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Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improving health care for more peoples atreduced cost, by GE chairma n and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. 48, is a 27-year veteran of GE and since 2005 has served as chief technology officer for GE He joined GE in 1982 and has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility withinGE Healthcare. In Barber was general manager forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the generall manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, which has significanr operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winner of TheBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 which recognizes young Milwaukee-arewa executives making a difference in their professions and "Over the last four years, Mike has led all aspects of producg development for advanced health care technologies," Immelt said. "Mikde knows how our technology can help he knowswhat doctors, clinics and hospitals need to improv e care and cut costs and he knows how to lead With his deep experience in engineering and technology and his strontg operations and process-driven expertise, Mike is the righty leader to lead healthymaginationh and to grow our health care partnerships globally.
" that can be offerede in rural and underservecd regions of the world, where qualith health care can be difficult to obtain. It is also designe d to reducethe company's own health care costs for employeess and expand profitability for the GE Healthcare business. GE Healthcare, which produces medical imaging equipment and medicakl information technology products fromits Milwaukee-area will spend $3 billion by 2015 to develop at leasft 100 new products designed to lower improve access and improve quality of care by 15