Intelerad Appoints New Chief Operating Officer and Chief Customer Officer

Montreal, Canada – October 25, 2016 – Intelerad Medical Systems™, a leader in enterprise workflow and medical image archiving solutions​, ​today announced the appointment of Christian Bazinet as Chief Operating Officer, and Michel Desgagné as Chief Customer Officer. “In order to support our continued growth and augment our efforts and abilities, we’ve added two seasoned technology executives to our leadership team,” said Randall Oka, President and CEO, Intelerad. “With Christian and Michel, we gain a vast amount of knowledge and expertise that will help drive Intelerad forward in the years to come.” Mr. Bazinet joins Intelerad following seven years as Oracle’s Vice-President of Sales, Technology & Cloud Services. A graduate of the Ivey Business School, Mr. Bazinet has accumulated over 20 years of experience in professional services and revenue generation in the telecommunications industry, with companies such as Rogers, Sprint, and Cisco. Prior to joining Intelerad, Mr. Desgagné served as Vice-President of Global Operations at Genetec, a global provider of unified IP security solutions. In addition to having over 20 years of experience leading R&D, services and operations teams within different technology organizations, Mr. Desgagné holds an MBA from the John Molson School of Business of Concordia University and a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal. The appointments of Mr. Bazinet and Mr. Desgagné are a critical step as Intelerad continues to expand its presence in large healthcare networks. “While our company started out providing solutions to large health systems, our flexibility has made us quite popular in ambulatory and teleradiology markets,” said Oka. “With the growing need for interoperable systems that truly enable the delivery of value-based care, our solutions are today being sought out and deployed to a greater number of hospitals.” About Intelerad
​Intelerad is a leader in enterprise workflow and medical image archiving solutions for all types of healthcare organizations. Renowned for their innovative features and functionality, Intelerad solutions, such as InteleViewer™ and InteleOne® XE, increase productivity and streamline workflow by overcoming technical barriers in distributed and complex environments. Highly scalable, flexible and robust, Intelerad’s solutions offer high performance and industry-leading customer service and support. For more information, visit www.intelerad.com

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