Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 10, 2001

James Dickerson Jr. – Caremark Rx Inc (cmx)

JAMES H. DICKERSON, JR. is President and Chief Operating Officer of Caremark Rx, Inc. Mr. Dickerson joined Caremark in 1998 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1999. Mr. Dickerson previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Aetna U.S. Healthcare in Hartford, Connecticut, a position he held since July 1996 when Aetna merged with U.S. Healthcare. He had served as Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Healthcare previous to their merger. Mr. Dickerson also spent 15 years in various senior management positions with AT&T and Bell Atlantic and was a Partner with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells. Mr. Dickerson received a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce from Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Profile
TWST: Could you start out by giving us a brief overview of Caremark Rx?

Mr. Dickerson: Caremark Rx is the successor company to a company that

actually started in 1985 as a specialty