Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> June 18, 2001

Lawrence English – Quadramed Corp. (qmdc)

LAWRENCE P. ENGLISH has been Chief Executive Officer and a Director of QuadraMed since June 12, 2000. He was elected Chairman of the Board of QuadraMed effective December 31, 2000. From January 1999 until immediately prior to joining QuadraMed, Mr. English was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lawrence P. English, Inc., a private turnaround management firm, where he consulted to such organizations as Amedex Insurance Company and Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation. From July 1997 to January 1999, Mr. English was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Aesthetics Medical Management, Inc., a physician practice management company for plastic surgeons. Prior to that, Mr. English spent 33 years with CIGNA Corporation and its predecessor, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. At CIGNA, he was President of three of its divisions, Reinsurance, Individual, and, from 1992 to 1996, CIGNA HealthCare, one of the largest managed care organizations in the United States. Mr. English has been a Director of Curative Healthcare Corporation since May 2000. He also has been Director of Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation since May 1999 and was elected Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in February 2000. Mr. English holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University and a Master of Business Administration from George Washington University. He also graduated from Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and a quick overview of QuadraMed?

Mr. English: QuadraMed Corporation is in the health-care information

technology and services business and its focus is