10 Intuitive Surgical executives
President, Chief Financial Officer and other senior leaders of Intuitive Surgical are among these ten Intuitive Surgical executives, who hold or have held C-suite, president and senior vice president roles there. A reader can learn how Intuitive Surgical's executives lead the company's businesses and functions from people who have held the roles.
Professionals to explore
Christopher Carlson, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Research, Corporate Development, and Intuitive Ventures · Intuitive
Christopher Carlson has been Executive Vice President, Research, Corporate Development, and Intuitive Ventures at Intuitive since March 2024, based in Sunnyvale. At Intuitive they were also General Manager and Senior Vice President, Multiport Division (2021–2024), General Manager and Senior Vice President, Endoluminal Division (2020–2021) and General Manager and Vice President, Endoluminal Division (2017–2020).
Glenn Vavoso
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia · Intuitive
Glenn Vavoso has been Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia at Intuitive since January 2022, with a profile headline of Senior Vice President and President, Asia Pacific at Intuitive. At Intuitive they were also Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia and Worldwide Indirect (2019–2022) and Senior Vice President | Global Sales Operations (2015–2017).
Iman Jeddi, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & General Manager, da Vinci Platforms & Product Operations · Intuitive
Iman Jeddi has been Senior Vice President & General Manager, da Vinci Platforms & Product Operations at Intuitive since May 2025. At Intuitive they were also Senior Vice President & General Manager, Multiport Business Unit (2024–2025), Senior Vice President & General Manager, Single Port Business Unit (2021–2024) and VP, Engineering & Operations (2017–2021).
Jaime A. Wong
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer · Intuitive
Jaime A. Wong has been Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer at Intuitive since March 2026, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. At Intuitive they were also Senior Vice President & Senior Medical Officer (2021–2026), Chief of Staff to the Office of the President (2021–2023), Vice President & Senior Medical Officer (2017–2021) and Medical Safety Officer (2015–2017).
Jamie Samath
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Intuitive
Jamie Samath has been Chief Financial Officer of Intuitive since January 2022, based in Sunnyvale, California. At Intuitive they were also Senior Vice President Finance (2019–2022) and Vice President, Corporate Controller (2013–2019), and the profile lists Vice President Finance, Corporate Controller roles at Atmel Corporation (2011–2013) and National Semiconductor (2005–2011).
Mark Brosius
LinkedInExperience: Chief Manufacturing & Supply Chain Officer · Intuitive
Mark Brosius has been Chief Manufacturing & Supply Chain Officer of Intuitive since May 2023, a role the highlight describes as covering SIOP, supply chain, new product introduction, technical services, manufacturing, factory planning and logistics globally. At Intuitive they were also SVP, Operations (2020–2023) and VP Operations, Surgical Instruments & Accessories (2016–2020).
Robert Desantis
LinkedInExperience: Former Executive Vice President Chief Strategy Officer · Intuitive
Robert Desantis was Executive Vice President Chief Strategy Officer at Intuitive (2023–2025). At Intuitive they were also Executive Vice President Chief Product Officer (2021–2023), SVP/GM Instruments and Accessories (2017–2020) and Executive Advisor (2025), and the profile lists Executive Advisor at Freelance since September 2025.
Taylor Patton
LinkedInExperience: Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer · Intuitive
Taylor Patton has been Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer of Intuitive since July 2026, based in San Jose, California. At Intuitive they were also Senior Vice President Global Ion (2024–2026), VP of Global Commercial, Marketing & Clinical Application Engineering-Endoluminal Division (2019–2024) and Head of Global New Market Strategies (2016–2019).
Thomas Huang
LinkedInExperience: President · Intuitive
Thomas Huang has been President of Intuitive since January 2025, with a profile headline of President, Product Strategy and Global Operations. At Intuitive they were also Senior Vice President, Global Business Strategy (2018–2025), Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing (2014–2018), Director, Product Engineering (2010–2014) and Program Manager (2006–2010).
Tina Todasco
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Global Finance and Sales Operations · Intuitive
Tina Todasco has been Senior Vice President, Global Finance and Sales Operations at Intuitive since March 2021, based in Santa Clara, California. At Intuitive they were also Vice President of Finance, Product Operations (2019–2021), and the profile lists finance and investor relations roles at eBay (2015–2019).
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