eZono AG ("eZono"), a private corporation designing, developing and distributing state of the art tablet ultrasound systems, today announced the appointment of Dieter Schwartmann as Business Director of Europe, Middle East & Africa, effective May 15th 2013. Mr. Schwartmann brings 37 years of experience in the medical ultrasound and technology industry including serving as Vice President of Europe for SonoSite and Vice President of ATL Ultrasound, Inc., now part of Philips Medical Systems.
"Dieter brings a unique combination of leadership skills with unprecedented experience in the healthcare industry and we feel very fortunate to have him join our team to head up our business in Europe, Middle East & Africa," said Graham Cox, eZono?s CEO-elect. "We look forward to working with Dieter to accelerate our growth and build on the launch of our revolutionary new products".
"eZono has the vision and technology to address the challenges that European health care systems face and I am convinced their products will have a positive impact on healthcare efficiencies," said Mr. Schwartmann.
Mr. Schwartmann was a co-founder of Sonotron GmbH, an ultrasound distributor and service provider, where he spent nine years as General Manager. He also served as regional sales manager for ultrasound and other medical products at Kontron Medical GmbH. Additionally, he worked with Beckman Instruments in Germany and Carl Zeiss GmbH, a maker of medical optical instruments.
About eZono
eZono AG (www.eZono.com) headquartered in Jena, Germany, designs, develops and distributes state of the art tablet ultrasound systems specifically targeted at point-of-care markets. The first generation eZono 3000 is CE marked and achieved FDA clearance in July 2011 and is now being successfully marketed and sold globally. The company is dedicated to supplying sophisticated imaging solutions to empower point of care providers.