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Philippe Poncet joined Memry Corporation in 1996 following the acquisition of the Medical Division of Raychem Corporation where he managed the Medical Device Development Group in Menlo Park California. Prior to this he held several other technical management positions in France and UK also with Raychem. A designer by training and a 22 year veteran of shape memory and nitinol technologies Mr. Poncet held a variety of executive engineering positions with Memry including the position of Vice President Engineering- Western operations and Vice President Advanced Development where he handled material engineering efforts and started Memry's laser cutting and post processing operations making Memry the largest independent Nitinol stent manufacturer and supplier. Mr. Poncet relocated to Memry's Connecticut headquarters and became Vice President Business Development in June of 2002 providing him with an opportunity to further leverage his extensive knowledge of Nitinol in asserting new product generations combined technologies and diversification of Memry's activities in strong partnership with physicians corporate customers and strategic alliances. Mr. Poncet received a mechanical engineering degree from ECAM in Lyon France in 1981. He holds 13 patents involving the design and manufacture of medical devices from shape memory alloys.
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