Digirad Names Sarah L. Hanssen Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Business Development
January 04 2012 - 7:30AM
Marketwired
Digirad Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAD) today announced that Sarah L.
Hanssen has been named Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing
and Business Development, effective December 31, 2011. Hanssen
reports directly to Chief Executive Officer Todd P. Clyde.
Hanssen, 48, a resident of San Diego, has more than 15 years of
experience in driving growth via strategic marketing, business
integration, operations and business development for global,
publicly-traded healthcare companies. Throughout her career she has
created and led commercial organizations, as well as managed a wide
variety of channel, product and retail marketing teams. Her broad
commercial expertise includes product evolution strategy and
development, entry into new markets, managing licensing and
partnership relationships and product marketing leadership.
"Sarah has a proven expertise in strategic planning, product
development and rapid expansion into new markets," Clyde said.
"That kind of experience will be valuable to us as we evaluate a
group of new opportunities to develop, license, acquire or partner
to build our current business and provide new synergistic
technologies that will fuel future growth. Sarah will become an
important member of our team as we better position Digirad for
sustained growth and profitability and then deliver on specific
initiatives."
Hanssen worked for Amylin Pharmaceuticals from 2007 to 2011
where she held a number of commercial executive roles and
ultimately became Vice President, Business Integration. In that
role, she led a team that managed and integrated an overall
portfolio of business partnerships, and helped implement Amylin's
globally networked business model.
Prior to that, from 1995 to 2007, Hanssen worked for Roche
Diagnostics Corporation's Diabetes Care Division, where she held
various marketing and management roles. From 2003 to 2007, she was
General Manager and Vice President of Disetronic Medical Systems,
North America, a Roche subsidiary.
Hanssen has a Bachelor of Arts degree in quantitative management
from Boise State University and an MBA in marketing management from
the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
About Digirad Corporation Digirad is a
leading provider of diagnostic imaging products, and personnel and
equipment leasing services. For more information, please visit
www.digirad.com. Digirad® is a registered trademark of Digirad
Corporation.
Investor Contact: Matt Clawson Allen & Caron
949-474-4300 Email Contact Company Contact: Richard Slansky
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