Brent Lang

Brent Dennis Lang (born January 25, 1968) is an American former competition swimmer who competed for the University of Michigan and was an Olympic gold medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. In his business pursuits, he became a President and CEO of Vocera Healthcare in 2013.

Lang was born January 25, 1968, in Phoenix, Arizona but grew up in Portland, Oregon. One of his first swim coaches was Ty Steinbeck who also coached Oregonian Don Scholander, before he became a 5-time freestyle Olympic gold medalist. Lang was an All American in High School, competing in all four strokes, and was particularly skilled in butterfly and IM. Despite his preference for butterfly, he placed sixth in the nation in the 100-yard backstroke at the 1986 Senior Nationals with a time of 50.94. His 50.94 was the second best 100-yard backstroke High School time in the nation among High School swimmers, and was second only to Jeff Rouse of Virginia who swam a 50.54.

1988 Seoul Olympics At the August, 1988 U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Austin, Texas, Lang was selected as an alternate.

University of Michigan

Beginning in the Fall of 1986, Lang began attending the University of Michigan where he was a member of the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team under Head Coach Jon Urbanchek, a Hungarian-born Hall of Fame honoree who had formerly competed in swimming for the University, and captured an NCAA Championship in the one mile freestyle event. Lang's Freshman class of swimmers had 15 exceptional recruits which added considerable depth to the growing Michigan team. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition, Lang won four NCAA national championships as a Michigan swimmer—twice in the 50-yard freestyle (1989, 1990) and twice in the 100-yard freestyle (1988, 1990).

An exceptional scholar, Lang graduated Michigan with a degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering and earned summa cum laude honors. He was a 1990 finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, and later earned a Master of Business Administration from Stanford. At Stanford, he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, awarded only to the highest 10% of the graduating MBA class.

International competition In international competition, Lang captured a gold medal in the 100 freestyle and the 4x100 free at 1989 Pan Pacific Games in Tokyo. He was a 1991 World Champion in Perth, Australia in the 4x100 free relay. At the 1987 Universiade, he claimed a gold medal in the 4x200 freestyle relay.

Lang became a member of the University of Michigan Athletics Hall of Honor in 2015.

He has been recognized for his business achievements, particularly at Vocera, with the CEO World Award. He was an EY Entrepreneur of the Year® Award finalist and is a Forbes Technology Council member.