Agilent Technologies Names Steve Rusckowski Senior Vice President and General Manager of Healthcare Solutions Group.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 18, 1999-- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. has named Steve Rusckowski senior vice president and general manager of its Healthcare Solutions Group (HSG HSG High School Graduate HSG Housing HSG Hysterosalpingogram HSG Hysterosalpingography HSG Hochschule St. Gallen (Switzerland) HSG Huntington Study Group HSG High Sierra Group HSG Hotspot Gateway (802. ), based in Andover, Mass. Agilent Technologies, a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, is a diversified technology company, resulting from HP's plan to strategically realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. itself into two fully independent companies. Rusckowski, 42, is a 15-year veteran of HP and was most recently the general manager of HSG's Cardiology Products Division, where he was responsible for managing the design, manufacture, marketing and support of HP's defibrillator defibrillator, device that delivers an electrical shock to the heart in order to stop certain forms of rapid heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). The shock changes a fibrillation to an organized rhythm or changes a very rapid and ineffective cardiac rhythm to a and electrocardiograph e·lec·tro·car·di·o·graph n. Abbr. ECG, EKG An instrument used in the detection and diagnosis of heart abnormalities that measures electrical potentials on the body surface and generates a record of the electrical currents associated with products. Since joining HP in 1984, Rusckowski has managed the Medical Supplies, Customer Services, Clinical Information Systems and Healthcare Information Management divisions within HSG. Prior to joining HP, he spent several years with Procter and Gamble in manufacturing management. "I'm very pleased to have someone with Steve's background and experience to lead our Healthcare Solutions Group," said Edward W. (Ned) Barnholt, president and chief executive officer of Agilent. "Steve has made many contributions to our business over the years and has extensive market and industry knowledge. I look forward to his leadership in executing HSG's business strategy." Rusckowski holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute - (WPI) A well-regarded, small engineering college. Address: Worcester, MA, USA. and a master's degree in business administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management The MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is one of the world's leading business schools, conducting research and teaching in finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, . He serves on several boards and advisory committees. About HP's Healthcare Solutions Group HP's Healthcare Solutions Group is a worldwide leader in clinical measurement and diagnostic solutions for the healthcare industry. The group has 5,000 employees and had revenues of more than $1.3 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. HP holds leading market share with its patient monitoring and associated clinical information-management systems for critical care, and with its cardiovascular ultrasound imaging systems. Information about HP's Healthcare Solutions Group can be found on the Web at http://www.hp.com/go/medical/. About Agilent Technologies With 43,000 employees serving customers in more than 100 countries, Agilent Technologies is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. The businesses comprising Agilent Technologies had net revenues of nearly $8 billion in fiscal year 1998. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at http://www.agilent.com. |
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