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Cindy Kent
President and General Manager of 3M Infection Prevention Division
Cindy Kent has held a variety of positions at 3M, more recently the president and general manager of the 3M Infection Prevention Division since 2016. She was also the president and general manager of the 3M Drug Delivery Systems Division from 2014 to 2016 and the vice president of strategy for 3M’s Business Development and US Medical Accounts.
Prior to joining 3M, Kent held positions of power at Medtronic, including general manager and VP of Gastro/Uro Therapies, VP of Neuromodulation Marketing and senior marketing director. She was also the marketing manager for Eli Lilly.
Kent received her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and management science from Northwestern University. She went on to receive her MBA in marketing and her master of divinity in leadership and pastoral care from Vanderbilt University.
How are these women chosen? What is criteria?
Hi Ebony,
These picks were the result of internal discussions among editors at MDO and MassDevice. Danielle polled some of us on which women medical device executives we’ve been most impressed with over the years, as well as executives who have had an impact at our DeviceTalks conferences. It was definitely our first crack at something like this. Think it would help if we put something more formal together in coming years? (i.e. a nomination process, etc.).
Thanks for reaching out.
Best,
Chris
Hi there – I believe it would be great if you had a nomination process. Truly.