BOSTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Wes Ervin, an expert in customer communications design, has joined Art Plus Technology (APT) as Director of Healthcare Communications Strategy. "Wes has been a pioneer in the field of information design in this country for 20 years," says Elizabeth Gooding, President and CEO of APT. "With Wes on our team, we're confident that APT will become in healthcare what we are already in financial services: the partner of choice for developing the next generation of customer communications."
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"We see enormous opportunities," adds Wes Ervin, "to improve healthcare communications in ways that will save money, streamline operations, facilitate compliance, and delight the recipients." He will be responsible for product strategy and business development in the healthcare market. In addition, Wes will launch the Healthcare Communications Forum in 2005, as a sister conference to the Financial Communications Forum that APT established in 1997.
Prior to joining APT, Wes was Chief Information Architect and Strategic Business Development Manager for DST Output where he initiated innovative communications approaches for industry leaders such as Pfizer. Previously he was Managing Director of Information Design Associates in New York, a firm which he founded in 1991. During his career Wes has worked at the investment banks of Goldman Sachs and CS First Boston and was a professor at New York University's Graduate School of Business for five years. He currently is an advisory board member of the International Institute for Information Design in Vienna, Austria, and the Communications Research Institute of Australia. He received his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Chicago.
About Art Plus Technology
Art Plus Technology, Inc. (APT) enables companies to develop more effective, efficient and profitable relationships with their customers through bills, account statements, and other transactional documents, whether printed, delivered over the Internet, or both. Based in Boston, APT focuses on the financial services, insurance, and healthcare sectors. Established in 1988, APT offers in-depth industry knowledge, award-winning design, and technical expertise in automated document production. For more information visit http://www.artplustechnology.com/.
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