PierianDx Builds Leadership Team to Accommodate Fast Growth
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ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PierianDx, the forerunner in clinical genomic informatics, announced today that healthcare entrepreneur Jim Howard is joining the executive team as Senior VP Sales. Howard is the first of several new leaders to join the bioinformatics company as it responds to the heightened demand for its next-generation sequencing platform. One of Howard’s top priorities is to build out the sales organization in order to better reach the growing number of hospital systems and academic medical centers that seek to improve patient care by managing their own diagnostic next-generation sequencing. Howard brings with him sales leadership expertise and success with healthcare start-ups including Pharmacy OneSource, a clinical solution provider to hospitals, sold to Wolters Kluwer Health for $67 million. “We are excited to have Jim and his strategic leadership on our team,” said Ted Briscoe, PierianDx’s CEO.