Medical devices
10 Baxter operations leaders
These ten current and former Baxter operations leaders have held vice president, senior director and director of operations roles at Baxter International. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in medical device companies.
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01—10Anthony Yeboah
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Baxter International Inc.
Director of Operations at Baxter International Inc. since October 2023; the profile says the role is responsible for optimizing operational processes and supply chain management to ensure product quality and compliance. Former Senior Marketing Manager (2017–2023) and Marketing Manager (2014–2017) at Edwards Lifesciences.
Brian Brougher
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Global Operations - Care & Connectivity Solutions (CCS) · Baxter International Inc.
Vice President of Global Operations - Care & Connectivity Solutions (CCS) at Baxter International Inc. since 2026, a role the profile describes as leading a team that delivers healthcare innovations to providers around the world. Former Senior Director of Operations - Healthcare Systems & Technologies at Baxter (2025–2026) and Senior Operations and Delivery Leader Supply Chain at GE Aerospace (2024–2025).
Brian Coots
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Baxter International Inc.
Former Director of Operations at Baxter International Inc. (2024–2025), and Plant Manager at Baxter since 2025. The profile says the operations team provides plastics components for Baxter's Medical Therapies products. Other Baxter roles listed are Director of Manufacturing (2022–2023) and Associate Director, Global Quality Operations (2023–2024).
Dante Besseghini
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · Baxter International Inc.
Former Senior Director of Operations at Baxter International Inc. (April to October 2023), and Site Director at Baxter since 2025, a title the profile also lists for 2023 to 2025. Other Baxter roles listed on the profile are Director Of Engineering And Operations (2022–2023) and Interim Plant Director (2022).
Dennis Vaughn
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Baxter International Inc.
Vice President Operations at Baxter International Inc. since April 2017, a role the profile places in Deerfield, Illinois, in the operations department at the vice president level. The profile also lists the role Finance Director at Baxter International Inc. from 1995 to 2017.
Jessica Dwyer
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · Baxter International Inc.
Senior Director of Operations at Baxter International Inc. since 2021; the profile says the role covers overseeing operations across regions and teams and working with leadership to keep priorities aligned. Former Director of Operations at Abbott (2017–2021) and Senior Operations Manager at Medtronic (2014–2016).
Jon Rushford
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Global Operations · Baxter International Inc.
Senior Vice President Global Operations at Baxter International Inc. since 2026, a role the profile describes as responsible for global Baxter operations with oversight of 57 manufacturing and compounding sites and 54 contract manufacturing locations. Former Global Vice President Baxter Operations and Integrated Supply Chain (2025–2026) and Vice President Manufacturing Operations (2016–2020) at Baxter.
Ronald Tee
LinkedInExperience: APAC Director of Operations · Baxter International Inc.
APAC Director of Operations at Baxter International Inc. since 2023, a role the profile describes as responsible for end-to-end APAC procurement operations for complex infusion pumps and high-volume disposable products. Former Director Of Operations, Contract Manufacturing at Baxter (2018–2023) and Senior Commodity Manager at Medtronic (2016–2018).
Sandro List
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director & Executive Director Operations · Baxter International Inc.
Managing Director & Executive Director Operations at Baxter International Inc. since December 2021, a role the profile places in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Germany. The profile lists the same title at Hillrom since 2018, and the role Vice President Global Supply Chain Surgical Respiratory Care at Hillrom from 2015 to 2021.
Shaun Newlon
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations, COMPASS · Baxter International Inc.
Former Director of Operations, COMPASS at Baxter International Inc. (1998–1999). The profile also lists Baxter roles as Plant Manager, Drug Delivery (1999–2005) and Vice President, Manufacturing U.S. Region (2011–2013), the latter described as operational leadership for a global network of 14 manufacturing plants supplying pharmaceutical drugs and devices.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a medical device maker balance output, quality and compliance across many manufacturing sites?
- 02When does it make sense to move production to a contract manufacturer, and how is that relationship managed?
- 03How do regional operations teams stay aligned with global operating priorities?
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