Medical devices
10 Abbott engineering leaders
These ten people hold or have held director-level and higher engineering roles at Abbott, with titles such as director of engineering, director of global engineering and senior director of division engineering. A reader can learn how engineering leaders build and run their teams in medical device companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Klonecke
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Division Engineering & EHS · Abbott
Sr. Director Division Engineering & EHS at Abbott since April 2025, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department, and Sr. Director Operations at Abbott since January 2020. Former Sr. Site Director, Operations at Abbott (2017–2019) and former Sr. Director, Operations at St. Jude Medical (2015–2016).
Andy Berger
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Abbott
Director of Engineering at Abbott since October 2024, based in Abbott Park, Illinois; the profile says the role provides global technical leadership and engineering services for process equipment, facilities and utilities. No other employers or roles appear in the listing for this person.
Jeremy McBroom
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Abbott
Director Of Engineering at Abbott since February 2018, based in Cootehill, Ireland, and former Director, Global Package Engineering at Abbott (2015–2018). Other Abbott roles listed are Manager, Package Innovation (2010–2015) and Sr Package Engineer (2007–2010).
John Byrne
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Global Engineering · Abbott
Senior Director Global Engineering at Abbott since January 2022, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department; the profile headline describes Director Engineering at Abbott Diabetes Care. The profile also lists Director TPM Engineering at Abbott since February 2015 and Operations Engineering Manager at Abbott since January 2022.
Kevin Fessenden
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director, Global Engineering Abbott Nutrition · Abbott
Former Sr Director, Global Engineering Abbott Nutrition at Abbott (2017–2021), and Divisional Vice President at Abbott since May 2021. Other former Abbott roles on the profile are Director Network Strategy (2015–2017), Director Regional Engineering - Americas (2013–2015) and Director of Operations Engineering (2005–2013).
Kieran Meehan
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Engineering · Abbott
Director, Global Engineering at Abbott since April 2022, based in Ireland; the profile headline places the role at Abbott Diabetes Care. Former Abbott roles listed are Sr. TPM Engineering Manager (2019–2022), TPM Process Manager (2017–2019) and Technical Engineering Manager (2014–2017).
Mary Hor-Lao
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Abbott Laboratories
Director of Engineering at Abbott Laboratories since February 2019, based in Plano, Texas; the profile headline gives the role as Director of Engineering - R&D Neuromodulation at Abbott Laboratories. Former Director of Engineering at Lenovo, Motorola Mobility (2016–2019) and former Sr. Software Engineer Manager at Motorola Mobility (2013–2016).
Paul Krause
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Systems and Clinical Engineering · Abbott
Senior Director, Systems and Clinical Engineering at Abbott since March 2025; the profile says the role leads the Systems and Clinical Engineering teams in the Electrophysiology division at Abbott. Former Senior Director, Emerging Technology (2021–2024) and Director of System Engineering (2015–2017) at Medtronic.
Sarah Benson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Immunoassay Instrument Technical Product Development · Abbott
Former Director of Engineering, Immunoassay Instrument Technical Product Development at Abbott (2019–2020) and former Director of Engineering, R&D at Abbott (2015–2019). Division Vice President, Instrument Operations at Abbott since July 2021, a role the profile describes as leading core lab instrument manufacturing operations.
Steve Wendling
LinkedInExperience: Director Division Engineering · Abbott
Director Division Engineering at Abbott since July 2014, based in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin; the profile says the role directs a team of engineers that globally supports manufacturing operations, process development and strategic projects. The headline gives the role as Director Division Engineering Services.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's area to your question: global, division and plant engineering leaders know how manufacturing equipment, facilities and capital projects are run, while R&D and systems engineering leaders know how products are developed. Check whether the relevant Abbott role is current or past before asking about how engineering works there today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you split engineering ownership between a global engineering group and the engineering teams at individual plants?
- 02How do you prepare equipment, facilities and utilities for a new product launch in a regulated manufacturing site?
- 03How are systems engineering and R&D engineering teams organized when developing a new medical device?
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