Qforma Announces Executive Appointments

SANTA FE, N.M., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qforma, a healthcare data analytics and predictive modeling company, today announced the appointments of three executives, Valerio Aimale, MD, William Howard, PhD, and Delphina Perkins.

"As a company, we are constantly adapting to the evolving life sciences industry to meet our customers' needs," said Kelly Myers, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Qforma. "The appointments of these exceptionally skilled professionals underscore our commitment to innovation and the delivery of cutting-edge products and services."

Dr. Valerio Aimale has been appointed to the position of Chief, Advanced Projects. In this role, he will lead product research and development initiatives. Dr. Aimale received his MD from the University of Genoa, Italy, and spent 15 years in molecular biology research, internal medicine, and complexity and computer science. He has extensive expertise in the area of familial hypercholesterolemia.

Dr. William Howard has been appointed Senior Vice President, New Product Development.  In his previous position, Dr. Howard led Qforma's Client Services division.  He graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy, West Point, in 1987 with a BS degree in Engineering Physics. Dr. Howard received his PhD as a Hertz Foundation Fellow in Applied Nuclear and Medical Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Howard has invented, developed and marketed computational lithography products for the semiconductor industry.

Delphina Perkins has joined Qforma as Director, Client Services. With more than 20 years of experience in the life sciences industry, she has held roles in Research and Development and Regulatory Affairs in the medical device industry. Ms. Perkins also held positions in both sales and market research at Merck and Genentech, and led market development initiatives at Medtronic. Delphina received a BA in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and a MBA with a concentration in Marketing from McComb's School of Business, University of Texas at Austin.

About Qforma
Qforma is a healthcare data analytics and predictive modeling company and the leading provider of influence networking technologies identifying the drivers of revenue, market share and better healthcare outcomes.

Qforma is headquartered in Santa Fe, NM with offices in Princeton, NJ.  More information is available at http://www.Qforma.com 

Media Contacts:
Lisa Haley, Qforma
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Jeff Hoyak, MCS Healthcare Public Relations
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SOURCE Qforma