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Robert B. Ford ā Executive Vice President of Medical Devices at Abbott
Executive Bio
Mr. Robert B. Ford has been Executive Vice President of Medical Devices at Abbott Laboratories since June 2015. Mr. Ford served as Senior Vice President of Diabetes Care at Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. He served as Senior Vice President of Diabetes Care at Abbott Laboratories from July 2014 to 2015 and served as its Vice President of Diabetes Care of Commercial Operations from 2008 to 2014. He joined Abbott in 1996 as a Diagnostics Business Unit Manager for Abbott Brazil. He has held various positions of increasing responsibility for Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Nutrition International and Abbott Diabetes Care. Prior to joining Abbott, Mr. Ford held a marketing position with Becton Dickinson Brazil where he worked in the consumer products division. He has been a Director of California Life Sciences Association since February 2016. He earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Boston College and masters of business administration from UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business.
Executive Team Culture Ratings from Abbott Employees
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Abbott's Executive Team scores in the Top 25%
of similar sized companies on Comparably
of similar sized companies on Comparably
Abbott's Executive Team at a Glance
Based on 416 ratings, Abbott's employees are satisfied with their Executive Team and give them a āBā or 72/100. On average, Women provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Men. Also, the Business Development department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Operations department.
Abbott's Executive Team ranks in the Top 35% of other companies in Chicago and Top 25% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.
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