Jim Cloar
Vice President & General Manager, Medtronic Navigation, USA

Jim Cloar was named Vice President and General Manager of Medtronic Navigation in May 2007. He leads the Navigation division located in Louisville, Colorado.  Medtronic’s Navigation division is the leading provider of integrated navigation and intra-operative imaging solutions in the world.

Cloar joined Medtronic in 1997 and held a series of increasingly important and complex roles in the Spinal and Biologics business, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of the Thoracolumbar Spine division. 

Prior to joining Medtronic, Cloar served 12 years in a variety of leadership positions in the medical device industry at DePuy, Inc., Smith and Nephew and C.R. Bard.

Cloar holds a bachelor of science in economics degree from Georgetown College.