Contact Information: Contact: Beth Paulino or Kerianne Slattery CommonHealth (973) 352-1000
PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - February 26, 2009) - CommonHealth (www.commonhealth.com), the
world's leading healthcare-communications network and a WPP (NASDAQ : WPPGY )
(www.wpp.com) company, today announced Chris Andrews has been named chief
information officer for the group.
Mr. Andrews first joined the organization in 2006 as director of business
solutions and quickly advanced to managing both that group and the
networking team within the information technology department. Mr. Andrews
assumes the chief information officer role from his former position as vice
president, business solutions and networking.
"Chris was a natural choice to fill this vital role at CommonHealth. Time
and again he's proven himself to be a smart, collaborative and wide-ranging
expert in the various disciplines of information technology. In the years
he's been with the organization, he has well-earned the respect and trust
of his colleagues," said Matt Giegerich, president and CEO of CommonHealth.
"Chris has the vision to lead us and our clients to even greater heights,"
Mr. Giegerich concluded.
Immediately prior to joining CommonHealth, Mr. Andrews served as director
of sales, marketing and editorial systems at HarperCollins, an
English-language publisher located in New York. Mr. Andrews also tenured
at Sony Electronics, where he oversaw the management of e-strategies within
the group. Additionally, he has provided web consulting services to
clients including Priceline, Scholastic and TD Waterhouse. Mr. Andrews has
a BS in mechanical engineering and a masters in management from NJIT.
CommonHealth comprises Altum, Carbon, CommonHealth London, CommonHealth
Paris, Conectics, Earthborn, EvoLogue, Ferguson, HLS, MBS/Vox, ProCom, Qi,
Valos and Solara. The organization also maintains numerous partnerships
both within and outside of the WPP network of companies.
