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Aperio Adds Healthcare Veteran Steven Russell as VP of Corporate Development
Digital Pathology Leader Poised for Continued Growth in Healthcare Market
Vista, CA – October 12, 2010 – Aperio,
the global leader in digital pathology for the healthcare and life
sciences industries, has appointed
Steven V. Russell
to the newly created position of vice president of corporate
development.
Russell, former senior vice president of corporate development at
QuadraMed, has extensive strategic planning, product management,
marketing and corporate development experience in healthcare information
technology and healthcare services.
“Steven is a talented healthcare executive with a proven track record of
leading growth and expansion efforts by generating market momentum,”
said Dirk G. Soenksen,
CEO of Aperio. "His strong combination of skills and experience
represents an important addition to our management team and supports the
continuing success of our growing healthcare business and company growth
initiatives.”
Russell’s appointment comes at a time of increasing momentum for Aperio
as it continues to assemble an executive management and sales team in
response to the growing demand for digital pathology solutions in
hospital and reference labs. Russell joins recently hired industry
healthcare veterans
Keith Hagen as COO and
Jared N. Schwartz,
MD, PhD, as chief medical officer. Dr. Schwartz was recently honored
by the College of American Pathologists as its
2010 Pathologist of the Year in recognition for his strong
leadership and outstanding contributions to the College.
Russell will support Aperio’s initiative to help hospitals and
healthcare organizations improve patient care by using comprehensive
solutions for digital pathology, including whole slide scanning, image
viewing, management and analysis. The company recently launched a new
program called “Discover Your Path”- the industry’s first quantitative
assessment methodology to provide hospital’s with a customized
implementation profile - to help drive hospital adoption of digital
pathology.
Russell is an accomplished executive with more than 30 years of
leadership experience and success. He has held a range of
executive-level roles at industry-leading healthcare information
technology companies. At QuadraMed, Russell served as senior vice
president of corporate development, where he successfully led strategic
planning, sales training and support and product partnerships for a
product portfolio that generated approximately $150 million in annual
revenues. Russell also held executive positions at MedQuist Corporation,
HealthScribe, Inc., Compucare Company and Cerner Corporation.
Russell stated, “Aperio is a visionary company with a reputation as an
innovator in the digital pathology market. I look forward to joining the
team to help the company achieve new levels of success.”
Russell earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN and attended Harvard Business School’s “Finance for Senior
Executives” program.
About Aperio
Aperio is the leading provider of digital pathology solutions in hospitals, reference labs, and biopharma/research institutions across the world. Today, our affordable and complete product portfolio is proven to lower costs, increase efficiencies, and enhance workflow in labs everywhere. Our comprehensive product line features our ScanScope® scanners, Spectrum™ image management (PACS) software, SecondSlide® slide sharing service for pathology, and image analysis tools and services. Aperio’s products are FDA cleared for specific clinical applications, and are intended for research and education use for other applications. For clearance updates and more information please visit www.aperio.com.
Contacts:
Jessica Witkowski
Director, Marketing Communications
Aperio
760.539.1162
jessica@aperio.com
Myla Wagner
Myla Wagner Public Relations
925.736.7515
myla@mylawagnerpr.com