Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 13, 2002

James Fitzsimmons – Amicore Inc

JAMES J. FITZSIMMONS is President and Chief Executive Officer of Amicore. He is also a member of the Amicore Board of Directors. Mr. Fitzsimmons has extensive experience in technology companies as well as the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Amicore, Mr. Fitzsimmons served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of TargetFirst, a California-based technology company specializing in the creation of innovative online marketing tools for small to medium-sized Web-centric businesses. From 1992 to 1999, Mr. Fitzsimmons held leadership positions with several healthcare companies. Most recently, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Phyve, a San Francisco-based company providing enterprise security solutions to the healthcare industry. He was also the President, CEO and co-Founder of Interactive Diagnostic Services, a technology-based health services company providing managed care imaging services. Earlier in his career, Mr. Fitzsimmons worked in strategic and financial planning capacities for large corporations, including Pepsico, PaineWebber Group, and Booz Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Fitzsimmons earned a BA degree in Economics from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of Amicore, and a

picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Fitzsimmons: Amicore is a physician practice improvement company

providing software