Mr. Higham joined the Company in October 1994 as Vice President of Marketing and Development. Four years prior to joining the Company he held a variety of executive management positions at South Shore Hospital the most recent of which was as Vice President of Health Systems Development where he developed and implemented a strategy for integration with physician practices and managed care payers. Prior to that from 1987 to 1990 Mr. Higham was a Senior Consultant at Ophnet Inc. where he focused on practice development marketing and sales for high technology specialty physician group practices. From 1983 to 1987 Mr. Higham held a variety of executive management positions at Carle Clinic Association a 300 physician multi-specialty group practice. Under Mr. Higham's direction Carle Clinic expanded its regional presence through aggressive acquisition and new practice start-ups. |