User:Cullen328/Sandbox/Dick Levy

Described as a "hands on CEO", Levy was known to visit every one of his company's facilities, and took steps to empower the employees.

Levy has been described as a scientist and businessman of "remarkable vision and tenacious pragmatism" whose work led to the success of the Linac as a medical device, and to significant advances in radiation oncology. His "managerial astuteness" was an important element of Varian's commercial success in the medical field.

Levy led the company during a period of rapid growth after it was spun off from Varian Associates in 1999. Under his leadership, the company nearly tripled in size, now dominating the radiation equipment market. Levy retired and was succeeded as CEO by Timothy E. Guertin in February, 2006.

A native of Cincinnatti

Levy remains chairman of the board of Varian Medical Systems. He was given the 2010 David Packard Award for civic engagement by Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network.