Dennis L. Winger
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dennis L. Winger joined the company in 1997 as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He is primarily responsible for setting the company's financial and business strategies. Mr. Winger is a member of the company's Management Executive Committee.

Mr. Winger joined the company from Chiron Corporation where he had served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer since 1989. At Chiron, he played a key role in shaping the company's financial and business strategy. He oversaw the financial development of its five different businesses and all of its financial operations. Before Chiron, Mr. Winger was with Cooper Companies, Inc., in Palo Alto, CA from 1982 to 1989, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including that of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his position at Cooper Companies, Mr. Winger held a number of management positions with Continental Can Company, including Head of Finance for its international division and General Manager of Latin American Operations.

Mr. Winger received a bachelor's degree in history in 1969 from Siena College, and an MBA in finance and marketing in 1974 from Columbia University.