CoActiv names Damiani as head of northeast PACS sales

Software and systems provider CoActiv Medical announced yesterday the appointment of Robert Damiani as Northeast Regional Sales Manager of the EXAM-PACS division. In his new position, Damiani leads all direct sales initiatives for all PACS products and services throughout the northeast corridor. Additionally, he is responsible for all sales efforts by the company's resellers in the same geographic area.

Damiani has seven year's experience working with a number of technology companies in developing completely integrated digital imaging systems for imaging centers and hospital imaging departments.

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