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This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Coyle joins Medtronic: Ten-year St. Jude Medical veteran Michael J. Coyle has been hired to lead Medtronic's cardiology businesses as an executive VP and group president reporting to CEO Bill Hawkins, the firm announced Dec. 2. Coyle is filling a post created by Medtronic in August, when the firm restructured its businesses into two overarching groups: one, led by Chris O'Connell, includes the Spinal and Biologics, Neurostimulation, Diabetes and Surgical Technologies units, and the other, now led by Coyle, includes Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management, Cardiovascular and Physio-Control (1"The Gray Sheet" Sept. 7, 2008). Coyle helmed St. Jude's cardiac rhythm management business from 2001 to 2007 and its Daig catheter division from 1997 to 2001. For the past two years he has worked as an independent consultant