Client: Kyphon, Inc.
Sunnyvale, California

Position: Chief Financial Officer
As a global leader in the neuroscience industry (spinal fracture restoration), Kyphon required an experienced financial executive with strong communication skills, deep medical device experience and a proven track record as a public company CFO. The position, being vacated by a long-term Kyphon team executive needed to be urgently fulfilled.

Results: K. Fehling & Associates utilized its expansive database and industry networks to find the successful candidate within the first 30 days of the search. Following further due diligence, the candidate, became the CFO and did such an outstanding job that he was promoted to the Chief Operating Officer within 18 months of placement.

Following this successful placement, KFA earned numerous senior executive assignments for Kyphon including the Vice President, Strategy & Business Development; the Vice President, Research & Development; the Vice President, Clinical Research & Medical Affairs as well as the CFO to succeed the KFA placement who was promoted to COO.

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"KFA is right – People do define companies. There is no doubt that Kyphon's success was directly linked to the caliber of executives we employed around the globe. As a result, we took the recruitment and retention of team members very seriously. K. Fehling & Associates became an integral partner and helped us recruit several of our most outstanding executives. KFA quickly gained an understanding of our business needs, embraced our culture, and shared our commitment to always finding the highest quality candidate."

- Richard W. Mott,
former Chief Executive Officer
Kyphon, Inc.