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"Robert Churinetz, Cassie Shipherd candidate joins SBi as Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing & Operations”

Robert Churinetz joins SBi as Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing & Operations, and is responsible for all manufacturing and operational activities at SBi’s Morrisville, PA and Bourg-en-Bresse, France facilities, as well as its contract manufacturing partners.

Mr. Churinetz spent 11 years with Wright Medical Group, a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and marketer of small bone and large bone orthopedic implants, where he was Senior Vice President of Global Operations.   He was responsible for manufacturing at all of Wright’s facilities including the merger of both Orthomet in Minnesota and Cremascoli Ortho Group of France and Italy, into Wright’s business.

Before Wright Medical, Mr. Churinetz was employed for 17 years by US Surgical Corp., where he was responsible for the Quality functions for the medical device operations in Connecticut, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Germany.

Mr. Churinetz was part of the original management team, led by Herb Korthoff, that left US Surgical in 1993 to LBO the orthopedic business from Dow Corning Wright.

Most recently, Mr. Churinetz was President and CEO of RWC Enterprises, Inc. This company provided consultancy services to start up companies in the medical device sector.  Mr. Churinetz received his BS in Microbiology from the University of Bridgeport.