比尔·霍金斯（William A. Hawkins）
美敦力总裁兼首席运营官President and Chief Operating Officer
    杜克大学电子和生物医学学士、弗吉尼亚大学达顿商学院工商管理硕士。1977年加入卡罗莱纳医疗电子公司，先后任职礼来(Eli Lilly)公司旗下Ivac公司的高层管理职务；佳滕公司心血管介入器材总裁；强生医疗器材爱惜康显微外科总裁；美国家庭用品公司副总裁及其集团下属Sherwood Davis& Geck 公司总裁等。1998年加入 Novoste 公司, 任职总裁及首席执行官；2002年1月加入美敦力任高级副总裁及心血管部门总裁，2004年5月3日被选举为美敦力公司总裁及首席运营官。
霍金斯演讲“创新中的教训：心衰案例研究”链接：
http://wwwp.medtronic.com/Newsroom/Speech.do?itemId=1100628392650&lang=en_US
    Bill Hawkins was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of Medtronic, Inc., effective May 3, 2004. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and President of Medtronic's Vascular business.
    Hawkins joined Medtronic in January 2002 from Novoste Corp., where he had been President and Chief Executive Officer since 1998. Earlier positions included Corporate Vice President and President of the Sherwood Davis and Geck organization of American Home Products; President of the Ethicon Endo-Surgery organization of Johnson & Johnson; President, Devices for Vascular Intervention and U.S. Operations, for Guidant Corp.; and several increasingly responsible executive positions culminating in the presidency of the Ivac organization for Eli Lilly & Co. He began his medical technology career with Carolina Medical Electronics in 1977.
    Hawkins received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and biomedical engineering from Duke University in 1976 where he also conducted medical research in pathology. He received a Master of Business Administration Degree from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, in 1982.
Hawkins is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Engineering School of Duke University, the Board of Deluxe, and the Guthrie Theatre Board; and a Trustee of the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation.