Gary S. Guthart, PhD

Gary Guthart, PhD, is the CEO and a member of the board of directors of Intuitive. 

Gary has held his current role since 2010. He joined Intuitive as part of the first engineering team in 1996 as a control systems analyst. He was promoted to vice president of engineering in 1999 and senior vice president of product operations in 2002. In 2006, he was appointed president/COO.

Before joining Intuitive, Gary was part of the core team developing foundational technology for computer-enhanced surgery at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), a renowned nonprofit scientific research organization. While at SRI, he also developed algorithms for vibration and acoustic control of large-scale systems. His first scientific experience came early in his career in a Human Factors Lab at NASA, supporting a team studying human performance assessment of pilots. 

Gary received a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He earned a Master of Science and a PhD in engineering science from the California Institute of Technology.