By Healthcare Facilities Today

BRISBANE, Calif.- Cutera, Inc., a leading provider of laser and other energy-basedaesthetic systems for practitioners worldwide, today announced further enhancements to its sales and marketing organization.

Scott Ashworth recently joined Cutera as Executive Vice President of Global Sales. He brings twenty-five years of experience in building and leading global sales and marketing teams focused on commercialization of products, establishing distribution partnerships, and other leadership roles in medical technology companies. Scott started his career as a sales representative at Hewlett Packard Medical Products Group and then progressed to positions of increasing responsibility at Acuson/Siemens, and Heartflow. Prior to joining Cutera, Scott was Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Avinger.

Kevin Connors, President and CEO of Cutera, stated, "Scott's extensive multi-national, medical device management experience further strengthens our commercial leadership team as we continue to augment the strength of this part of our organization. Ollie Reese, Director of North American Sales, will continue to play a pivotal leadership role on Scott's team. Scott will initially be focused on the North American sales organization and will transition over time to assume international sales responsibilities. With our strengthened commercial leadership team, we are well positioned to capture an appropriate improved performance, given our existing broad product portfolio and planned new launches."

About Cutera, Inc.

Brisbane, California-based Cutera is a leading provider of laser and other energy-based aesthetic systems for practitioners worldwide. Since 1998, Cutera has been developing innovative, easy-to-use products that enable physicians and other qualified practitioners to offer safe and effective aesthetic treatments to their patients. For more information, call 1-888-4CUTERA or visit www.cutera.com.