Local executive to lead GE's $6B health care initiative - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Barber was named head of "healthymagination," a GE programj focused on improving health care for more peopld atreduced cost, by GE chairmamn and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Barber, 48, is a 27-yeard veteran of GE and since 2005 has served as chief technology officet forGE Healthcare. He joined GE in 1982 and has held a varieth of roles of increasing responsibilith withinGE Healthcare. In 2001, Barber was general managedr forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the general manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, whic has significant operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barbe r was a 1994 winner of TheBusiness Journal'xs Forty Under 40 award, which recognizes youngg Milwaukee-area executives making a difference in their professions and "Over the last four years, Mike has led all aspectas of product development for advanced health care technologies," Immelgt said. "Mike knows how our technology can help he knowswhat doctors, clinics and hospitals need to improvee care and cut costs and he knows how to lead With his deep experience in engineerinfg and technology and his strong operationxs and process-driven expertise, Mike is the righrt leader to lead healthymagination and to grow our healty care partnerships globally.
" that can be offeres in rural and underserved regions of the world, where quality health care can be difficult to obtain. It is also designexd to reducethe company's own health care costs for employeess and expand profitability for the GE Healthcare Locally, GE Healthcare, which produces medical imaging equipment and medica l information technology products from its Milwaukee-areaw operations, will spend $3 billion by 2015 to develolp at least 100 new products designed to lowedr costs, improve access and improvd quality of care by 15 percent.