Accellent Promotes Former CFO to COO; Names Interim CFO

Accellent Promotes Former CFO to COO; Names Interim CFO

Wilmington, Mass.-based Accellent Inc., a subsidiary of Accellent Holdings Corp., has promoted Jeremy Friedman from chief financial officer (CFO) to president and chief operating officer (COO) for its cardio and vascular business. Friedman will remain an executive vice president of Accellent, reporting to Don Spence, chairman and CEO.

“Over the past several years, Friedman has assumed additional responsibilities including Information systems, procurement, sales planning and analysis and customer solutions,” said Spence. “His extensive business management experience, strong strategic mind and a great deal of understanding of our current business make him an excellent fit to lead the cardio and vascular business.”

Prior to joining Accellent in 2007, Friedman worked at Flextronics where he held a number of senior executive positions including COO of Flextronics Network Services. Friedman is a graduate of Haverford College and has an MBA from Harvard University.

With the appointment of Friedman to his new role, Richard Johnson has been appointed interim CFO for Accellent. Johnson also will serve as the company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Johnson joined Accellent in February as vice president, chief accounting officer. 

Prior to joining Accellent, Johnson held senior level accounting and finance positions at A123 Systems, GT Advanced Technologies and Ocean Spray Cranberries. Johnson is a graduate of Bentley University, has an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University and is a licensed certified public accountant.

Both Friedman’s and Johnson’s new roles were effective as of Sept. 19.

Accellent is a contract manufacturing and engineering company.