Collaborative Culture

Views on our values

Fundamental for trust and success

Ben Stafford

Ben Stafford collaborates with teams on projects ranging from software onboarding initiatives for the Legal, HR, and Corporate communications departments - to working with commercial teams to enhance our SalesForce environment.

As a representative of our five LivaNova Values, he embodies the value Collaborative Culture, in which we value diversity of thought and our collective strength as a team.

 

Q: Why is Collaborative Culture important to you and your work?

A: Collaborative Culture is a fundamental aspect of my role each day. The large-scale solutions that we deploy require the effort of our highly capable, diverse, and enthusiastic team members. I collaborate across many business functions and the input from everyone is vital to the success of our team.  

Portrait of Ben Stafford

Q: Who has influenced or inspired you the most during your career?

A: I was very fortunate to find a mentor early in my career that went on to become one of my very dear friends. He was very compassionately willing to teach, and I was just as excited to learn. He taught me the fundamentals of IT and bolstered a sense of how to meaningfully work with others. I still regularly remind him that his early influence on my career left a lasting impact.

Q: What are you most proud of when it comes to your and your team’s work at LivaNova?

A: We are consistently deploying technical solutions that positively impact our organization, and we continue to enhance these initiatives post-launch. Our team has fostered relationship throughout LivaNova and this collaborative nature has been fundamental to our collective success. I am extraordinarily proud of our commitment to those that we serve, which at LivaNova is ultimately our patients.

Q: How do you feel a sense of belonging at LivaNova?

A: LivaNova has an extraordinarily welcoming environment where our staff are encouraged to, once again, collaborate. The more teams that I’ve begun to work with the more I’ve noticed how consistently compassion and empathy are exhibited. It's easy to feel a sense of belonging in a place like this.

Ben Stafford at grand prix race

Q: What is something people may not know about you?

A: I am an avid Formula 1 fan, and I travel to grand prix around the world. Most recently, I was in the Netherlands for the race in Zandvoort!

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