Rodger Ford is the managing partner at Anthem Equity Group.Rodger Ford He has also managed two medical device companies.
Ford founded AlphaGraphics, a printshop business, in 1970. In 1979, the company began franchising its operations AlphaGraphics About Us and, during the 1980s, helped the company grow their franchise business.Vision And Savvy: Man Of The Year (Quick Printing: August 1988) Alpha began expanding internationally in the late 1980s / early 1990s.First AlphaGraphics Shop Opens In Spain: Arizona Daily Star 7/4/89AlphaGraphics Success in Moscow proves Skeptics Wrong: Arizona Daily Star 4/22/90
Ford also co-founded PetsHotel, an upscale hotel for dogs and cats.Pet Hotel Offers All The Comforts Of HomePETsHotel owners win award PetSmart acquired PetsHotel from Ford in 2000.PetSmart Slideshare
In 2004, Ford was appointed to the board of directors at SyncardiaSynCardia Systems Appoints Rodger G. Ford to Board of Directors and he became CEO in 2005.Michael Garippa Announced as SynCardia's New CEO During Ford’s tenure at CEO, Syncardia advanced the portability and effectiveness of their artificial heart technology.The HeartAssist 5 VAD® To Be Introduced For the First Time in the U.S. 'Freedom' Driver Makes Artificial Heart PortableFreedom® Driver System Receives CE Mark to Power SynCardia’s Total Artificial Heart in Europe
Ford then left Syncardia to become CEO and chairman of the board at MicroMed Cardiovascular. MicroMed Cardiovascular Website MicromedRodger Ford Joins MicroMed Cardiovascular as CEO and Chairman In October 2013, Ford became chairman and CEO of ReliantHeart, the successor in interest to Micromed.ReliantHeart Board of DirectorsReliantHeart to Manufacture, Sell and Support the HeartAssist5(R) VAD; Former Syncardia CEO Rodger Ford to Oversee Company
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