Que Dallara Takes Over Medtronic Diabetes At A Critical Moment

Dallara is joining Medtronic from Honeywell, where she served as CEO of the conglomerate’s Connected Enterprise. The company also promoted Mike Marinaro to the president of Medtronic’s surgical robotics unit and Kweli Thomson to lead the cardiac rhythm management unit.

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Medtronic recently announced two promotions and one new hire to its team of operating unit managers.

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