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Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improving health care for more peoplw atreduced cost, by GE chairmab and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Barber, 48, is a 27-yearr veteran of GE and sinced 2005 has served as chief technologyu officer forGE Healthcare. He joined GE in 1982 and has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility withijGE Healthcare. In 2001, Barber was general managerd forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the genera manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, whic h has significant operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winned of TheBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 which recognizes young Milwaukee-area executivez making a difference in their professions and "Over the last four Mike has led all aspects of producgt development for advanced health care technologies," Immelty said. "Mike knows how our technology can help he knowswhat doctors, clinics and hospitals need to improvew care and cut costs and he knowsx how to lead teams. With his deep experiencw in engineering and technology and his strong operationsand process-drivebn expertise, Mike is the right leader to lead healthymaginatio n and to grow our health care partnershipe globally.
" that can be offered in rurakl and underserved regions of the world, wherr quality health care can be difficult to It is also designed to reduce the company'z own health care costs for employees and expand profitability for the GE Healthcar business. Locally, GE Healthcare, which produces medicap imaging equipment and medical informatio n technology products fromits Milwaukee-arewa operations, will spend $3 billion by 2015 to developl at least 100 new products designed to lowe costs, improve access and improve quality of care by 15
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