Andrew R. Heller, Chairman & CEO of Heller Associates,
20.04.1999, 08:26
Joins VidiMedix Board
AUSTIN, Texas (PROTEXT) - VidiMedix Corporation, a leading
provider of advanced telemedicine / health information technology
solutions and services, announced today that Andrew R. Heller has
joined its Board of Directors and has been engaged as an advisor
to the Board and to Management. Heller's experience as an
extremely successful entrepreneur, investor, venture capitalist,
executive, advisor and developer complements and strengthens
VidiMedix' Board as the Company begins to commercialize its new
Internet Enabled Series 2000 Product System(A).
"We are very excited to have Andrew Heller join with us in our
effort to enable the delivery of a large percentage of physician
/ patient encounters over computer networks which will include
the Internet. Heller's understanding of the forces at play in
today's rapidly evolving computing and networking environment
coupled with his company building and financing experience makes
for a very powerful addition to an already strong Board," said
Phil Faris, VidiMedix president and chief executive officer.
Andrew Heller commented that, "Telemedicine has been viewed as
a technology waiting to happen. Unfortunately, up until recently
the necessary technology to deliver telemedicine was expensive
and limited in availability. Now, all of the enabling
technological building blocks that have been needed to make
telemedicine viable as an economic tool for delivery of day-to-
day specialty and remote medical services are coming into place.
For the first time in the long history of telemedicine
experiments and attempts, VidiMedix, with its new family of
products using the Internet and other generally available broad
band services has brought telemedicine within the reach of main
line medical practice, not just as a battlefield and EMS anomaly.
I am excited about the prospects of the Company, the products and
the team. The use of the Internet should allow these new products
to enter the market quickly and become another tool to help
control the costs of delivery of medical services."
Heller has had a distinguished career in the computing
industry spanning over 30 years. In his 23 years at IBM, he was
honored by being the youngest person ever appointed to the
prestigious post of IBM Fellow, along with numerous other
technical and business honors. While at IBM, Heller served in
many technical and management capacities including Corporate
Director Advanced Technology Systems directing a wide range of
R&D activities with IBM, was a member of the Executive Committee
On Technology (ECOT), was a member of the executive Technical
Review Board (TRB) overseeing long term technology commitments
for the Company, and was General Manager of the Independent
Business Unit responsible for UNIX and workstation activities
within IBM.
After IBM, Heller joined Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and
Byers, a very well known Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer,
as a consulting partner where he worked with numerous start up
companies helping them to formulate and define business plans,
and in the early stage execution of those plans.
Heller is currently involved in working with early stage and
startup companies and serves on numerous Boards of Directors and
Advisory Boards of high technology, software, networking, data
mining, and other related technology companies. He continues to
operate his privately held consulting firm, Heller Associates,
Inc., based in Austin, Texas.
VidiMedix Corporation is a privately held company that designs
telemedicine systems using state-of-the-art technology. VidiMedix
systems assist physicians in the delivery of quality medical care
and patient education by overcoming the barriers of time and
distance. The Company is co-located in two of the country's high
tech centers, Austin, Texas and San Diego, California. Additional
information about VidiMedix can be found on the World Wide Web at
www.vidimedix.com.
VidiMedix and the Cone Logo are trademarks of VidiMedix
Corporation.
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