San Diego, Ca., USA - DexCom, a medical devices company, announced that Steven R. Pacelli has been appointed to the position of chief operating officer and Jorge Valdes chief technical officer.
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Mr. Pacelli has served as DexCom’s Chief Administrative Officer since December 2008, where he was charged with overseeing DexCom’s finance, corporate development, managed care, legal, human resources, intellectual property and investor relations functions.
From July 2007 to December 2008, Mr. Pacelli served as DexCom’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, and from April 2006 to July 2007, as its Vice President of Legal Affairs.
From March 2003 to April 2006, Mr. Pacelli served as a corporate attorney with Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth where he specialized in public and private finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters for life sciences and technology companies.
From February 2001 to March 2003, Mr. Pacelli served as Vice President of Corporate Development, Secretary, and General Counsel of Axcelerant, Inc., a provider of secure managed business network services.
From January 2000 to January 2001, Mr. Pacelli served as Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel of Flashcom, Inc., a provider of consumer broadband DSL services.
Mr. Pacelli holds a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a JD from the University of Virginia.
Mr. Pacelli is a member of the State Bar of California.
Mr. Valdes has served as DexCom’s Senior Vice President of Operations since July 2007, responsible for overseeing DexCom’s manufacturing, engineering, and information technology departments.
Mr. Valdes previously served as DexCom’s Vice President of Engineering from November 2005 to July 2007.
From July 1999 to March 2005, Mr. Valdes served as Vice President of Engineering at Advanced Fibre Communications, or AFC, a provider of broadband access solutions.
Mr. Valdes also served as General Manager for the fiber to the premise (FTTP) business unit of AFC beginning in May 2004.
From May 1985 until July 1999, Mr. Valdes held positions at Racal-Datacom, Inc., a manufacturer of data communication products, in engineering management, product development and product management. ■