Hill-Rom Names New Chief Operating Officer

Solomon joins Hill-Rom as COO.
Solomon joins Hill-Rom as COO.

BATESVILLE, Ind. – A seasoned health care executive is joining Hill-Rom as Chief Operating Officer.

Carlyn D. Solomon, 52, joins the company from Edwards Lifesciences, where he worked for nine years, most recently as Corporate Vice President for Edwards’ Critical Care and Vascular businesses.

Solomon will be responsible for all of Hill-Rom’s global commercial, research and development, quality assurance and regulatory affairs, and supply chain operations.

“We are delighted to have someone of Carlyn’s proven ability joining Hill-Rom,” said John Greisch, Hill-Rom’s President and CEO.  “Carlyn’s expertise in growing businesses and improving operations makes him the ideal COO for us, and will enable me to devote much more of my attention to our growth strategy.  I am very pleased to welcome Carlyn to the Hill-Rom team.”

Before joining Edwards, Solomon spent 18 years at Baxter International, where he held various positions including Interim President of Baxter’s Bio Science division and VP of Global Operations for the same division.

Hill-Rom is a global medical technology company headquartered in Batesville with more than 7,000 associates in over 100 countries.