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| | Medtronic, Inc. |  | President/CEO:Mr. Art Collins | | 18235 employees | | HQ: Minneapolis, MN | | www.medtronic.com |
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| Medtronic is an 18,000-person company that makes medical technology. Employees take pride in their jobs because they know their work makes a difference: A Medtronic product or therapy improves a life every eight seconds. |
| The company's products include pacemakers, defibrillators, heart valves, and graft systems that help patients with everything from heart failure and diabetes to back pain and Parkinson's disease. Serving others inspires many of the organization's team-building activities. |
| Medtronic supports corporate teams that participate in nonprofit fundraising events like the American Heart Association's Heart Walk and Race for the Cure. Other team-building events, like the Medtronic Customer Service "Spirit Week," have a fundraising component: Teams compete for the Spirit Hat, a symbol of teamwork, dedication, and service, while also supporting charities. But Medtronic doesn't just invite employees to contribute to good causes; it steps up to the plate itself. In 2002, the Medtronic Foundation gave away more than $25 million in grants and product donations. |
| The company's environmental record also signals its commitment to improving the community: Over the last four years, Medtronic has reduced the amount of solid waste in its Twin Cities facilities by 30 percent and increased the amount of materials it recycles by 20 percent, winning the 2002 Minnesota Environmental Initiatives Award in the Environmental Management category. |
