Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 2, 1998
PAUL G. KANAN has served since July 1996 as the President, Chief
Executive Officer and a director of Pacific Biometrics, Inc., and served
from 1993 to 1996 as the President and a director of BioQuant. Mr.
Kanan is also an officer and director of CEO Advisors, that he and Ms.
Rudnick founded in 1992. From 1988 to 1991, he served as President and
CEO of Oncotech, Inc., a medical diagnostic company in Irvine,
California involved in the development and marketing of oncological
testing. From 1976 to 1988, Mr. Kanan was employed by Baxter Healthcare
Corporation, most recently as President of its Chemotherapy Services
Division. He received his B.S.E. degree from the University of Michigan
and a M.B.A. degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Business. Profile
ELLEN A. RUDNICK has served as Chairman of Pacific Biometrics, Inc.
since July 1996, and served from 1993 to 1996 as Chairman of the Board
and a director of BioQuant, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company. Since 1992, she has served as Chairman of CEO Advisors, Inc.,
a health care consulting company that she and Mr. Kanan founded. From
1990 through 1992, Ms. Rudnick served as President and CEO of Healthcare
Knowledge Resources, Inc., a health care information company in Ann
Arbor, Michigan and a President of its successor, HCIA. She was
employed from 1975 to 1990 by Baxter Healthcare Corporation, most
recently as Corporate Vice President and President of its Management
Service Division. She serves on the Boards of NCCI, Lakeland Health
Services and Health Management Systems, Inc. (HMSY). Ms. Rudnick holds
a B.A. degree from Vassar College and a M.B.A. degree from University of
Chicago Graduate School of Business. Profile
TWST: First, give us a background summary on Pacific Biometrics. Mr. Kanan: Pacific Biometrics is involved in noninvasive diagnostic
testing. We have two technology platforms that allow us to