NEW YORK, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolters Kluwer Health, a division of Wolters Kluwer NV, today announced that it has made three executive appointments in its Medical Research division, which includes Ovid Technologies and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journal publishing. Linda Holder was named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer responsible for managing the financial staff and procurement functions; Neil L. Schmidt joined the company as Vice President of Operations with responsibility for global operational initiatives; and Dr. Paul Weislogel has been promoted to Executive Vice President of LWW Journal Publishing responsible for managing the journal publishing business.
“The appointments of these three seasoned industry executives bring valuable expertise to our business to meet the evolving needs of our customers across medical, academic, society, and corporate markets,” said Gary Foster, President and CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research division. “Linda, Paul, and Neil bring a broad array of expertise in their respective areas. Their presence represents a strengthening of our leadership team to take full advantage of the many opportunities we see before us.”
Holder brings over 30 years of domestic and international financial experience in equipment, software and services businesses, and has extensive experience with acquisitions and related integration projects. She has held senior financial management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation and, most recently, with Hewlett-Packard, Inc., where she was responsible for financial management of services for over 100 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Holder also served for several years as CFO for a small publishing company and was a Senior Audit Manager with KPMG Peat Marwick. She received an MBA from Nanyang Technological University, and she also is a CPA.
Schmidt joins WK Health with 23 years of experience in technology-related services businesses, including 17 years at General Electric Medical Systems, where he served in various management roles in operations and marketing. Following his tenure at GE, Schmidt led large services organizations both domestically and abroad for INVENSYS, Plc., and American Cytoscope Makers, Inc. He brings considerable experience from world-class operational environments as well as marketing, sales, and analytical skills. Schmidt received a B.A. from National University, and an MBA from Rutgers University.
Weislogel has been employed by Wolters Kluwer Health since September 2004, serving as Director of Strategic Society Relations for LWW. In this position, Weislogel was focused on establishing new publishing partnerships with medical societies, expanding LWW’s strategic relationship with existing publishing partners and developing new print and electronic knowledge products. Prior to joining LWW, Weislogel worked for Reed Elsevier for 24 years where he covered a range of scientific, biomedical, and clinical and health sciences areas involving proprietary and society journals and books. Most recently, Weislogel was Vice President of Global Society Relations in Elsevier’s Health Science Division, where he was responsible for coordinating the company’s publishing relationships with existing, new and potential society clients. Prior to Elsevier, Weislogel worked at Litton Bionetics, where he was Principal Investigator for a National Cancer Institute contract. He is a graduate of Iowa State University and received his M.A. and PhD degrees from Princeton University.
About Wolters Kluwer Health
Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health) is a leading provider of information for professionals and students in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools, periodicals and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Facts & Comparisons; online information providers, such as Ovid Technologies and Medi-Span; and pharmaceutical information provider Adis International. WK Health is a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading multi-national publisher and information services company with annual sales as of 2003 of more than 3.4 billion euros and approximately 18,750 employees worldwide.
About Ovid
Ovid Technologies (http://www.ovid.com/) is an internationally recognized leader of electronic medical, scientific, and academic research information solutions. Ovid supports the research needs of its customers by providing a unique combination of content, tools and services that makes research smarter, faster and more effective. We support Ovid Online and SilverPlatter Online customers, and provide a local solution for customers requiring offline access. Ovid is used by the world’s leading colleges and universities; medical schools; academic research libraries and library consortia; hospitals and healthcare systems; pharmaceutical, engineering and biotechnology companies; HMOs and clinical practices.
About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher of professional health information resources for physicians, nurses, specialized clinicians and students. LWW publishes nearly 275 periodicals and 1,500 books in more than 100 disciplines, as well as content-based sites and online corporate and customer services.
Wolters Kluwer Health
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Web site: http://www.ovid.com/