Stephen H Mahle
Board of Directors
Sphere
Switzerland
Biography
Mr Mahle is the former Executive Vice President of Medtronic Inc., one of the world's largest medical device companies. He held numerous senior leadership positions with the company, including leading Medtronic's largest division as President of the Pacing Business and subsequently as President of Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management, which had sales of US$4.5BN and 12,000 employees. He retired in 2009 after 37 years. Prior to joining Medtronic, Stephen was a Captain in the US Army where he served as a research scientist at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Stephen currently serves on the board of EBR Inc., an implantable medical device start-up based in Sunnyvale CA. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Beloit College and a Masters degree in physics from Pennsylvania State University.
Research Interest
business and management