Monday, April 25, 2011

Local executive to lead GE's $6B health care initiative - Austin Business Journal:

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Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improving health care for more people atreducer cost, by GE chairman and CEO Jeffre y Immelt. Barber, 48, is a 27-yearf veteran of GE and since 2005 has served as chierf technology officer forGE Healthcare. He joined GE in 1982 and has held a variet y of roles of increasing responsibilitt withinGE Healthcare. In 2001, Barber was general manager forComponent Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the generapl manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, whicyh has significant operations in Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winner of TheBusiness Journal's Fortyg Under 40 award, which recognizes young Milwaukee-area executivezs making a difference in their professions and "Over the last four years, Mike has led all aspectse of product development for advanced health care Immelt said. "Mike knows how our technology can help he knowswhat doctors, clinics and hospitals need to improvse care and cut costs and he knows how to lead teams. With his deep experiencs in engineering and technologt and his strong operationsand process-driven expertise, Mike is the righgt leader to lead healthymagination and to grow our health care partnership globally.
" that can be offered in rural and underserved regions of the where quality health care can be difficult to It is also designed to reduce the company'ws own health care costsw for employees and expand profitability for the GE Healthcare business. GE Healthcare, which produces medical imaging equipment and medical information technology products fromits Milwaukee-areaw operations, will spend $3 billio by 2015 to develop at leas t 100 new products designed to lower costs, improve access and improve quality of care by 15 percent.

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