

In the Top 5% of 1808 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
In the Top 5% of 932 Nearby Companies in San Francisco
1st place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably
Gary S. Guthart, Ph.D., has more than 25 years of medical, engineering, scientific and management experience. He became Chief Executive Officer of Intuitive in January 2010. He served as President, starting in July 2007, and before that served as Chief Operating Officer and held various engineering management roles during his more than two decades at the company.
Prior to Intuitive, Dr. Guthart was part of the core team developing foundational technology for computer enhanced-surgery at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute). While at SRI, he also developed technologies for vibration and acoustic control of large-scale systems. Dr. Guthart has served on the Board of Directors of Illumina, Inc. since December 2017 and previously served on the Board of Directors of Affymetrix, Inc. from May 2009 until its acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. in March 2016.
Dr. Guthart received a B.S. in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology.
The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Intuitive.
Based on 106 ratings, Gary S. Guthart, Ph.D. ranks right above Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai.
Intuitive's CEO is highly regarded by employees with 6 to 10 Years experience, Female employees, and employees with Over 10 Years experience. However, Male employees and Caucasian employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.
Intuitive ranks in the Top 5% of other companies on Comparably with 5,001-10,000 Employees for CEO Rating Score.
Intuitive ranks in the Top 5% of other companies in San Francisco for CEO Rating Score.
