Onrad hires new CTO

Teleradiology provider Onrad has promoted Jesse Salen, its vice president of technology from 2007 to 2010, as its new chief technology officer (CTO).

Salen has an MBA from the Paul Merage School of Management at the University of California, Irvine, and is currently continuing his education part-time at the University of San Diego, School of Law, where he plans to achieve expertise in health law, according to the Riverside, Calif.-based company. Salen worked from 2007 to 2010 as the company’s vice president of technology before accepting a position as marketing product manager for the Centricity PACS product line at GE Healthcare, according to Onrad.
 

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