ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Acuo Technologies®, specializing in the design of high-performance Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM®) and Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) solutions for intelligent medical image management, storage and data migration, today named healthcare IT industry veteran Jeff Timbrook as its new Chief Executive Officer. Timbrook, recognized for his technical competence and considered a leading expert in the medical image management marketplace, has been actively involved in DICOM/PACS image management since 1995.
Timbrook has served as Acuo’s executive vice president of sales and marketing and succeeds Gary Haycox, who has left Acuo to pursue new business ventures.
“Jeff is a recognized leader in the medical imaging industry and is ideally suited to drive the Acuo DICOM Services Grid software suite forward as the standard for building strong enterprise management solutions and strategies in healthcare,” said Shannon Werb, COO and CTO of Acuo Technologies.
Timbrook has been in the healthcare IT industry for more than 20 years, and has a proven track record of building, leading and motivating high-performance teams in high-growth businesses, in both entrepreneurial and multi-national business environments. Before joining Acuo, he was vice president and co-founder of Emageon, where he successfully led the sales efforts from the inception of the company through its growth to more than 260 North American customers in 2005. Prior to Emageon, Timbrook held sales and marketing leadership positions at StorCOMM, Medicus Systems, and Lanier Healthcare.
“I am honored to lead Acuo Technologies to the next level of business operations,” said Timbrook. “The Acuo brand ‘Powered by Acuo’ and our DICOM Services Grid software suite is primed to be the most sought after middleware application suite to assist healthcare providers and solution providers to build strong enterprise image management solutions and strategies. The Acuo product line has tremendous depth and flexibility to enable enhanced standards and performance for a wide range of image management solutions.”
About Acuo Technologies
Acuo Technologies, with headquarters in St. Paul, MN, was founded in 2000 with the objective of developing the first enterprise-wide collaborative asset management solution for medical DICOM images residing in a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS). Its first commercial product received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510-K approval in 2001. Since that time, over 70 medical sites around the world have deployed AcuoMed/AcuoStore software solutions. For more information, visit http://www.acuotech.com .
DICOM is the registered trademark of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association for its standards publications relating to digital communications of medical information.
Source: Acuo Technologies
