Mr. Starks has served as a director since October 2002. Mr. Starks is the Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Jude Medical and has served in this role since May 2004. From February 2001 to May 2004 Mr. Starks served as St. Jude Medical�s President and Chief Operating Officer. From April 1998 to February 2001 Mr. Starks served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division of St. Jude Medical. Prior to this Mr. Starks served as President of Daig Corporation and then as the Chief Executive Office of the Daig Division of St. Jude Medical after its merger into St. Jude Medical in 1996. Mr. Starks has been a director of St. Jude Medical since 1996. |