10 Merit Medical operations leaders
Mark V Butler, Executive V.P. European Operations at Merit Medical, is one of ten Merit Medical operations leaders listed here, alongside people who hold or have held vice president, managing director and director of operations roles at the company. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Merit Medical from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Clayton Creamer
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations · Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Clayton Creamer has been Vice President of Operations at Merit Medical Systems since March 2017, based in the Greater Richmond Region, and was Director of Operations there from 2015 to 2017. Clayton Creamer was Plant Manager at Teleflex from 2010 to 2015 and Operations Manager at Millipore Corporation from 2005 to 2010, and the profile cites global supply chain and operations leadership in medical devices.
Gearoid Quinn
LinkedInExperience: VP Manufacturing and Logistics · Merit Medical
Gearoid Quinn has been VP Manufacturing and Logistics at Merit Medical since January 1997, based in Ireland, with a headline of VP Manufacturing & Logistics at Merit Medical. Gearoid Quinn was Materials Manager at Novum from 1993 to 1997, and the role at Merit Medical joins manufacturing and logistics under one title.
Jason Reber
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Jason Reber has been Vice President Operations at Merit Medical Systems since April 2022, based in Woods Cross, Utah, and was Site Engineering Director there from 2017 to 2022. Jason Reber was Director of Manufacturing Engineering at Merit Medical Systems from 2010 to 2017 and Senior Manufacturing Engineer there from 2009 to 2010.
Joan Tejada, PMP, CLSSBB, MScEM
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Joan Tejada has been Director of Operations at Merit Medical Systems since March 2025, responsible for end-to-end operations at the Sarasota site including engineering, manufacturing, assembly and packaging, operational excellence, supply chain and warehousing. Joan Tejada worked in Global Operations and Strategy at Moderna from 2021 to 2025 and was Sr. Manager, Quality Assurance Engineering at Exactech from 2016 to 2021.
Mark V Butler
LinkedInExperience: Executive V.P. European Operations · Merit Medical
Mark V Butler has been Executive V.P. European Operations at Merit Medical since January 2006, based in Ireland, with a headline of Executive V.P. Europe at Merit Medical. The listing places the role in the operations department, so Mark V Butler is the person on this page to ask about running European operations at Merit Medical.
Ricardo Alvarez
LinkedInExperience: Vice president - Mexico Operations · Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Ricardo Alvarez has been Vice president - Mexico Operations at Merit Medical Systems since December 2024, based in Mexico, and also lists Operations Director Mexico and Manufacturing Manager Mexico Operations there as current roles from 2017 and 2015. Ricardo Alvarez was Operations Manager Merit Business Unit at Providien, LLC from 2014 to 2015, and the profile cites leading manufacturing line transfers from the UK and USA into Mexico.
Richard Jepson
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director · Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Richard Jepson was Managing Director at Merit Medical Systems from July 2019 to January 2024 and Director of Operations there from 2017 to 2019, both in Pearland, Texas. Richard Jepson was Site Engineering Director at Merit Medical Systems from 2012 to 2017 and Product Engineering Program Manager at HP from 2011 to 2012.
Rick Carpanzano, P.Log
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations · Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Rick Carpanzano has been Director Of Operations at Merit Medical Systems since April 2016, based in Markham, Ontario, with a headline naming Merit Medical Systems, Canada, and also lists Operations Manager, Canada there from 2016 to 2020. Rick Carpanzano was Operations Manager at Accuristix from 2013 to 2016 and a Team Leader, Distribution Center at Bayer from 2003 to 2013.
Vicki Biehn
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Of Commercial Operations · Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Vicki Biehn has been Vice President Of Commercial Operations at Merit Medical Systems since August 2003, based in the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, with a headline of Vice President, Commercial Operations at Merit Medical Systems, Inc. That makes Vicki Biehn the source on this page for the commercial side of operations at the company.
William Wright
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Operations Richmond · Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
William Wright has been Managing Director, Operations Richmond at Merit Medical Systems since April 2023, based in the Greater Richmond Region, and also lists Director of Logistics there as a current role from 2019. William Wright was an Operations Manager at Amazon from 2014 to 2019, and the profile says the role oversees the Custom Procedural Tray business unit.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your operations role, and why?
- 02How do you decide which site issues need your attention and which the plant teams should own?
- 03What has your own work taught you about moving a medical device product line from one plant to another?
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