{"id":7607,"date":"2023-08-19T09:18:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zomtest.zomedica.com\/?page_id=7607"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:24:59","slug":"larry-heaton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zomedica.com\/about-zomedica\/larry-heaton\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Heaton"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7607\" class=\"elementor elementor-7607\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ee538b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ee538b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7f501f\" data-id=\"b7f501f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c4ef4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"99c4ef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8abe33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-woocommerce-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"e8abe33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">Home<\/nav>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afe9704 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afe9704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7608\" alt=\"Mask Group 47@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1-540x540.png 540w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1-1080x1080.png 1080w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47@2x-1.png 1360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95c95d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95c95d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Larry Heaton<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42aa4b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42aa4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ece26f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ece26f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Larry Heaton has more than 35 years of executive leadership and operations experience from the therapeutic, medical device, and biotechnology industries, with an extensive focus on business, product development, and commercialization at both large-cap and early-stage medical device companies.\u00a0<\/p><p>Most recently, Heaton was President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Flowonix, Inc., a privately held company marketing implantable drug-delivery systems for the management of pain and spasticity. Prior to that, he was President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Cardiox Corporation, a privately held company that developed and marketed drug-device combination products for the structural heart and liver diagnostics markets. He also has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the board of Vioptix Inc., a privately held company in the tissue oximetry field, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Curon Medical, Inc., a public company marketing products for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, and President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Response Genetics, Inc., an applied genomics start-up firm providing gene expression services in the oncology market.\u00a0<\/p><p>His earlier career spanned 18 years at United States Surgical Corporation (USSC), a leading manufacturer of innovative wound closure and advanced surgical products, serving in roles of increasing responsibility in Sales, Marketing, and General Management. His career at USSC culminated in his serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of USSC from 1998 through 2000.\u00a0<\/p><p>Heaton was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Illinois University and is an inventor on several U.S. patents. 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