ADAC's Lowe passes CEO title to Eckert
ADAC Laboratories has added CEO to Andrew Eckert's list of titles, which already includes president and COO. Giving up the CEO mantle is David Lowe, who will remain chairman of the Milpitas, CA, nuclear medicine vendor. ADAC said the transition was part
ADAC Laboratories has added CEO to Andrew Eckert's list of titles, which already includes president and COO. Giving up the CEO mantle is David Lowe, who will remain chairman of the Milpitas, CA, nuclear medicine vendor. ADAC said the transition was part of a long-planned management development strategy, and that Lowe will continue to develop the company's strategic and operating plans.
In other ADAC news, the company signed an agreement to provide multivendor service and support of gamma cameras to customers in the asset management program of independent service organization COHR. The agreement will add over 75 gamma cameras to ADAC's multivendor service effort, which ADAC began in 1995 with the acquisition of JD Technical Services (SCAN 12/13/95).
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