Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 10, 2009

Merge Healthcare – Julie Pekarek & Steven M. Oreskovich (mrge)

JULIE PEKAREK is Merge Healthcare's Chief Marketing Officer. Ms. Pekarek has spent her entire career in the health care industry, working on both the supplier side for Baxter International and GE Healthcare and the provider side for a Chicago hospital system. Throughout her career, Ms. Pekarek has concentrated on strategic planning, marketing and business development. Ms. Pekarek has spent several years in marketing roles at Merge Healthcare. Ms. Pekarek received her undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Chicago, and has a Masters of Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Profile
TWST: Can we start with the history of your company and what your focus is on

now?

Ms. Pekarek: When we were interviewed by The Wall Street Transcript in December,

we talked a lot about the