Mark Konno is the Vice President of R&D, Clinical and Medical Affairs for Critical Care and Vascular at Edwards Lifesciences. During his 38 year tenure with Edwards, Mark has worked in multiple business units including Medical Delivery Systems, Critical Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Heart Valves. In addition to being an R&D leader, Mark has also held roles in Strategic Marketing, Business Development, and Discovery.
He is currently the Managing Director of an Edwards acquisition in the Netherlands and also managed Operations for an Edwards acquisition in Texas. Under his leadership, Critical Care is currently developing predictive analytics and decision support parameters which are the first of its kind. Mark is also leading the clinical and medical affairs group for Critical Care which is now conducting pivotal and outcome trials for these innovative cutting edge decision support algorithms.
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