FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MÄK APPOINTS DAVID EPSTEIN AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Cambridge, Mass., Aug 4, 2009 ― VT MÄK, (MÄK), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), announced the appointment of David A Epstein to the position of Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, Epstein will manage day-to-day operations, oversee infrastructure development and work with senior management to develop company-wide strategic plans.
Epstein is a senior technology executive with experience in taking ideas from conception to deployment. During his twenty-year tenure with IBM’s Software Group and TJ Watson Research Center, Epstein held several leadership roles, driving strategies and solutions in a number of different industries.
An early proponent of national scale health IT integration, Epstein drove a landmark pilot that linked the Centers for Disease Control, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Food & Drug Administration with major healthcare organizations, automating the monitoring and reporting of bio-surveillance, adverse drug and quality of care events. Working with the Finnish Defense Force and other Ministries of Defense, Epstein and his IBM team led the efforts to develop an extensible Network Centric Operations software framework. This framework enabled mission critical information gathered from a variety of battlefield sources to be delivered globally on-demand.
As a Vice President of Software & Development, Epstein helped build Vastvideo, a media start-up that syndicated professionally produced digital video through an extensive affiliate network.
Epstein began his career at Bolt, Beranek & Newman where he was the principal system architect for SIMNET, a $250m Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-sponsored tactical training simulator network. The SIMNET project is considered the birthplace of modern distributed simulation.
Epstein is the holder of eleven US patents, the author of sixteen peer-reviewed technical articles and the recipient of eleven major IBM awards for outstanding contributions and technical excellence. He holds a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from Columbia Business School. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Harvard University.
“We’re very excited to have David come on board and help us take MÄK to the next level. His experience with solution selling will assist MÄK in transitioning from a vendor of sub-components to a solutions provider to better support the demands of our expanding customer base.”
~ Warren KATZ
Chief Executive Officer
VT MÄK
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