Michael H. Carrel assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Vital Images in January 2008. He was named Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer in May 2005 after joining Vital Images as Chief Financial Officer in January 2005. Prior to joining Vital Images, Mr. Carrel was President and Chief Executive Officer of Zamba Corporation ("Zamba"), a publicly-held customer relationship management company and served as Zamba's Chief Financial Officer from 1998 until his appointment as CEO in 2004. He was also Chief Financial Officer of NextNet Wireless, Inc., a privately-held provider of non-line-of-sight plug and play broadband wireless access systems now part of Clearwire Corporation, and with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Mr. Carrel received his undergraduate degree at Pennsylvania State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Executive Vice President – Product Strategy & Development
Erkan Akyuz was named Executive Vice President of Product Strategy and Development in January 2010. In this role he leads the vision and strategy for Vital Images' products and solutions. Mr. Akyuz joined Vital Images as Executive Vice President of Engineering in August 2009. Prior to his roles at Vital Images, Mr. Akyuz served as Chief Technology Officer for Agfa Healthcare, a $1.6 billion subsidiary of Agfa and held a number of leadership roles from 2002 to 2009. Mr. Akyuz joined Agfa following Agfa's acquisition of Mitra Imaging, where he held various technical positions. He began his career in software development with Atlantis Systems International. Erkan holds a Bachelor of Science at Electrical Engineering, a Master of Science in Computer Science, as well as Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD.
Stephen S. Andersen was named Vice President of Channels and International of Vital Images in March 2010. He has been employed by Vital Images since May 1999 serving numerous leadership roles including Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Vice President, Sales Operations, Vice President, Europe, and Vice President, Engineering. Prior to joining Vital Images, Mr. Andersen was Program Manager and Business Development Manager for Internet Technologies at LodgeNet Entertainment and held technical support positions in the banking and telecommunications industry at Precision Computer Systems and Martin & Associates.
Steven P. Canakes was named Executive Vice President of Sales of Vital Images in March 2010. He has held progressive leadership roles including Executive Vice President Sales and International Operations, Executive Vice President of Global Sales, Vice President of Sales and Vice President of U.S. Sales since joining the company in March 1998 as Director of U.S. Sales. Between 1996 and March 1998, Mr. Canakes was Vice President of Business Development for MedManagement, LLC. He served as Vice President of Sales for Medintell Systems and Value Health Corporation, a Medintell Systems Division from 1994 to 1996. Prior to1994, Mr. Canakes was a CT Product Sales Manager for Picker International, Inc. Mr. Canakes received his Bachelor of Arts in Biological Science from the University of Minnesota.
Cindy J. Edwards was named Vice President of Human Resources in March of 2007. She began her career with Vital Images in 1999, as the Director of Human Resources, and was promoted to Senior Director of Human Resources in 2002. During her tenure at Vital Images, Edwards has led the effort to implement people strategies and build the company from a modest employee base of 50 employees. Prior to joining Vital Images, Edwards served as the HR Manager for the Assessments Division at Pearson plc (formerly National Computer Systems, Inc.). Prior to her HR work at Pearson, she worked as an HR Generalist in the non-profit sector. Ms. Edwards holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota. In addition, she maintains her Senior Professional in Human Resources certification.
Peter J. Goepfrich was named Chief Financial Officer in January 2008. From March 2007 until January 2008, Mr. Goepfrich was Vice President of Finance and Accounting. Previously, he was Senior Director of Finance from March 2005 to March 2007 and Controller from August 2004 to March 2005. From September 1997 to August 2004, Mr. Goepfrich served in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's Assurance and Business Advisory Services practice with a specialization in the audit of technology companies. From December 1996 to August 1997, Mr. Goepfrich was assistant controller at Management Resource Initiatives, Inc., a consulting firm to emerging companies providing key infrastructure support. Mr. Goepfrich is a certified public accountant (inactive) and received his Bachelor of Arts in Accounting at St. Mary's University.
Marc M. Lamont was named Managing Director Vital Images Europe in June 2007 for the Company's office in Den Haag, the Netherlands. Before joining Vital Images, Marc served many years in senior management roles including Managing Director Europe and European Director of Sales and Marketing in leading medical companies like Boston Scientific Europe and Baxter Healthcare. He combines a medical university education with a Master of Business Administration obtained in cooperation with Northwestern University.
Jim D. Litterer was named Vice President of Services and Operations in 2009 and is responsible for all aspects of global service delivery which includes professional services, customer support, customer education, services marketing and sales, and Information Technology. During his tenure with the Company, Mr. Litterer has held a succession of roles; he was named Vice President of Services in March 2008, Senior Director, Services in August 2007; Director of Customer Support from 2004 to 2007; Manager, Customer Support from 2003 to 2004; and Field Implementation Engineer prior to that. Before May 2002, Mr. Litterer served as Services Operations Analyst at Stellent, Inc. where he helped build out global Customer Support operations. Mr. Litterer holds a Bachelor of Science in Management and Information Systems from Iowa State University.
Ian L. Nemerov has been with Vital Images since August 2005 and is responsible for legal, regulatory and quality affairs. Between January 2005 and August 2005, he provided legal and human resources services to software companies, including Vital Images. He served as Vice President and General Counsel of Zamba Corporation ("Zamba"), a publicly-held customer relationship management consultancy, from January 1997 through December 2004, when Zamba was acquired by Technology Solutions Company. From August 1993 through December 1996, he was an attorney with Dataserv, Inc., a software and computer services company that was a subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation until it was acquired by Wang Laboratories in May 1996. Mr. Nemerov clerked for Justices Alan C. Page and Lawrence R. Yetka of the Minnesota Supreme Court and holds a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School.
Vikram Simha has been Chief Technology Officer since rejoining Vital Images in August 2008. From 2001 to July 2008, Mr. Simha held several leadership positions at TeraRecon Inc., including Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, 3D Engineering. Mr. Simha originally joined Vital Images as a software engineer and also served as a principal software engineer between 1994 and 1998. He earned a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University, Bangalore, India.
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