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OUTSTANDING
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Co-founder of three companies providing innovative
customer care to large institutional clients primarily in the
financial services industry; successfully sold these companies
to Zurich Insurance, Convergys and a client.
"In
a business that can tend to treat people like commodities, everyone
at On Assignment not only recognizes, but acts upon the recognition
that every candidate is a person with a name, with talents and
a career, aspirations, and a personal life. We intend to continue
to raise the bar on this issue, and I think that's going to
make a positive contribution to an industry that lost a lot
of its humanity to pricing wars. The fact that everyone at On
Assignment acts out this philosophy everyday is a well-deserved
point of pride for our entire organization, and it makes our
job more satisfying at the same time it drives more success
from our enterprise." Joe Peterson, M.D.
About
Dr. Joe Peterson
Dr. Peterson has been President and CEO since September 2001.
Prior to joining On Assignment, Inc., he co-founded and was
Chief Executive Officer of three companies providing innovative
customer care to large institutional clients primarily in
the financial services industry; two were based in Toronto,
Canada and were successfully sold to Zurich Insurance, a client,
and the third, based in Washington, DC, was sold to Convergys
(NYSE:CVG), an industry leader. Dr. Peterson began his business
career in Washington, D.C., with a subsidiary of the Blue
Cross & Blue Shield plan of the National Capital Area.
In
addition to his membership on the Board of Directors of On
Assignment, Dr. Peterson also serves as member and Treasurer
on the Board of the Global Health Council (www.globalhealth.org),
the world's largest membership association dedicated to the
advancement of public health.
Dr.
Peterson is a Board-certified emergency physician, and practiced
his specialty for ten years as an Associate Professor of Emergency
Medicine in the Emergency Department of the George Washington
University Hospital, in Washington, D.C.
Before
arriving in Washington, Dr. Peterson worked for the East African
Flying Doctor Service, based in Nairobi, Kenya, and at the
Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He continues
to provide scholarships to support exposing American medical
students to foreign medical systems and global health issues.
Dr.
Peterson completed residency training in emergency medicine
at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, after earning
a BA and MD in six years in the Inteflex Accelerated Program
at the University of Michigan Medical School.
Dr.
Peterson divides his time between St. Michaels, Maryland,
on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, and North Ranch,
California.
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