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Executive Team
President & CEO - Steve Meyer
 Steve Meyer is chief executive officer and president of Welch Allyn, a privately-held, manufacturer of frontline medical equipment and diagnostic solutions headquartered in Skaneateles Falls, New York. A native of Michigan, Meyer joined the Welch Allyn family in in 1981 as a sales representative in Detroit. Over the last 30 years, Steve has held a series of senior leadership roles in a variety of areas from international sales and marketing to product development and general management. Most recently Steve served as chief global business officer.
Currently, Steve serves on the board of directors for TIDI Medical Products, LLC and the Health Industry Distributors Association Foundation. He is a Trustee of Alma College in Michigan. He is a past board member and chair of MedTech (Central New York's Medical Technology Association), past board member and president of the Health Industry Manufacturers Marketing Council, past board member of AAFP's Foundation and past president and chairman of Hiawatha Seaway Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Steve holds a bachelor’s of science degree from Alma College in biology and earned his master's of business administration from the University of Rochester.
Executive Vice President, Marketing - Scott Gucciardi
 As chief marketing officer, Scott Gucciardi is responsible for leading the global marketing function and bringing together a customer-focused organization to drive the company’s product strategy—including customer solutions founded upon Welch Allyn capabilities in healthcare workflow efficiency, patient safety improvement and risk reduction, and timely electronic access to accurate diagnostic data to inform patient care decisions. Within the global marketing organization, he oversees teams developing and executing the company's marketing and communication strategies, analyzing market segments to identify emerging trends and changes in customers' needs, finding new markets for Welch Allyn products and building the company’s brand. He leads Welch Allyn in driving an integrated product, service and software roadmap, while meeting regional business needs to enable execution for success and continual growth for the company to meet its corporate goals.
Scott began his career at Welch Allyn in 1990 as a manufacturing systems project engineer and soon after moved into the new product development function as a quality engineer. He then held a number of management positions of increasing leadership responsibility in product management, marketing, and strategic business unit management, with a focus on innovation in ophthalmic diagnostic devices. He was later appointed vice president of the diagnostic cardiology business and health IT connectivity. Scott then became the senior vice president, global product management and R&D in which he was responsible for developing the integrated product roadmap and oversaw NPD project selection, prioritization, and execution. Scott most recently served as executive vice president & chief new product development officer and was responsible for leading all of the functions relating to R&D at Welch Allyn.
Scott has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University and an M.B.A. from the University of Rochester Simon School. He is first vice president on the board of directors of Aurora of Central New York, the agency serving individuals who are blind and deaf, and is a member of the advisory board of the Salvation Army Syracuse Area Services. He is also a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society.
Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Organization Leadership - Dan Fisher
 As chief human resources officer, Dan Fisher is responsible for leading Welch Allyn in hiring and developing the talent necessary to achieve the company’s strategic goals. He also leads in the creation and implementation of organization, processes and policies to align, motivate and reward globally a capable workforce.
Dan started at Welch Allyn in 1980 as director of human resources after beginning his career at Mobil Oil. Named a vice president early in this career, Dan led for a number of years the Welch Allyn total quality improvement process that resulted in significant improvement in Welch Allyn’s return on assets.
Dan currently serves on the board of directors of Nixon Uniform Service & Medical Wear, a leading provider of textile rental service to the outpatient healthcare market across the northeast and mid-Atlantic that is headquartered in New Castle, Delaware.
He also has served on many not-for-profit boards and is currently chair of the (William H.) Seward House Museum Board of Trustees, vice chair of the Onondaga Community College Foundation Board of Trustees, and chair of the CNY Episcopal Diocese Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Fenimore Asset Management Client Advisory Council.
Dan earned his A.B. from Hamilton College, his M.I.L.R. from Cornell University and his M.B.A. from Syracuse University. Dan also obtained an A.A. from Auburn (now Cayuga) Community College.
Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain Management - Darrell (Andy) Clapper
.jpg) As chief manufacturing and supply chain officer, Darrell (Andy) Clapper is responsible for all manufacturing strategy and operations globally. In addition, Andy ensures that manufactured product availability is consistent with the Welch Allyn strategy and integrated product roadmap.
Andy began his career at Welch Allyn in 2006, after arriving from Eastman Kodak, where he was Director of Global Health Group Flow and Vice President of Global Manufacturing and logistics. During his 27 year career at Eastman Kodak, Andy was recognized as a global operations leader with extensive lean and six sigma experience. His career included six executive leadership roles in a series of diverse and progressively challenging positions within the Fortune 500 company.
He earned his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Additionally, Andy earned his master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester.
Executive Vice President, Technology & Innovation - Karen Hendricks
 As chief new product development and technology officer, Karen Hendricks is responsible for leading the functions of research & development, enabling technology projects, new product program management, software architecture, applications & user experience, partner and developer integration tools & support, remote service delivery tools, health IT connectivity and international R&D. She is responsible for executing the company's product strategy founded upon a common platform to deliver end-to-end solutions for customers spanning state-of-the-art hardware, complementary software applications, an open architecture approach to a wide range of third party partners, broad-based connectivity to health IT systems, and a complete portfolio of services and support enabled by a cloud-based remote service system.
In her role Karen also serves as the senior science and technology advisor of Welch Allyn. She pushes top-line revenue, investigates emerging technologies and interacts closely with business partners to influence the direction towards an innovative and comprehensive product portfolio. Karen has worked at Welch Allyn since 2002 in a variety of research and development leadership roles, most recently she served as the chief technology officer. Prior to Welch Allyn, Karen worked 18 years at 3Com and Motorola. Karen has expertise in embedded system design and development, architecture and systems engineering, wireless network protocols as well as software and hardware/RF design.
Karen has an engineering degree from the University of Florida.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel - Gregory Porter
 As chief legal, quality, regulatory and corporate development officer, Gregory Porter is responsible for managing the legal and public affairs of Welch Allyn, protecting the company from legal and associated risk. Additionally, Greg serves the legal advisor for senior management and the board of directors and also as secretary to the board of directors.
Most recently, Porter has served as co-founder, CEO and board vice chairman of Verispan, a healthcare information company founded in a joint venture between Quintiles Transnational Corp. and McKesson Corp. Prior to that, he spent several years with Quintiles Transnational Corp., occupying a number of executive leadership roles that encompassed general counsel, legal and regulatory management and strategic development, among others. He has also held positions as a partner with the Moore & Van Allen Law Firm, visiting lecturer at the University of North Carolina School of Law, and law clerk for U.S. District Judge William Matthew Byrne.
Porter earned a juris doctorate (JD) degree with high honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law where he served as editor-in-chief of the North Carolina Law Review.
Executive Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer - Karen Roscher
 As chief financial officer, Karen Roscher is responsible for leading the company's global finance team, overseeing all financial appropriations and expenditures for the company, aligning finance and business strategies, and working to execute a growth strategy for the company. Karen also works in analyzing and disseminating financial data, monitoring a number of other global financial initiatives associated with Welch Allyn, and developing capital investment plans.
Before joining Welch Allyn in 2009, she served as senior vice president and CFO of Conexant Systems, a $500 million, publicly-traded semiconductor company specializing in broadband communications. Prior experience includes 26 years in a variety of financial management positions with Motorola, Inc. and Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Karen earned a B.S in accounting and an MBA from Arizona State University and is a certified public accountant (CPA).
Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer – Eric Hunt
 As chief information officer, Eric Hunt is responsible for the selection, development, implementation and oversight of Welch Allyn information technology worldwide. Additionally, Eric ensures that external service providers deliver systems that support global business requirements.
Eric has served on a number of boards, including board president for the Rochester Ebusiness Association, Syracuse University iSchool Board of Advisors, and the Health Advancement Collaborative of Central New York. Prior to joining Welch Allyn, Eric worked for the Eastman Kodak Company for 21 years in various IT positions, most recently as the CIO of its Consumer Digital Imaging Group & Film Photofinishing Systems Group--including KodakGallery, the company's new online photo storage business. Prior to this role, Eric was the Global IT director for all of Kodak’s business units, including the Consumer Imaging, Health and Graphics Communication groups.
Eric earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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