Local executive to lead GE's $6B health care initiative - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Barber was named head of "healthymagination," a GE progra m focused on improving health care for more peopler atreduced cost, by GE chairman and CEO Jeffrey Barber, 48, is a 27-year veteran of GE and sincr 2005 has served as chief technology officer for GE He joined GE in 1982 and has held a varietuy of roles of increasing responsibility withinj GE Healthcare. In 2001, Barber was general manager forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the generall manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, whicgh has significant operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatos a and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winner of TheBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 award, which recognizes youngh Milwaukee-area executives making a difference in their professionsw and community. "Over the last four Mike has led all aspects of product development for advancerd healthcare technologies," Immelt said. "Mike knows how our technologuy canhelp patients, he knows what clinics and hospitals need to improve care and cut costsw and he knows how to lead teams. With his deep experiencre in engineering and technology and his stronb operationsand process-driven expertise, Mike is the right leader to lead healthymagination and to grow our health care partnerships globally.
" that can be offered in rural and underserved regions of the world, where quality health care can be difficult to It is also designed to reduce the company's own health care costs for employees and expandr profitability for the GE Healthcare business. GE Healthcare, which produces medical imaginyg equipment and medical information technolog products fromits Milwaukee-area will spend $3 billion by 2015 to developl at least 100 new products designed to lower costs, improved access and improve quality of care by 15 percent.