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News release
8/20/2007
Mikael Strindlund Leaves Ortivus. Walter K. Young appointed new CEO and president
After substantial changes, new product launcher and a necessary restructuring, Ortivus enters into a new phase.
The Board of Directors has therefore today appointed Walter K. Young as CEO and president. Walter K. Young is a member of the Ortivus group management, and has since 1999 been responsible for the group’s North American operations. Walter K. Young has extensive management experience from international medtech businesses including Marquette Medical and Spacelabs Medical, Inc.
"Former CEO, Mikael Strindlund has made an outstanding contribution to Ortivus during his tenure at Ortivus, including a substantial and necessary restructuring, new product launches, establishing of international sales channels, and achieving a market leading position for cardiology in Sweden," says Akbar Seddigh, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
"We both agree that this is an appropriate time to end the assignment," says Mikael Strindlund and Akbar Seddigh jointly. Walter K. Young takes up the position immediately.
Mikael Strindlund stands at the company’s disposal until further notice.
For more information: Akbar Seddigh, Chairman, Ortivus, tel. +46 8 446 45 00
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About Ortivus:
Ortivus offers integrated software solutions for Emergency Medical Services and Public Safety. The North American Subsidiary develops and markets the following pre-hospital applications: EMS billing, patient care reporting, computer-aided dispatch, automatic vehicle location, mobile data application, and patient vital signs monitoring and data transmission.
The Ortivus vision is to be the customer’s preferred provider of integrated information and decision-making software support systems in the Emergency Medical Service, Public Safety and Healthcare industries.
Ortivus operates out of two North American corporate office locations (Decorah, Iowa, US and Montreal, Quebec, Canada), as well as several international locations (Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Great Britain).