Customer-Focused Team to Lead Global Culture of Innovation, Technology Leadership
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 7 - Carestream Health, Inc., announced its senior executive team and corporate operating structure. The leadership team, led by Chief Executive Officer Kevin J. Hobert and other former Kodak Health Group executives, will advance a global culture of innovation and customer focus, and ultimately position the company for continued future success.
Onex Corporation, Toronto, Canada, last week acquired the Health Group of Eastman Kodak Company in a multi-billion-dollar transaction. Upon closing, the business began operating as Carestream Health, an independent subsidiary of Onex.
Hobert and the Carestream Health executive team are driving a $2.5 billion company, which owns more than 1,000 patents in digital imaging, film and healthcare IT; employs approximately 8,100 employees serving tens of thousands of customers; and operates in 150 countries around the world.
Adding stability to a legacy of innovation, the company will be led by a seasoned team of executives responsible for providing world-class solutions in medical and dental imaging and healthcare IT; molecular imaging; and non-destructive testing.
"The creation of Carestream Health provides our employees with the unique opportunity to grow and innovate across all our product families and ultimately deliver solutions that will help customers achieve results," said Hobert, who had served as President of Kodak's Health Group. "This is the team that will build and grow Carestream Health to drive innovation across our broad portfolio of imaging and healthcare IT solutions to help customers transition to an all-digital workflow."
Carestream Health's major businesses and their respective executive leaders include:
Dental Systems-Headed by Richard Hirschland, President, Carestream Health's Dental Systems business provides industry-leading digital radiography systems, practice management solutions as well as all categories of traditional film-based dental products.
Digital Capture Solutions-Headed by Michael Marsh, President, Digital Capture Solutions, this group provides digital radiography and computed radiography systems that meet the diverse needs of healthcare providers. Carestream Health's
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) business also is part of Digital Capture Solutions. NDT designs and produces unique film and digital imaging solutions for industrial radiography.
Healthcare Information Solutions-This business is led by Michael Jackman, President, HCIS, and offers solutions for electronic review, storage, distribution and management of medical images to maximize the efficiency of operations and accessibility of images.
Medical Films and Printing Solutions-Headed by Marco Bucci, President, the Medical Films and Printing Solutions business offers medical printing systems and films that allow customers to deliver superb image quality in hardcopy form.
Molecular Imaging Systems-Led by Shahram Hejazi, President, this business has emerged as a leader in the nascent market for optical molecular imaging and develops high-performance films, imaging agents and digital imaging systems for the life-science research and drug discovery and development markets.
Rounding out the senior leadership team are Michael Pomeroy, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President; Michael Ducey, Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer; Janine Kilty, Chief Personnel Officer; Holly Hillberg, Chief Technology Officer; Claudio Villarino, General Manager of Medical Solutions World Wide Sales and Services; Richard S. Morabito, Chief Purchasing Officer; James M. Quinn, General Counsel & Secretary; and Eileen Wirley, Chief Information Officer.
Each leadership-team executive continues in the role he or she previously held with Kodak's Health Group.
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(Editor's Note: Biographies and photographs of all executives referenced in this story can be found at
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/health/corp/corp-bio.jhtml?pq-path=10893
About Carestream Health, Inc.
With revenues of almost $2.5 billion, Carestream Health, Inc. is a leading provider of medical and dental imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions; molecular imaging systems for the life science research and drug discovery/development market segments; and x-ray film and digital x-ray products for the non-destructive testing market.
The company emerged in 2007 when the Onex Corporation purchased Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group. Headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., Carestream Health operates in more than 150 countries worldwide and owns more than 1,000 patents in digital imaging, film and imaging chemistry.