Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 7, 2001
DAVID R. TECKMAN is President and CEO of Vivius Inc. He has more than 20
years of experience in both health care and advanced technology, and
most recently was President of Disc Systems Inc. an ambulatory
healthcare software and information technologies company. In 1991, Mr.
Teckman was Vice President of sales and marketing for Clinical Pharmacy
Advantage, an early PBM that was sold to McKesson, the parent company of
PCS Health Systems. Following the acquisition, Mr. Teckman was named
Senior Vice President of sales and lead sales and client services
initiatives that successfully increased PCS membership from 21 million
in over 50 million members in less than two years. Earlier in his
career, he held sales, sales management and executive positions with
American Hospital Supply, Procter & Gamble's Surgical Products Division,
and Equicor/HCA Health Plans. He is a graduate of Miami University in
Oxford, Ohio with a Business degree in Marketing. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a brief overview and historical sketch of yourcompany?
Mr. Teckman: Vivius was founded in Kansas City by Howard Wizig in July
1999. We moved the company to Minneapolis