Ricky Villarreal

Ricky Villarreal is an experienced professional in commercial strategy and operations, currently working at Illumina since May 2022. Previously, Ricky held various strategic and leadership roles at Edwards Lifesciences from April 2018 to May 2022, including Director of Corporate Strategy and Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy. Earlier experience includes positions at Medtronic as a Senior Analyst in Strategy and Business Development and as a Senior R&D Engineer & Project Manager, as well as a brief tenure at Heartflow, Inc. in Engineering Operations. Ricky's career began at Edwards Lifesciences in multiple roles, including R&D Engineer II and Strategy & Business Development Analyst, following participation in the Technical Development Program. Ricky also contributed as an International Sports Marketing Analyst at ITMS Marketing GmbH. Educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomechanical Engineering from Stanford University.