Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Wayne J. Riley, M.D., M.B.A., joined its board of directors as an independent director. The addition of Dr. Riley brings the number of Vertex board members to 10. Dr. Riley was appointed to the class of ... read more

Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, today announced the appointment of Alfred J. Castino to its board of directors. Mr. Castino is a veteran financial executive who most recently served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Autodesk, ... read more

Progressive Medical, Inc. (http://www.progressive-medical.com) today announced it has named Robert L. Hall, MD, as Medical Director. Dr. Hall, who brings an advantageous combination of physical medicine and rehabilitation, and workers’ compensation claims management, will help Progressive Medical continue to revolutionize the way claims are ... read more

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), announced today the appointment of Craig Etheridge as vice president of Mobile Advertising Sales for Gannett Digital. Etheridge was most recently vice president of Emerging Platform Sales at The Weather Channel (TWC) where he was responsible for sales of TWC’s mobile product ... read more

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified circuit verification platform (AFS Platform), today announced that Stephen Meier has joined the company as vice president of engineering. A recognized EDA technology and management leader, Meier will lead the company’s world-class engineering organization as it ... read more

Berkeley Research Group, LLC, (BRG), a preeminent expert advisory and data analytics firm, today announced that Dr. Laura D’Andrea Tyson has joined the firm as a special advisor. Dr. Tyson is a member of President Barack Obama’s Economic Recovery ... read more

Leading expert services and data analytics firm Berkeley Research Group, LLC, (BRG), today announced the appointment of several new experts, further bolstering its expert advisory services and range of expertise across the healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. “Rapid ... read more

WhiteGlove House Call Health, Inc., (www.whiteglove.com) an innovative healthcare company that helps companies lower their healthcare costs while giving their employees and dependents access to a healthcare experience they love, 365 days a year, at home or work, announced today that it has added Michael Grabert ... read more

cMoney, Inc., a Houston-based company at the forefront of mobile phone-based payment and money transfer technologies for mobile phone users, retailers and financial institutions, has announced that two prominent businessmen, Dr. Larry B. Wilson and Melvin Tekell, have joined the company’s board of directors, bringing diverse ... read more

Everspin Technologies, the industry’s MRAM product leader, has named Phillip LoPresti its president and chief executive officer (CEO). LoPresti brings more than 25 years of engineering, sales and marketing experience in the semiconductor industry, including specific expertise leading a startup in an emerging technology sector. ... read more

IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today named Adel Al-Saleh as senior vice president, Sales and Global Account Management, a new position. Previously, Mr. Al-Saleh was president, Europe, Middle East and Africa for IMS. He continues to ... read more

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) announced today the creation of an Advanced Research and Technology (ART) center that will lead the company’s efforts to develop revolutionary new wound healing, regenerative medicine, and therapeutic support system technologies and treatments. ... read more

Technology Commercialization Group, LLC (TCG), an international business development strategy and implementation firm, today announced that Ray W. Swanson has joined the firm as a Partner. Swanson has more than 20 years of experience in the medical technology and ... read more

Madison Ave. Media, Inc. (OTCBB:KHZM), has named John Rustin Executive Vice President, with responsibility for operations, of the fast-growing public company’s WiCoup division. WiCoup blends the dynamic power of digital couponing delivered into opt-in cell phone numbers with the unleashed marketing power of a well-tuned network ... read more

CrossView, a premier provider of cross-channel commerce solutions, today announced that new executive talent has joined the firm. David Ricketts has joined CrossView as vice president of Business Development, and Michael Peters has joined the firm as chief information security officer. ... read more

EraGen Biosciences Inc. today announced a major expansion of its sales, marketing, customer service and technical support organizations. The expanded teams include seasoned professionals with substantial experience in the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics market. The company also announced that ... read more

As the next step in aggressively increasing sales and growing the company’s international footprint, Vidacare Corporation has promoted Mark Mellin to Acting CEO and President and Mike Voss to the newly-created position of Chief Operating Officer. Phil Faris will move into a role that focuses his ... read more

GE Lighting has hired Jaime A. Irick to lead GE Lighting Solutions as its president and CEO, reporting to Michael Petras, president and CEO of GE Lighting. In his new role, Irick drives the development, growth and management of GE’s global light-emitting diode (LED) product business ... read more

McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that James S. Cohen will join the Firm’s Health Industry Advisory and Life Sciences & Medical Devices Practice Groups as a partner and leader of the firm's FDA ... read more

Rimage Corporation (Nasdaq: RIMG) today announced the appointment of James R. Stewart as Chief Financial Officer. Stewart, age 53, is scheduled to start as an employee on July 26, 2010 and will become the Company's Chief Financial officer later in August ... read more