HOUSTON, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cyberonics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYBX) today announced that Bryan D. Olin, Ph.D., joined Cyberonics as Vice President, Quality, effective on May 18, 2009. Dr. Olin will lead all of the company's quality programs.

Dr. Olin joins Cyberonics from Zeltiq Aesthetics, an aesthetics device firm in California, where he served as Senior Director, Quality Assurance, since October 2007. Prior to Zeltiq, Dr. Olin was employed as Executive Director, Failure Analysis, Product Quality Services and Product Safety with Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company. Dr. Olin spent five years with another Johnson & Johnson company, LifeScan, as the Manager, Statistical Engineering; Senior Program Manager, QA; Director, Complaint Handling and QA Laboratories; and Director, Clinical Biometrics and Complaint Management. Dr. Olin began his business career as a Statistician for Procter & Gamble, providing statistical support to a diverse set of internal clients in R&D and manufacturing.

"Bryan brings substantial expertise in quality management that will be helpful in all aspects of our regulated business, including manufacturing and product development," said Dan Moore, Cyberonics' President and Chief Executive Officer. "He has extensive experience with regulatory inspections and submissions, complaint handling, CAPAs and clinical study design. We are pleased to have Bryan joining our team to lead the global quality system and programs."

Dr. Olin received a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Kansas. He was awarded a Masters of Science and his Ph.D. in Statistics from Iowa State University. Dr. Olin served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Industrial Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati for three years.

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