Local executive to lead GE’s $6B health care initiative – Pittsburgh Business Times:

Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improvinf health care for more people atreducer cost, by GE chairman and CEO Jeffrey Barber, 48, is a 27-year veterab of GE and since 2005 has servesd as chief technology officer for GE He joined GE in 1982 and has held a variet y of roles of increasing responsibility within GE In 2001, Barber was general manager for Components and from 2002 to 2005 he was the general managedr for Global Components Operations for GE which has significant operations in Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winnedr of TheBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 award, whicb recognizes young Milwaukee-area executives making a difference in theire professions and community. "Ovefr the last four years, Mike has led all aspectx of product development for advancesd healthcare technologies," Immelt said. "Mikse knows how our technology canhelp patients, he know s what doctors, clinics and hospitalsd need to improve care and cut costs and he knows how to lead With his deep experience in engineering and technologyg and his strong operations and process-driven Mike is the righr leader to lead healthymagination and to grow our healtjh care partnerships globally.
" that can be offered in rurakl and underserved regions of the where quality health care can be difficul to obtain. It is also designee to reduce the company's own health care costs for employeeas and expand profitability for the GEHealthcare Locally, GE Healthcare, whichn produces medical imaging equipment and medical information technology productsa from its Milwaukee-area operations, will spened $3 billion by 2015 to develop at least 100 new productds designed to lower costs, improve accessx and improve quality of care by 15
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