McKesson HBOC, Inc. Names Kevin Swan Group President, Medical Group.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000 McKesson HBOC HBOC HBO & Co of Georgia HBOC Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer HBOC Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier HBOC Hawke's Bay Orienteering Club (New Zealand) HBOC Hunter Bird Observers Club HBOC Horse Breeders and Owners Conference , Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MCK MCK McKinsey & Company (consulting firm) MCK Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (Quebec) MCK Mon Colle Knights (children's TV show) MCK Mirror Classes Kit MCK Maintenance Check ) (McKessonHBOC) today announced that Kevin M. Swan has been named group president, Medical Group, the company's medical-surgical distribution business. Swan succeeds Paul Julian, who was recently named president, Supply Management Business. He will report to Julian and be located in the Medical Group's Richmond, Virginia, headquarters. Prior to joining McKessonHBOC, Swan was president and chief executive officer of IBA IBA abbr. International Bar Association IBA (in Britain) Independent Broadcasting Authority IBA n abbr (Brit) (= Independent Broadcasting Authority s.a.'s Sterilization and Ionization business, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois Oak Brook is a suburb of Chicago in DuPage County, in Illinois. The population was 8,702 at the 2000 census. History Oak Brook was incorporated as a Village in 1958, due in large part to the efforts of Paul Butler, a prominent civic leader and landowner whose father had , which provides sterilization, laboratory and cold pasteurization pasteurization (păs'ch  rĭzā`shən, -rīzā`shən), partial sterilization of liquids such as milk, orange juice, wine, and beer, as well as cheese, to destroy services to the Life
Sciences, Food, Laboratory and Materials industries on a global scope.
In 1994, he became president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Griffith Micro Science
International, and over the next four years led the company through a
turnaround capped with its purchase by IBA in 1999. Earlier in his
career, Swan worked for 15 years at Baxter Healthcare. He was president
of Baxter's Health Systems, responsible for corporate-wide sales
and marketing to large healthcare provider systems and group purchasing
organizations. He also was vice president and general manager of
Baxter's Ambulatory Infusion Division.
"Kevin Swan brings outstanding leadership skills and a broad set of capabilities to his new position, further building upon the momentum the Medical Group team has generated for our medical-surgical distribution business," said Julian. "In particular, he has a track record for developing strong management teams and solid strategic skills, along with experience in successful acquisitions and integrations. He brings a broad set of executive-level relationships within the Medical Group's customer and supplier base. Looking ahead to the future of our business, Kevin led the creation of the platform from which the first business-to-business e-commerce pilot for the sterilization and laboratory services market was launched." Swan is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University, main campus at Carbondale; state supported; coeducational; est. 1869, opened 1874 as a normal school, renamed 1947. It has a center for archaeological investigation and a fisheries research laboratory. There is also a campus at Edwardsville. . McKesson HBOC, Inc., a Fortune 60 corporation, is the world's largest supply management and healthcare information technology company. McKessonHBOC provides supply management and information technologies across the entire continuum of healthcare, including market-leading businesses in pharmaceutical and medical-surgical distribution, automation, information technology and outsourcing services for healthcare providers and payors. More information about McKessonHBOC is available on its World Wide Website at: http://www.mckhboc.com. |
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