Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based Becton Dickinson and Co. appointed John DeFord as an executive vice president and chief technology officer of the company.
DeFord will be responsible for leading all research and development activities for the company.
He had been working as Becton Dickinson's senior vice president of research and development for the interventional segment after the completion of the C. R. Bard Inc. acquisition.
Previously, DeFord was the senior vice president for science, technology and clinical affairs at Bard.
