NovaRad selects Trovato to head Northeast region sales

NovaRad has named Fred Trovato as regional manager for the Northeastern United States. Prior to NovaRad, Trovato has held sales positions at Oracle Corp. and was most recently director of SI strategic alliances at LANDesk Software.

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