Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 15, 2015

Interview with the President and CEO: VirtualScopics, Inc. (VSCP)

Eric T. Converse
Eric T. Converse was named President and Chief Executive Officer of VirtualScopics, Inc., in July 2014. He joined the VirtualScopics board of directors in August 2013 and became the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2013. Mr. Converse has more than 20 years of hands-on leadership and management experience working with early-stage and transitional companies across a wide range of industries. His prior experience includes working in private equity, in both the U.S. and Europe. He represented Nedamco Capital's interest as CEO of Oblicore, Inc., a provider of service level management software, which was subsequently sold to CA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA). Prior to this, Mr. Converse was the CEO of Oneswoop.com, the first Web-based car-buying service in the U.K., which was acquired by Norwich Union Consumer Products, now known as Aviva plc (LON:AV). Very early in his career, Mr. Converse was a member of the senior management team of Nedamco North America Corporation, a U.S.-based global technology development company, responsible for the development of new markets, predominately in China and India. Among his various board seats, Mr. Converse has also held the position of Vice Chairman of the supervisory board of Swyx Solutions AG, a unified communications company based in Dortmund, Germany, serving the Pan-European marketplace for the past six years. Mr. Converse received his B.S. degree in business administration from Michigan State University and attended Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands.     Profile
TWST: Could you provide an overview of the company and talk about what need in the marketplace exists that VirtualScopics is responding to?

Mr. Converse: First of all, we’re an