Mr. Carpenter has been a Director of the Company since May 10, 2018 and has served as Lead Director since May 13, 2021. Mr. Carpenter served as the Group President, Global Quality and Business Operations for Stryker Corporation ( Stryker ), a medical technologies company, from January 2016 to March 2019. In this role, Mr. Carpenter was responsible for setting company-wide direction for quality, manufacturing, procurement and logistics strategies, as well as the oversight of Stryker s commercial business operations in Europe, Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Latin America and Africa. Mr. Carpenter served at Stryker as the Group President, Global Quality and Operations from 2011 to 2016, as the Group President, Instruments and Medical from 2008 to 2011, and as the President, Medical Division from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Carpenter began his career with Stryker in 1989, serving in multiple roles including as the Vice President, Global Operations. Mr. Carpenter has served since 2020 on the board of directors of Merit Medical Systems, Inc., a publicly traded company that manufactures and markets proprietary disposable medical devices, since 2019 on the board of directors of The Boler Company, a privately owned auto part manufacturing company, and since 2019 on the board of directors of Orchid Orthopedics Solutions, a privately owned medical device solutions company. Mr. Carpenter holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Mr. Carpenter s significant executive operating and commercial experience in the medical technology industry, as well as his broad business background in global manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs, provides the Board with greater insight into the healthcare industry.