implementation of successful global strategies.
Between two CEO positions at global ventilator manufacturers, Kirk was President of the Kinetic Group LLC, a consultancy for high-growth Japanese medical device enterprises.
He has devoted his career to starting, developing, and operating new ventures throughout the world, mainly in the U.S., Japan, and East Asia.
Fluent both in Japanese and English. Kirk earned a BA at Middlebury College and BSc at Seikei University in Tokyo.
'Kirk Inoue'’s Specialties:
Management of global medical device company in the US, which is subsidiary of Asian parent company.
M&A of US medical device companies for the major Japanese companies and investors.
investors.
'Kirk Inoue'’s Experience
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Chairman & CEO
eVent Medical Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Medical Devices industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
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President
Kinetic Group LLC
(Management Consulting industry)
September 2000 — October 2006 (6 years 2 months)
M&A of US Medical Device Companies for Japanese Companies
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President & CEO
Newport Medical Instruments Inc
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Medical Devices industry)
February 1981 — April 2000 (19 years 3 months)
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President
Newport Medical Instrument Inc
(Medical Devices industry)
1983 — 2000 (17 years)
