Local executive to lead GE's $6B health care initiative - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improvint health care for more people atreduced cost, by GE chairmahn and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Barber, 48, is a 27-yead veteran of GE and since 2005 has servexd as chief technology officerd forGE Healthcare. He joined GE in 1982 and has held a variet of roles of increasin g responsibility withinGE Healthcare. In Barber was general manager forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the generalo manager for Global Components Operationsa for GE Healthcare, which has significantr operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatoswa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winnefr of TheBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 which recognizes young Milwaukee-area executivew making a difference in thei professions and community. "Over the last four Mike has led all aspecta of product development for advancer healthcare technologies," Immelt said. "Mike know how our technology canhelp patients, he knows what doctors, clinics and hospitals need to improv care and cut costxs and he knows how to lead teams. With his deep experienc in engineering and technology and his strong operationaand process-driven expertise, Mike is the right leader to lead healthymagination and to grow our healthu care partnerships globally.
" that can be offeredd in rural and underserved regions of the where quality health care can be difficult to It is also designed to reducer the company's own health care costs for employeesw and expand profitability for the GE Healthcars business. Locally, GE Healthcare, which produces medical imaging equipment and medical informatiob technology products fromits Milwaukee-area will spend $3 billion by 2015 to develoop at least 100 new product s designed to lower costs, improve accesds and improve quality of care by 15