UPMC Names Vice President for International Business Development
PITTSBURGH , August 19, 2008 — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) today announced the appointment of Katie Taylor, a nearly 20-year veteran of General Electric Co., to a new position as vice president for business development in UPMC’s International and Commercial Services Division.
Based in Paris, Ms. Taylor will play a key role in shaping and implementing UPMC’s overall international business development strategy. She also will lead the international marketing efforts for UPMC’s information technology products and services and expansion of its cancer centers.
Ms. Taylor joins UPMC’s rapidly growing international operations, which already employ more than 1,100 people and include a transplant hospital in Italy, an independent hospital and two cancer centers in Ireland, emergency medical services in Qatar and an information technology project in the United Kingdom. In addition, UPMC is working with such technology partners as dbMotion Inc. and TheraDoc Inc. to sell their products and services in markets overseas.
Before joining UPMC in August, Ms. Taylor worked in a wide variety of businesses at GE, including its health care, transportation and mortgage units. Her management career included stints in Paris, Mexico City and Sao Paolo, Brazil. During the past year, she took a leave of absence from GE to serve as chief operating officer at GEMS Education, a for-profit network of about 50 international schools in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
“We are thrilled to have someone of Katie’s caliber as part of our international team. Her experience in leading international businesses at GE will serve UPMC well as we strive to grow new revenues to support our world-renowned patient care, research and education in Pittsburgh and throughout our global network,” said Charles Bogosta, executive vice president of UPMC and president, International and Commercial Services.
Ms. Taylor became familiar with UPMC while working with the health system in its joint development efforts with GE. The two organizations created a $50 million co-development fund two years ago to pursue innovative products and services for the health care market. In June, this led to the launch of Omnyx LLC, a company jointly owned by GE and UPMC, which will develop and market digital pathology solutions.
“After years of selling products and services to those in the health care market, I’m excited to be part of an organization that is directly providing high-quality patient care around the world,” said Ms. Taylor. She holds a master’s degree in international business diplomacy from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s in political science from Yale University and is fluent in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
About UPMC
UPMC is an integrated global health enterprise headquartered in Pittsburgh and one of the leading nonprofit health systems in the United States. As western Pennsylvania’s largest employer, with 48,000 employees and nearly $7 billion in revenue, UPMC is transforming the economy of the region into one based on medicine, research and technology. By integrating 20 hospitals, 400 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, long-term care facilities and a major insurance plan, UPMC has advanced the quality and efficiency of health care and developed internationally renowned programs in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, psychiatry, orthopaedics and sports medicine, among others. UPMC is commercializing its medical and technological expertise by nurturing new companies, developing strategic business relationships with some of the world’s leading multinational corporations and expanding into international markets, including Italy, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Qatar. For more information about UPMC, visit our website at www.upmc.com.