Ivan Boyd, Gene Ridge and Jon Smith Bring Extensive
Industry Experience to Advance Company Leadership in Secure
Mobile-Healthcare Applications
TORONTO, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Diversinet
Corp. (TSX Venture: DIV, OTCBB: DVNTF) has added three sales
executives with deep and diverse healthcare-IT experience as it
continues building its position as a leading innovator of secure
mobile-healthcare applications.
Ivan Boyd has joined the company
as Senior Vice President - Sales for the
United States. Gene Ridge and
Jon Smith have been appointed Vice
Presidents - Sales for the U.S. Boyd and Smith are based in
Dallas, while Ridge is based in
the Chicago area.
Combined, these executives possess more than 50 years of
experience in healthcare IT.
"Ivan, Gene and Jon bring a wealth of successful experience
providing diverse information-technology solutions to the breadth
of healthcare organizations, including major U.S. payers and
providers," said Mark Trigsted,
Diversinet's Executive Vice President - Healthcare. "Based on their
industry accomplishments and my work with them in previous
positions, I'm confident they will contribute significantly to our
sales growth."
Boyd, a 20-year industry veteran, was previously Executive Vice
President of Business Development with 1-800-DOCTORS, where he
played a key role in launching a unique revenue-growth program and
physician-referral marketing service for U.S. hospital partners. He
also has held senior sales and marketing positions with GTESS
Corporation, SOURCECORP, Sunquest Information Systems, ADAC
HealthCare Information Systems, Health Systems Group of First Data
Corporation, and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Before joining Diversinet, Ridge served healthcare clients as a
Managing Partner with Crown Consulting Services. Prior to Crown, he
held sales executive positions with Affiliated Computer Services,
Concuity (formerly eHealth Contracts), Coastal Emergency Services,
and United States Surgical Corporation. He also was President and
Founder of MEDGRUP Development Services.
Smith previously was a Regional Manager for McKesson Provider
Technologies, responsible for large accounts. Before McKesson, he
held senior account-management positions with QuadraMed
Corporation, Sysware Healthcare Systems and Lanier Worldwide.
These new Diversinet sales appointments support the company's
strategy to focus on meeting the increasing need for connected and
secure mobile healthcare-information management. Diversinet is
targeting healthcare payers and providers, medical-device
manufacturers, systems integrators and related technology
companies.
In conjunction with these new appointments, Jay Couse has been appointed to the new position
of Senior Vice President - Business Development. Couse, who has
served Diversinet as Senior Vice President - Sales for the U.S.,
has been instrumental in developing the company's MobiSecure(R)
Health solution and establishing strategic relationships for
Diversinet. In his new role, he will focus on developing strategic
marketing and sales opportunities.
About Diversinet
Diversinet Corp. (TSX Venture: DIV, OTCBB: DVNTF) provides the
healthcare industry with proven, reliable technology for mobile
applications that securely connect people with their healthcare
information, payers and providers - anyway, anytime and anywhere.
Diversinet's MobiSecure(R) platform helps payers and providers meet
rapidly growing needs for safe, convenient, on-the-go storage and
sharing of personal health data. Connect with Diversinet Corp. at
www.diversinet.com. Healthcare. Connected and Protected.
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