Purpose

The following paper is a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience of a prominent, robotic industry turned successful business leader, regarding the commercialization and challenges of bringing technological inventions to market while overseeing a company. This paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach

The interviewee is Dr Gary Guthart, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Intuitive Surgical, Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors, both roles he has held since 2010. Guthart discusses his journey to becoming the CEO and also shares some of his lessons learned and challenges faced.

Findings

Guthart received a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics from California, Berkeley. He earned an MS and a PhD in engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Guthart’s first scientific experience came early in his career in a Human Factors Lab at NASA, supporting a team studying human performance assessment of pilots. Guthart was then part of the core team developing foundational technology for computer-enhanced surgery at SRI International. While at SRI, he also developed algorithms for vibration and acoustic control of large-scale systems. Guthart joined Intuitive Surgical as part of the first engineering team in 1996 as a Control Systems Analyst. He was promoted to Vice President of Engineering in 2002 and was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in 2008.

Originality/value

Under Dr Gary Guthart’s leadership and his more than 25 years of medical technology, engineering, scientific and management experience, Intuitive Surgical, Inc., the world’s most successful medical robotics company, has grown to: more than 8,000 employees; nearly 6,000 da Vinci systems sold; more than 8.5 million procedures performed and an increase in stock (NASDAQ: ISRG) of more than 600%. Guthart is also on the Board of Directors for Illumina, Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors for the Silicon Leadership Group.

中文翻译：

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Pransky 采访：Gary Guthart 博士，Intuitive 首席执行官

目的

以下论文是《工业机器人杂志》的乔安妮·普拉斯基 (Joanne Pransky) 进行的“问答采访”，旨在传授一位杰出的机器人行业成功的商业领袖的技术、商业和个人经验的结合，关于带来技术发明的商业化和挑战在监督公司的同时进行市场营销。本文旨在讨论这些问题。

设计/方法/方法

受访者是 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 的首席执行官 (CEO) 和董事会成员 Gary Guthart 博士，他自 2010 年以来一直担任这两个职位。Guthart 讨论了他成为 CEO 的历程，并分享了一些他的经验教训和面临的挑战。

发现

Guthart 在加州伯克利分校获得工程物理学学士学位。他在加州理工学院获得了工程硕士学位和博士学位。Guthart 的第一次科学经历来自他职业生涯早期在 NASA 的人为因素实验室，支持一个研究飞行员人类绩效评估的团队。Guthart 当时是 SRI International 开发计算机增强手术基础技术的核心团队的一员。在 SRI 期间，他还开发了大型系统的振动和声学控制算法。Guthart 于 1996 年加入 Intuitive Surgical 作为第一个工程团队的一员，担任控制系统分析师。他于 2002 年晋升为工程副总裁，并于 2008 年被任命为总裁兼首席运营官。

原创性/价值

在 Gary Guthart 博士的领导下以及他超过 25 年的医疗技术、工程、科学和管理经验下，全球最成功的医疗机器人公司 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 已发展到： 8,000 多名员工；售出近 6,000 台达芬奇系统；执行了超过 850 万个程序，股票（纳斯达克股票代码：ISRG）增加了 600% 以上。Guthart 还是 Illumina, Inc. 的董事会成员，以及 Silicon Leadership Group 的董事会成员。