Orion Health Names Robert Pepper New Vice President of Marketing for North America
Industry Veteran Brings Global Marketing Expertise to Expanding Team
BOSTON, MA – November 4, 2015 — Orion Health™, a population health management and healthcare integration company, today announced the appointment of Robert Pepper as Vice President of Marketing, North America. In his new role, Pepper will be responsible for setting the North American marketing strategy in collaboration with the global and North American leadership teams, as well as driving functional marketing programs in support of Orion Health’s overall business objectives.
Pepper brings over 25 years of experience to this role, with expertise spanning multiple marketing disciplines including global marketing, branding, public relations, market development and new product introduction.
He is a proven leader with a track record of success across emerging technology start-ups, pre- and post-public companies and global conglomerates.
“Orion Health continues to grow rapidly in North America as we perpetually evolve to meet marketplace demands. And as a reflection of that growth, our team is expanding accordingly,” said Paul Viskovich, President of Orion Health North America. “Robert’s deep experience and results-oriented approach make him a critical ingredient of our continued success as we work to sustain our market momentum and thought leadership.”
Prior to joining Orion Health, Pepper served in a marketing executive role in healthcare for VISICU (acquired by Philips Healthcare), Philips Healthcare and SoftMed Systems (acquired by 3M Health Information Systems) and other hi-tech companies. Pepper earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Business Administration from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Master of Business Administration from Babson College in addition to graduating from the Center for Creative Leadership.
“Orion Health’s bold vision of advancing the quality of healthcare across entire populations is a value I’m thrilled to uphold,” said Pepper. “I am excited to be a part of this team, as joining the company provides a unique opportunity to be on the cutting edge of technology innovations in the healthcare industry.”
About Orion Health, Inc.
Orion Health, a global leader in population health management, makes healthcare information available anywhere by providing healthcare IT connectivity in every US state and in over 30 countries worldwide—facilitating care for tens of millions of patients every day. With an inherent ability to interconnect a wide variety of healthcare information systems, Orion Health’s Open Platform, with Rhapsody Integration Engine, facilitates data acquisition and aggregation within and among payer and provider organizations, accountable care organizations, governments and health information exchanges. Open Platform stands alone as the foundation for population health management initiatives or can be combined with Orion Health’s own seamlessly integrated applications for analytics, care coordination, and patient engagement to enable end to end population health management, improve care coordination, enhance quality of care and help reduce costs. For more information, visit www.orionhealth.com. Connect with them on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.