Minutes from March 5th meeting at Medtronic Tempe:
Jim Strange, Sharon Richardson and Jim Greener were re-elected as Treasurer, Vice President, and Social Chair by the attendees. The BY-Laws for the group were also updated by vote at this same meeting. Kris Black can email you a copy of the updated bylaws if you want one. Contact her by email.

We had Jay Sims, District Service Manager for CRDM give us a detailed presentation on the status of Medtronic's business and the current sales and marketing strategies. He explained CVG (Cardiac Vascular Group), which is providing coordination of all cardiac products under one VP. This is being done in order to leverage relationships and share best practices. It was created in 2012. Jay discussed the wide range of cardiac focused products available to hospitals and providers at this time. They are working to leverage the total portfolio of products and are thus driven to be best in class across in the entire product offering in order to maximize leverage (and sales!). Major competitors are Boston Scientific, St. Jude Medical, Johnson & Johnson and Abbott. Jay discussed all the aspects of being truly leading edge and the importance of leading the pack in terms of market share and sales. He spoke to some specific products and gave some details on the current sales/market numbers. Jay was a good speaker and we hope to have him join us again.