Michael R. Minogue

Biography

Mr. Michael R. Minogue is the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Abiomed Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD). Since joining in 2004, Mr. Minogue transitioned the company’s mission to heart muscle recovery with the acquisition and development of new technologies such as Impella®, the world’s smallest heart pump. During Mr. Minogue’s tenure, Abiomed has grown by more than 2000 percent in revenue and market capitalization (~$5B) and is GAAP profitable with no debt. Abiomed has earned over 30 global regulatory approvals on new products in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and other countries. Abiomed, a public company (ABMD) with revenues over $450 million, employs approximately 1,000 people with facilities in Danvers, Massachusetts, Aachen and Berlin, Germany and Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Minogue currently represents the medical device industry by serving on the executive board of directors for AdvaMed and as Chairman of Medical Device Industry Consortium (MDIC), a public-private partnership with the industry, government and nonprofits. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Veterans’ Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Mr. Minogue is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Mentoring Veterans Program (MVP) (www.mvpvets.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps military veterans network with industry mentors to discover career opportunities in the life sciences industries. Other board involvement includes nonprofit MassMedic and Massachusetts Catholic Schools Foundation, and for-profit boards Bioventus LLC, as well as LifeCell (LIFC) before it was acquired in 2008. Earlier in his life, Mr. Minogue served as an Infantry officer in the U.S. Army, which included multiple distinctions including Airborne, RANGER, Desert Storm Veteran and Bronze Star. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy at West Point and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. Mr. Minogue is married with five children and enjoys reading, mentoring, running, coaching, skiing and playing sports.

Research Interest

Mr. Minogue joined Abiomed from General Electric Healthcare, where he holds three patents and spent 11 years developing expertise in sales, marketing, product development, information technologies and software/service operations around diagnostic imaging of cancer and cardiovascular disease.