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Prior to joining SXC as President & COO, Mr. Thierer was the President of Physicians Interactive, a division of Allscripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX), the leading provider of Electronic Health Records, ePrescribing, and information solutions for physicians. Prior to Allscripts, Mr. Thierer spent ten years with CaremarkRx (NYSE: CMX), where he was a corporate officer and key executive in helping to build Caremark into a $30 billion pharmacy benefits manager and specialty pharmacy company.
At Caremark, Mr. Thierer served as the Senior Vice President, New Ventures, responsible for developing Caremark’s growth strategy. Prior to that, he held numerous senior operating positions, including Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, where he built extensive executive-level supply chain relationships with pharmaceutical, biotech, and generic drug companies. In addition, Mr. Thierer had operating responsibility for Caremark’s retail network business, developing new network service offerings for managed care and employers, as well as establishing Caremark’s contracting relationships with major chain drug stores such as Walgreens, CVS, Wal-Mart and Rite Aid. Mr. Thierer began his career at Caremark in sales and marketing, where he served as Vice President, Corporate Accounts, with sales and account management responsibility for the top 125 Caremark clients nationwide, including Fortune 500 employers, coalitions, unions, and health plans.
Prior to Caremark, Mr. Thierer spent ten years with IBM, selling systems to the healthcare industry. Mr. Thierer holds a B.S. in Finance and an M.B.A. in Marketing. He also holds the designation of CEBS (Certified Employee Benefits Specialist) from The Wharton School. | 