iCRco names Valentino as chief technology officer

iCRco, a provider of digital x-ray solutions, has appointed Daniel J. Valentino, PhD, as chief technology officer, responsible for technology research and new product development.

Valentino has more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech medical imaging industry, and will report to the president and CEO, Stephen Neushul, iCRco said.

Prior to joining iCRco, Valentino was the chief scientist at Radlink, and before that, he was the director of cerebrovascular hemodynamics research in the division of interventional neuroradiology at UCLA, according to the Torrance, Calif.-based iCRco.

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