Inogen Appoints George Parr as Chief Commercial Officer

Inogen Inc. has added to its executive team with the appointment of George Parr as executive vice president and chief commercial officer.

“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to congratulate George on this appointment as I believe that he will be a tremendous asset to Inogen and a great addition to the executive team,” said Nabil Shabshab, Inogen’s CEO. “We believe our path forward necessitates building on current strengths but adding new capabilities to deliver on our strategic imperatives. George’s 25 years of experience in C-suite, general management, marketing, and sales management roles across medical technology, consumer products, and industrial categories and markets around the world will be a great enabler in building a stronger Inogen and elevating our performance.”

Most recently, Parr, 50, served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Becton Dickinson and Company from November 2017 through January 2020. Previously, from 2014 to 2017, Parr served as senior vice president and chief marketing officer at SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving, a moving industry company. Prior to that, from 2006 to 2013, he worked at Diversey Inc., a cleaning and hygiene solutions company, as senior vice president and chief marketing officer from 2010 to 2013 and worldwide general manager, Kitchen Hygiene & Fabric Care from 2006 to 2010. Prior to that, Parr served in various managing roles in consumer goods companies.

Parr earned an MBA from DePaul University and a bachelor of science degree in accounting from LaSalle University.

“I am honored by the opportunity to lead the commercial operations of Inogen in our mission to increase the freedom and independence for respiratory patients and to make our technologies the standard of care,” said Parr. “I look forward to contributing to the next phase of Inogen’s success as we continue to seek ways to increase patient access to our technologies, expand the impact we have on patients, drive growth, and increase value for our stockholders.”

In other personnel news, Byron Myers, executive vice president, Marketing, and Arron Retterer, executive vice president, Sales, are leaving Inogen effective June 4, following a transition period to help ensure an orderly and effective shift of responsibilities.
 
“I would like to thank Byron for his dedication and commitment to Inogen over the past 20 years that has helped increase patient awareness of our innovative, market-leading products, and creating a unique go-to-market approach. Additionally, I want to thank Arron for his contributions to Inogen’s success in the last year as we focused on increasing physician awareness and patient access to our products,” Shabshab said.