Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 1, 1998

Sam Westover – Orthalliance (oral)

SAM WESTOVER is President and Chief Executive Officer of OrthAlliance, Inc. Over the past 20 years, he has served as Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer for four healthcare companies. He is credited with creating the business model upon which OrthAlliance is built, launching the company in August 1997 and leading it through more than two years of consistent growth. His primary focus is on strategic planning, management team-building, fostering operational excellence and development. Prior to the formation of OrthAlliance, Mr. Westover established a successful track record of turning around troubled companies such as Western Health Plans, Inc. Mr. Westover graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in Accounting and became a CPA. Profile
TWST: Give us a background summary, a bit of an historical sketch,

enough information to bring us up to date and place us into context as

to what you see as your business, and what you see as your