Merge Healthcare appoints new president of Merge eMed

Merge Healthcare today announced that Robert J. White has been named president of Merge eMed, the division that serves the medical imaging and healthcare information systems market in the U.S. Former Merge eMed President David Noshay is shifting over to lead Merge Healthcare's strategic business development initiatives including mergers, acquisitions, and associated business integration activities, according to the company.

White was most recently chief operating officer of SourceOne Healthcare Technologies, where he led the company's overall product and services strategy, business development efforts, and operational execution  Prior to joining SourceOne, White spent 15 years at IBM, where he served in various senior executive and sales/marketing roles, including global marketing executive for IBM's multi-billion dollar healthcare business with responsibility for global marketing, business development and strategy. Additionally, White also held a variety of senior executive sales and marketing positions with the software technology and service provider firms Chemdex and Accelrys.

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