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Dow Wilson to join Agilent board of directors

By TechTaffy Desk

CEO of Varian Medical, Dow Wilson, has been elected to the Agilent board of directors, effective March 20, 2018.

Since 2012, Mr. Wilson has been CEO of Varian Medical, a Palo Alto, Calif-based medical device and software products company. Mr. Wilson also had a 19-year career with GE Healthcare, culminating in his position as CEO of GE’s Healthcare Information Technology unit.

Mr. Wilson is also a member of the board at AdvaMed, and Varex Imaging.

M. Wilson received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University, Utah.

[Image courtesy: Agilent]

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