Hill-Rom Appoints Carlyn Solomon New COO

Hill-Rom

today announced the appointment of Carlyn D. Solomon, 52, as its Chief Operating Officer. Solomon will be responsible for all of Hill-Rom's global commercial, research and development, quality assurance and regulatory affairs, and supply chain operations. He will join Hill-Rom in November. A seasoned health care executive, Solomon joins Hill-Rom from Edwards Lifesciences, where he worked for nine years, most recently as Corporate Vice President for Edwards' Critical Care and Vascular businesses. Before that, Solomon was the Vice President of Corporate Strategy and General Manager of Edwards' Cardiac Surgery Systems business. In each of these positions, Solomon significantly accelerated revenue growth and improved profitability. "We are delighted to have someone of Carlyn's proven ability joining Hill-Rom," said John Greisch, Hill-Rom's President and CEO. "Carlyn's expertise in growing businesses and improving operations makes him the ideal COO for us, and will enable me to devote much more of my attention to our growth strategy. I am very pleased to welcome Carlyn to the Hill-Rom team." Before joining Edwards, Solomon spent 18 years at Baxter International, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including Interim President of Baxter's BioScience division, VP of Global Operations for that same division and, before that, Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain for Baxter's Medication Delivery/IV Systems division.