Mr. Takahito Asano, Former Oracle Japan Executive, is Named Vice President for Convergence CT's Japan Operations
Honolulu, HI, February 22, 2007. Convergence CT, a Honolulu, Hawaii-based healthcare informatics company, today announced the appointment of Mr. Takahito Asano as Vice President for its Japan operations.
Asano comes to Convergence CT K. K. from Oracle Japan where he served as Healthcare Industry Sales Director and Public Sector Sales Senior Manager responsible for managing the sales of Oracle’s pharmaceutical solutions and hospital information systems. At Oracle, Asano was also responsible for the development and management of Oracle partners in the Japanese life sciences and healthcare markets.
As Convergence CT’s Vice President in Japan, Asano will be responsible for all operational, sales and support activities in the country.
In addition to hiring Asano, Convergence CT has also opened its new (K.K.) office in the BC Aoyama Building located in the heart of Tokyo. The office has been established to support Convergence CT’s Japanese clients. Japanese Life Sciences companies who want to leverage a rich source of patient health data for conducting medical research and clinical trials, may contact Convergence CT K.K. directly.
"Our goal for the Japan operation is to bring Convergence CT closer to its customers and business partners in the country. By having a physical presence in Japan, we will be better able to support them and bring additional healthcare organizations into our fold," said Lambert Onuma, president and chief executive officer of Honolulu-based Convergence CT.
Former Hawaii state governor George Ariyoshi who is Chairman of Convergence CT said, "Opening an office in Tokyo demonstrates the Company’s strong commitment to the Japanese market and to its installed customers and partners located in Japan."
Convergence CT is working with leading healthcare organizations and Life Science companies in establishing its vision of a global Consolidated Data Warehouse through the deployment of its DB*FOCUSTM product suite in hospitals, clinics, university hospitals, and medical groups in the U.S., Japan, and Europe. The Company provides these organizations with analytical and comparative business reports, and offers patient health data and services to research hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, and medical device manufacturers, worldwide, to aid in the clinical trials they are conducting.
About Convergence CT
Convergence CT, headquartered in Honolulu, HI, has offices in San Francisco, CA, Charlotte, NC, St. Louis, MO, Tokyo, Japan, and Berlin, Germany. Founded in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2001, Convergence CT’s mission is to establish a large, multi-national network of participating hospitals, clinics and Medical Groups through partnerships with multi-member healthcare organizations, providing a global Collaborative Data Warehouse for life sciences organizations who conduct research for the improvement and extension of life, and quality of care advancements.
Emphasizing the “convergence” of rich clinical data with advanced information technology and analysis, Convergence CT is able to offer a fresh and innovative approach to accelerating medical research, clinical development, and departmental analysis, significantly enhancing and improving the ability of healthcare and life science organizations to use patient-level data for research, clinical trial planning andrecruitment, and improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare services. The Company’s solutions offer improved efficiencies for hospital data management and research for global markets.
Convergence CT also offers data analytics to pharmaceutical, biotechnology companies and healthcare organizations. Convergence CT’s experience in working with large databases of detailed patient-level data including lab results and medication orders (both brand and generic named medications), exhibits a significant level of expertise in dealing with the organization and analysis of this level of data, expertise that is invaluable to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device manufacturers, and healthcare organizations.
For U.S. companies requesting more information, contact Convergence CT at 808-536-3040 or toll free at 888-222-0024; Convergence CT K.K. can be contacted at 1102 BC Aoyama Building, 2-26-32 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Japan Tel.: 050-3536-7566, or visit our corporate website at http://www.convergencect.com.
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