LED Medical Diagnostics Inc. Announces Three New Personnel
Appointments for LED Imaging Division
New hires will manage LED Imaging's product portfolio, technical
services and client services
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jun 4, 2014) - LED
Imaging ("LED Imaging" or the "Company")
(TSX-VENTURE:LMD)(OTCQX:LEDIF)(FRANKFURT:LME), a new division of
LED Dental Ltd. ("LED Dental"), a wholly-owned US operating
subsidiary of LED Medical Diagnostics Inc. ("LED Medical"), today
announced three new personnel appointments that will support the
company's product portfolio, technical services and client
services. The appointments include Wes Newsom as director of
product line management for digital imaging, Shawn Randolph as
director of technical services and Joan Fiore as vice president of
client services.
Wes Newsom will join LED Imaging as director of product line
management for digital imaging. Bringing more than a decade of
experience to the position, he will oversee the company's product
portfolio, including regulatory concerns, internal and external
training and documentation, relations with corporate partners,
regional development, and quality assurance processes. He will also
coordinate focus groups, market surveys and competitive product
research to ensure all products meet the needs of dental
practitioners.
Prior to joining LED Imaging, Newsom worked at Carestream Dental
in similar product line management roles in addition to serving as
a lead field engineer and technical support analyst for the
company's digital imaging products. Newsom is based in Atlanta and
holds a bachelor's degree in management of information systems from
the University of West Georgia. He is also certified in practical
product management from Pragmatic Marketing Inc., the worldwide
standard for successful product management.
Shawn Randolph will step into the role of director of technical
services for LED Imaging. Randolph brings more than 15 years of
experience working in various technology support roles in the
dental industry. He will manage all of LED Imaging's technical
services, product training and installations related to the
company's growing product portfolio.
Randolph managed technical services for several of Carestream
Dental's imaging products, including panoramic and cephalometric
imaging systems, cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) systems,
intraoral sensors and generators. Most recently, he served as the
lead technical service engineer for the launch and implementation
of Carestream Dental's CAD/CAM product portfolio in practices
across the country. He has also worked closely with the U.S.
military and large hospital organizations, focusing on integrations
with medical picture archiving and communication systems (PACS),
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standards,
and other third-party software. After serving in the U.S. Army for
six years, Randolph attended Clayton State University and graduated
with a bachelor's degree in information technology project
management.
Joan Fiore will serve as vice president of client services for
LED Imaging, bringing more than 30 years of business management
experience in the dental industry to the position. She will focus
on developing the company's infrastructure to fully support
customers after they purchase a product from LED Imaging.
Fiore has extensive entrepreneurial experience in starting,
building and monetizing businesses. She was the owner and founder
of InfoLogic, Inc., one of the companies that became part of
PracticeWorks in 1999 and ultimately Carestream Dental. Fiore
served as director of training and implementations and then vice
president of client services at Carestream Dental until 2011, after
which she offered operations consultations for several businesses
as a partner of Fiore Enterprises LLC. She attended North Carolina
State University and has a bachelor's degree in history.
"I've worked with Wes, Shawn and Joan in the past, so I know
they will be valuable assets to our team," said Lamar Roberts,
president of LED Dental. "Their combined knowledge and experience
will further propel our product development and grow our business
on multiple fronts."
To learn more about LED Imaging or the company's growing
portfolio of products, visit www.led-imaging.com.
About LED Dental
LED Dental is a wholly owned subsidiary of LED Medical
Diagnostics Inc. Founded by the creator of the award-winning
VELscope® tissue fluorescence visualization technology, LED Dental
now also features the LED Imaging division that provides dentists
and oral health specialists with advanced diagnostic imaging
products and software. Backed by an experienced leadership team
dedicated to a higher level of service and support, LED Dental
products seamlessly integrate into dental practices. The company is
committed to providing dental practitioners with the best
technology available by identifying and adding strong products to
its growing portfolio. For more information, call 888.541.4614 or
visit www.leddental.com.
About LED Medical Diagnostics Inc.
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia,
Canada, LED Medical Diagnostics Inc. is a leading developer of
LED‐based visualization technologies for the medical industry. The
company designs and manufactures the VELscope® Vx Enhanced Oral
Assessment System, the first system in the world to apply tissue
fluorescence visualization technology to the oral cavity. Available
through major dental supply distributors, the VELscope® Vx is used
to conduct more screenings for oral cancer and other oral diseases
than any other adjunctive device. LED Medical Diagnostics is
currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX‐V) under the
symbol "LMD," the OTCQX under the symbol "LEDIF," as well as the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol "LME." For more
information, visit www.ledmd.com.
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