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This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Kennedy rises at Viking: John "Jed" Kennedy is the new CEO of 2D and 3D visualization system manufacturer Viking Systems, effective Jan. 4. Kennedy has been president and chief operating officer at the company since October 2007 and was president of Viking's Vision Systems Group prior to that. Kennedy has also worked at Vista Medical and Smith & Nephew
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