SDS names new senior VP of marketing, corporate strategy

Smart Document Solutions (SDS) today announced that former MedQuist executive Terry Cameron has been named senior vice president of marketing and corporate strategy. Cameron has more than 17 years of strategic development and marketing communications experience for healthcare leaders in the industry, according to a release. 

Cameron served as MedQuist's senior vice president of marketing, strategic planning and business development, where he was the executive leader of strategic planning, market research, internal and external brand management and marketing communications. Prior to MedQuist, he held the position of senior vice president of strategic marketing, planning and business development for Ingenix, Inc. Cameron also was an executive director with Washington University Practice Plan, and was the director of revenue cycle management and managed care contracting for Duke University Health Systems.

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