Minrad adds to management ranks

Real-time image guidance product developer Minrad has appointed Dennis Goupil, PhD, as its senior vice president technical and Terence Vollrath as its vice president of operations.

Prior to joining Minrad, Goupil was the chief technical officer and vice president of research and development at Biocure, an early stage medical device company based in Norcross, Ga.

Most recently, Vollrath was a consultant focusing on clients in the pharmaceuticals, chemicals, biotechnology, and manufacturing industries. Prior to that, Vollrath held the director of operations positions at Aerojet Fine Chemicals and various management positions at Abbott Laboratories focusing on chemical manufacturing operations, according to the Orchard Park, N.Y.-based Minrad.

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