MEDecision Names Scott Paddock Executive Vice President, Client Solutions
Former General Electric Executive to Head Sales
Brings Extensive Corporate Experience and Discipline to Sales Forecasting and Strategy
WAYNE, Pa. - July 25, 2007 - MEDecision, Inc., a provider of software, services and clinical content to health care payers, today announced that it has named Scott Paddock executive vice president, client solutions.
Paddock will leverage over 15 years of corporate sales and marketing experience to direct and manage MEDecision's entire sales operation. His primary charge will be to optimize the focus, discipline and effectiveness of the company's sales process, forecasting and strategy. He will also work to enhance the incorporation of MEDecision's existing marketing and development strengths into its overall sales and customer relations efforts.
"Scott is an established and seasoned sales executive with an excellent understanding of the health care and technology markets and a history of achievement at a very high corporate level," said MEDecision President and Chief Operating Officer John H. Capobianco. "We feel that his expertise in sales execution structure and discipline make him ideally suited to lead our sales function, and we're very pleased to have him on board."
"MEDecision has a very unique combination of products, existing customers and talented people in a rapidly evolving market that make this a very attractive opportunity," Paddock said. "I strongly believe that MEDecision is in a unique position to capitalize on its achievements and market position, and my experience will help the Company achieve its potential."
Paddock joins MEDecision after serving as senior vice president/general manager of the Applied Technologies Solutions Division of RWD Technologies, which provides software lifecycle management and e-learning solutions to the health care and life sciences industries, among others. Previously, he was vice president of operations and sales for Dendrite International following seven years in the health care and technology sectors of General Electric (GE) Corporation. Paddock's numerous roles at GE included: vice president of sales; director of global business development; director, vertical markets; mergers & acquisitions leader; and strategic sales leader.
A trained Six Sigma Black Belt and certified Green Belt, Paddock holds a master's degree in Business Administration from Franklin University of Ohio and B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from the State University of New York at Buffalo and Fredonia, respectively.
About MEDecision
Founded in 1988, MEDecision provides health care payer organizations with software, services and clinical content that allow them to increase administrative efficiency and improve the overall quality and affordability of their members' health care. A provider of Collaborative Care Management, MEDecision's technologies analyze data, automate payer workflow processes and electronically connect patients, providers and payers to give each a common view of the patient's medical history, helping to foster better clinical decision making. MEDecision believes that, in the aggregate, its customers insure or manage care for approximately one in every six people in the U.S. with health insurance. For more information, please visit www.MEDecision.com.
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MEDecision
(610) 540-0202, ext. 1159
Tracey.Costello@MEDecision.com
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