Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> June 18, 2001
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